Halfway through downloading photos my computer died and now my photos are all gone, what do I do?

I found all of my photos on my hard drive but when I attempt to import them to iPhoto it says unreadable files.

What do you mean your computer died? Did the hard drive fail? Did you just run out of battery? What? Your best solution for either scenario would be to restore you backup copy of the library made just before the problem happened.
Otherwise if it was just a battery that ran out of juice try the following:
make a temporary, backup copy (select the library and type Command+D) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #1, followed by #3 and then #4.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If the hard drive failed then you will definitely need to have a backup copy to recover your photos.
OT

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