New Books Enter the Public Domain for 2025: Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway & more

· 01/02/2025 · Michael Schmitt

Adapted from "Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)" by Tamara de Lempicka

Happy Public Domain Day! With 2025 comes a new collection of works entering the US public domain published in 1929. Many of these are now available in Serial Reader including works from Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and others.

A list of highlights is below and you can find the full list of new books in Serial Reader in the "New to the Public Domain" collection. For more on works entering the public domain, check out Duke Law's excellent article.

The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
30 issues
One of the masterpieces of the 20th century tracing the downfall of the Compson family through four disjointed, stream-of-conscious narratives. • More info ›
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
22 issues
A semi-autobiographical novel depicting the trauma of World War I as seen through German soldiers' eyes, both on an off the battlefield. • More info ›
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
12 issues
An extended essay exploring women in fiction, pushing back against the patriarchy of literary tradition. • More info ›
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
28 issues
Among the horrors of WWI on the Italian front, an American ambulance driver finds love with an English nurse in this seminal best-seller. • More info ›
Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie
23 issues
The cases roll in for Tommy and Tuppence Beresford after they take over a shady detective agency in this short story collection. • More info ›
The Seven Dials Mystery
Agatha Christie
20 issues
A tragic practical joke leads to mystery, secret societies, and murder. • More info ›
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
22 issues
A straightforward job becomes anything but for private detective Sam Spade after a shocking murder sends him racing to find legendary treasure before death comes for him too. • More info ›
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