Library Genesis is a prominent shadow library website, and it’s also known as LibGen. The library provides access to free digital copies of books, journal articles and other materials.

Library Genesis is one of the original of the internet’s shadow libraries, with a history dating back to the 1990s. It predates Z-Library which actually started as a mirror site to Library Genesis.

While U.S. authorities were taking down the free and popular (and potentially illegal) e-book download site Z-Library, and arrest those affiliated with it this past month, internet archivers were ...

LibGen, a prominent "shadow library" that offers free digital copies of books, journal articles and other materials, could not immediately be reached for comment. The publishers' attorney Matt ...