This directory provides links to free pdf magazines archives across more than 50 subjects, including music, health, science, hobbies, and travel. We have over 600 titles.
Most titles include many years of back issues, with numerous volumes available for online reading and, where permitted, download. Dates of issue range from the 19th century to the current month.
Browse the ‘Magazine Subjects‘ below to select a page of magazines.
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About the Magazine Sources
Nearly all magazines in our collection are hosted at one of four major digital libraries:
Internet Archive – A large nonprofit digital library offering millions of free books, magazines, and media files. Titles often have dozens or even hundreds of back issues.
HathiTrust Digital Library – A partnership of research libraries providing digitized books and periodicals. Only volumes published before 1930 are viewable, and usually can be downloaded.
Google Books – Digitized books and free pdf magazines from major library collections. Magazine collections at this site generally terminate at 2016 or before.
Issuu – A publishing platform hosting digital flip-books. These are generally small-circulation publications. Collections are from recent years, often continuing up to the present.
Magazine Subjects
Pages Featuring One Free Magazine PDF Title
Use the Century Past pages linked below to find the free magazines pdf years and issues you want.
Directories at Other Free Magazines PDF Archive Websites
Links to dozens of subject areas with thousands of free magazine pdf titles and (possibly) millions of issues to download.
Free magazines archive of thousands of pdf titles to download; the issues are mainly microfilm images. Mostly 20th century before 1962, with many 19th century titles.
Links to thousands of free online public domain pdf magazines to download or read online. Most are housed at HathiTrust or the Internet Archive.