A list of free titles for KINDLE on Amazon. This list will be updated as new 'free titles' are found or prices change. HINT: Download them when yo find them - even if you dont think you may like them (you can always delete it later).
The Ultimate Audiobook Library and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. And all, might we belabor the point, absolutely free. Audiobooks, but after you download them you can listen anywhere, even when you're not online. Audio Book Podcast Sites. Librivox iTunes Feed Web Site. Librivox should be your first stop when looking for audio books. It's the biggest and best collection. Then there are the others. Audiobooks with Annie iTunes Feed Web Site; Audio Literature Odyssey iTunes Feed Web Site. A collection of classics. Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, etc.
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Having a free audiobook in the car for when you run errands, on your phone when you're traveling, or on your computer to enjoy while you work, can keep you sane and add some fun and interest to your day.
These websites offer completely free audiobooks for you to download and listen to whenever you want. You won't find any samples here — at these websites, you'll be able to download complete audio books.
The free audio book downloads below are all legal. They are either public domain or the websites have permission from the author to offer the audio book for free.
Most of the time you'll be downloading these books as MP3 files (or sometimes WMA or AAC files) that can play on your computer, tablet, phone, iPod, or MP3 player. There are free audio converter tools you can use if you need the audiobook to be in a different file format.
Looking for more free books in other formats? Download free books for your Kindle, free children's Kindle books, free romance ebooks, or free Nook books. Also read our guide to finding free ebooks.
There are lots of websites aside from the ones below that offer free audio books that you can download through torrent websites. However, you should know that while that method of sharing audio ebooks and other digital files (e.g., movies, software, music) may seem completely fine, it's normally illegal in most countries and is typically considered an unsafe method for sharing files since it's a common way to transmit malware.
LibriVox
What We Like
You can listen to specific chapters without having to download all of them
Several ways to find a specific audiobook
Lets you recieve new audiobooks by podcast
Available in many languages
Works on mobile devices
What We Don't Like
Can't sort audiobooks by most popular
LibriVox has a huge selection of free audio books that are recordings of volunteers who have read chapters from books that are in the public domain.
You can find a free audio book by searching by title, author, genre/subject, or language. You can also browse all the titles in the catalog, view only the most recent audio books, and subscribe to new releases as podcasts.
Once you reach a book's description page, you can read more about it and even listen to the chapters individually without having to download each of them.
However, if you do want to download the whole audio book, every chapter included, you can do so in a ZIP file, directly from LibriVox. Some are also available through a torrent and M4B file.
LibriVox is also available for iOS and Android devices so you can download audio books to your phone or tablet, or stream them on the go.
Audible
What We Like
There's a huge selection of audiobooks
Get two audiobooks completely free
The audiobooks are yours to keep forever
Listen to your audiobooks from a mobile device or computer
What We Don't Like
The trial period is only one month long
Limits you to just two audiobook downloads
Must pay monthly after the trial to keep downloading audiobooks
Audible has a 30-day free trial going which means that you can download any two audio books of your choice for free during that time.
Audible has a great selection of audio books and you'll be able to find just about any audiobook you are looking for, including best sellers and new releases.
After the 30 day trial, you can get one book each month for $14.95 /month, no matter the price of the book.
Rakuten OverDrive
What We Like
Lets you borrow audiobooks free from your local library
Works with tens of thousands of libraries
You can listen from a computer or the mobile app
Includes free audiobooks samples
What We Don't Like
Must have a library card from a supported library
If your local library has a subscription to OverDrive (check here) then this is a great place to find free audio book downloads of recent fiction and non-fiction books, including best-sellers.
You'll check out these audio books just like you would a library book and they'll be returned at the end of the loan period. You can even do it all from Libby, the mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.
Besides free audiobooks, OverDrive also has free ebooks, movies, and music.
Lit2Go
What We Like
Organizes audiobooks by reading level
Books are categorized in unique genres
You can download books by chapter
Some ebooks are included for you to read along with the audiobook
What We Don't Like
Doesn't let you download the whole book at once with all chapters included
Includes only English-read audiobooks
Lit2Go is a unique free audio book website that organizes their audio books based on readability using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level index. Don't worry if you aren't sure what that is — Lit2Go is a great place to download audio books even if you're not a teacher.
Each book can be downloaded by the chapter and includes popular classic titles like Aesop's Fables, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, The Call of the Wild, Oliver Twist, Wuthering Heights, and many, many more.
You can browse through genres like Fable, Gothic, Epic, Adventure, Informational, Horror, and Poetry, among others. The audio book downloads can also be found by collection such as The Civil War and The Books of Oz.
