Public Domain Day 2026: Hammett, Faulkner, Christie, Kafka now free

On January 1, everything published in 1930 entered the U.S. public domain. According to Standard Ebooks, the volunteer-run project prepared 20 new free ebooks to celebrate, including some major titles: Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, Franz Kafka’s The Castle, and Agatha Christie’s The Murder at the Vicarage — th…