University of London Press open access editions

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Welcome to the home of the University of London Press's enhanced open access editions. We currently have over 50 books available to read freely online on the platform, with more being added all the time. The platform offers a rich, interactive online reading experience, realising the benefits and opportunities of open access publishing for humanities projects.

Sign up for an account to make the most of the platform, including the ability to highlight, annotate and save your favourite projects. You can also participate in discussions with other readers in reading groups, and engage with books in a new, more interconnected way.

Experiments in open access

Take a look at the projects we currently have in development to get early access to research, and explore how we’re testing out new features and formats, and embedding open and collaborative experimentation into the publication process itself.

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Most popular

A selection of our most popular books from the last few years, based on both sales and downloads.

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New Historical Perspectives

New Historical Perspectives is an open access book series for early career scholars published in association with the Royal Historical Society and the Institute of Historical Research, covering all historical periods and subjects. Extensive support throughout the publishing process is provided: authors are assigned a mentor from the series editorial board and take part in an Author Workshop to discuss and develop their near-complete book with invited specialists before submission.

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Prize-winning and shortlisted

A number of our books have been shortlisted or won prizes in recent years, and we’re proud to showcase them here.

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Reimagined

We are revisiting some of our most popular books published in recent years to reimagine them as enhanced open access editions. These reimagined books surface previously unpublished material and harness technology to provide readers with a more interactive reading experience.

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