For some of these audio books, you can also download a PDF version of the text to follow along, in addition to a student activity worksheet. Others have the text on the book's download page.
Internet Archive
What We Like
Has thousands of free audiobook downloads
Several sorting options for finding the perfect audiobook
Lets you filter the audiobook downloads by certain criteria
Usually multiple audio format options when downloading
Can be downloaded in bulk or by individual chapter
What We Don't Like
Many audiobooks are poorly named and hard to recognize at first glance
There aren't many non-English audiobook downloads
The Internet Archive also has a ton of free audio book downloads that you can browse through by subject, keywords, or using the search box. There are around 17,000 results for audio books and poetry on this website.
My favorite way to find free audio books at Internet Archive is by sorting the books by view count to find the most popular audio books.
Popular audio books here include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jane Eyre, The Swiss Family Robinson, Moby Dick, The Art of War, and Dracula.
Some are available in multiple formats so that you can download an audio book in the MP3 or OGG format, for example.
Mind Webs is another part of Internet Archive that has several dozen classic sci-fi audio books.
Loyal Books
What We Like
Multiple language options
Makes finding the top 100 audiobooks easy
Audiobooks are organized in several genres
Thousands of free audiobooks
It's easy to use Loyal Books (previously called Books Should Be Free) to download free audio books. You can view the audio books by the language, the top 100, and by genre like Children, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, and more than a dozen others.
You can listen to these books on the Loyal Books website, download MP3s of the chapters altogether at once in one ZIP file, download the whole audiobook in one M4B file for iPhones and iPods, save specific chapters only, stream from your Android with this app or iPhone vis the iOS app, and even get the audio book through an RSS reader.
These are public domain books, so you might not see anything here that differs from the other public domain audio book websites we've already mentioned.
Storynory
What We Like
Great for kids
Includes text with the audiobook
New audiobooks are released often
What We Don't Like
Very limited compared to most other audiobook websites
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If you are looking for free audio books for kids, then Storynory should be your first stop.
Every week, Storynory publishes a free audio book just for kids. The audio books here include original stories, fairy tales, classic stories, educational books, and some small stories for the very little ones.
You can download audio books here, stream them directly from the website, or subscribe through iTunes or another podcasting service.]
Open Culture
What We Like
Hundreds of free audiobooks
Audiobooks are listed in alphabetical order for easy reading
What We Don't Like
Some audiobooks might not be streamable or downloadable
Can't sort or filter the list of audiobooks
No option to search through the list
Open Culture has a thousand fiction, non-fiction, and poetry audiobooks you can download for free. Just scroll down the alphabetized list to browse through everything they have to offer.
These audio book downloads are located on a variety of other websites, too, so some of them may be direct links to the MP3 while others might be streamed from its download page but not available for download.
Besides free audio books, Open Culture also has free movies, online courses, language lessons, and ebooks.
Digitalbook.io
What We Like
Change the playback rate
Audiobooks can be launched as podcasts in iTunes
Several ways to locate a new free audiobook
Includes lots of well-known titles and lesser-known ones
What We Don't Like
Has a lot more ebooks than audiobooks
Digitalbook.io (previously known as Librophile) is another free audiobook directory that makes is easy to find public domain audio book downloads.
Browse by the most popular or recently added audio books to find one you might like, or look through the list of genres or authors. You can also see trending audio books at Digitalbook.io.
You can download the whole audio book or just specific chapters, as well as listen to it in pieces right on the website.
There are over 100,000 items at Digitalbook.io, and while some are audio books, others are regular ebooks.
Light Up Your Brain
What We Like
Audiobooks are geared toward kids
A text version is available below each audiobook
Most audiobooks are under 10 minutes
What We Don't Like
Every audiobook is one file; there aren't chapters
Has only kids audiobooks
Light Up Your Brain has several free audio books that are just for kids, and you can stream them or download the audio books to your computer.
A transcription of the story is provided as well so that beginning readers can read along with the audio.
There are also some free games for kids here that are all made to challenge their mind and keep their brain active.
ThoughtAudio
What We Like
Provides PDF transcripts of the audiobooks
Includes classic audiobooks
Lets you stream directly from the website
What We Don't Like
Must download each chapter individually; no bulk download option
No download button, so you have to right-click to save each audiobook MP3
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ThoughtAudio has classic works of literature and philosophy books available for download as free audio books. You can browse the whole list or search for books, as well as see them in order of those that were most recently added to the collection.
To get these audio books you have to either listen to them on the ThoughtAudio website or download them in installments by right-clicking each part that you want to save.
PDF transcripts for these audiobooks are also available for download.
