Pavel Polívka/UnsplashWith spring in full swing, it’s the perfect time to refresh your reading list — but did you know you can get thousands of free e-books too with Stuff Your Kindle Day?
If you’ve spent any time on BookTok, you might have heard people talk about the event, which allows you to get hundreds, if not thousands of e-books for free on Amazon (or wherever else you get your e-books).
So here’s everything you need to know about Stuff Your Kindle Day, details on any upcoming events, and how you can find some great books for free in 2025.
What is Stuff Your Kindle Day?
Stuff Your Kindle Day was created in 2014 by romance author Zoe York, who has been working with self-published authors to make their books free to buy for all readers for one day.
While it started with only Amazon making their e-books free, it’s now grown to include other e-readers and e-book stores, including the Kobo store, Barnes & Noble, the Apple Book store, and Google Play.
Although it might sound too good to be true, the indie romance event has been going on for almost a decade, encouraging authors to make their books free for one day to promote their work while also benefiting readers who get to stock up on literature.
While York’s Stuff Your Kindle Day is primarily for romance titles, some non-fiction (and non-romance) titles are also included. So, whatever genre you tend to lean towards, you’re bound to find at least one new read.
AmazonWhen is the next Stuff Your Kindle Day in 2025?
While York hasn’t revealed the next dates for her Stuff Your Kindle event, several other Stuff Your Kindle dates have been announced by different organizations and publishers for 2025. If you’re eager to join the fun and score some free reads, here are the upcoming events through Summer and Fall 2025:
- August 12-16, 2025 – Indie Only Book Club: Steeping Through Time, sharing historical fiction and contemporary
- September 16-20, 2025 – Indie Only Book Club: Into the Darkness, sharing dark Fiction.
- September 27, 2025 – Dark Romance Team: Enchant Your Kindle, sharing fantasy reads.
- October 24-26, 2025 – Dark Romance Team: Dark Romance Day, sharing dark romance.
- October 26-30, 2025 – Indie Only Book Club: Get Spooked, sharing paranormal, horror, thriller, and mystery.
If you’re waiting for York’s official Stuff Your Kindle day to come back, we’d recommend heading to York’s website and signing up for their newsletter for announcement dates — as they’re only shared the day before it starts.
How does it work?
During an event, e-books will be available to buy for free on Amazon the day of each Stuff Your Kindle Day. In order to find the free books, you can go to the specific website for each genre, where all the free books available will be listed along with a blurb of what they’re about.
- Each book will have a link that guides you to the listing on Amazon where you’re able to buy the book for $0.00.
- You can also go directly to Amazon and filter the books by price to find them.
- You don’t need to have an Amazon Prime account or a Kindle Unlimited account to participate in Stuff You Kindle Day — a standard account and a reading tablet or a device with the free Kindle app is all you need.
- If you have a Kindle Unlimited account, make sure to buy the books to be able to access them permanently instead of getting them through Kindle Unlimited, as they’ll only be available to you for 20 days with that method.
perfecto_capucine/UnsplashDo you need a Kindle to take part?
No, you don’t need to have a Kindle to take advantage of the amazing offers. On most Stuff Your Kindle websites, the offers will be categorized according to what reading device you might have, including Apple and Android phones and devices. From there, you will be able to see what books are offered for free for each device.
Will there be any bestsellers available?
The specific books that will be free for Stuff Your Kindle Day are kept secret until the day of, but in the past, only self-published authors have participated in the event.
However, organizer Zoe York, who is a best-selling romance author, does make her own books free on the day of her Stuff Your Kindle days — so you’ll never know what other authors might decide to participate.
Have any books already been made available for free?
Although Stuff Your Kindle Days only last for 24 hours, some authors decide to make their books free a few days before the actual event and keep the promotion going a few days longer.