Free Classic Audio Books
What We Like
Some audiobooks are available in multiple audio formats
Perfect place for classic audiobooks
You can download individual chapters as well as whole books
What We Don't Like
Not as many audiobooks as similar websites
The website isn't as fun or easy to use because there aren't graphics
This free audio book website specializes in classic and fiction audio books and you can view them by most popular, recently added, or by author's last name.
Some examples include Romeo and Juliet, The Wind in the Willows, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and Autobiography of Mark Twain.
All the audio books here can be downloaded as an MP3 file and some of them as an M4B file for the iPhone/iPod. To download hundreds of their audiobooks at once and support the site, you can purchase the short stories on a DVD.
Learn Out Loud
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Lets you listen to thousands of free audiobooks
Provides several ways to find and sort the free audiobooks Film dewasa korea 18+ movies.
Categorizes audiobooks into unique genres
Also has documentaries, courses, speeches, and more
What We Don't Like
A free user account is necessary to download the audiobooks
Some are only free during a trial
There are thousands of free educational and video titles at Learn Out Loud, including not only thousands of free audio books but also lots of documentaries, speeches, and more.
The free audio books can be sorted by recently added, random, most popular, or alphabetically. There are also specific categories that you can choose to find only those types of free audio book downloads, such as Science, Technology, Self Development, Languages, Business, and Travel.
These free audio books can be streamed online or, if you sign up for a free account, downloaded by 'purchasing' them like you would something that you have to pay for (but they're still free).
hoopla
What We Like
Easy to use website
Access from a variety of devices
Lots of genres to pick from
Much like Overdrive detailed at the top of this list, hoopla has free audiobook downloads but only if you have a library card at a supporting library.
When searching for popular audiobooks at hoopla, you can sort the results by popularity, new arrivals, title, and average rating, and filter the audiobooks by titles for kids or ones just for adults. There are also lots of audiobook categories to browse through.
These audiobooks can be streamed from your computer or on various devices like iOS, Android, Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, etc.
Audiobook Sync
What We Like
Encourages kids to keep reading in the summer
Gives away two free audiobooks every week in the summer
You can sign up for alerts to know when new audiobooks are available
What We Don't Like
Audiobooks are available only in the summer
Limits your audiobook downloads to two per week
Audiobook Sync (SYNC) is a free summer reading program meant for kids 13 and older, but anyone can take part in it to get free audio book downloads.
SYNC gives away two free audio books every week over the summer. It's a perfect way for kids to keep their comprehension skills sharp before returning to school, but also provides a way for adults to grab some free audio ebooks.
The SYNC service is sponsored by AudioFile Magazine, and the books themselves are usable through the OverDrive app on mobile and desktop devices.
You can sign up for SMS or email alerts to get reminded when SYNC releases new titles. It returned this year on April 25th.
New Fiction
What We Don't Like
Few selections
Can't download the whole book in one file
New Fiction is a unique audiobook website that describes its readings as 'modern-day radio dramas.'
There aren't very many choices here but all of them are free and can be streamed from the site or downloaded.
Project Gutenberg
What We Like
Provides a massive source of free downloads
Supports lots of languages
Lets you save audiobook chapters individually or download the entire book
What We Don't Like
Some audiobooks are read by a computer, and so aren't as fluid or easy to listen to
Most chapters don't have descriptive titles
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Project Gutenberg has audiobooks that are human-read and also some that are computer-generated. These are public domain books that have been turned into audio books that are now available for free for anyone who's interested.
The easiest way to find an audio book here is to browse through the authors and titles. You can also view them by languages and by the time they were added — over the last 24 hours, the last 7 days, and the last 30 days.
Another place to look for free audio books at Project Gutenberg is the Top 100 page.
Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast
What We Like
The books are short
There are 100 free audiobook downloads
Comes with text
Multiple ways to listen
What We Don't Like
Available only in MP3 format
Must download whole book at once
You'll love these audiobooks if you need something short to listen to before falling asleep. All of the free audiobook downloads at Miettecast.com can be heard directly from the website, downloaded as MP3s, or streamed through iTunes.
On each download page, the audiobook is coupled with text that you can follow along with.
Browse through these free audiobook downloads by author or date, or see which audiobooks have the most comments to find popular ones.
ejunto
What We Like
Lets you listen on iTunes or download as an MP3
It's a great source for audiobooks about history
What We Don't Like
Has a limited number of audiobooks compared to similar websites
Some links don't work
Can't download in bulk; only chapters at a time
ejunto is the place to be if you're wanting audio books on American history, philosophy, autobiographies, and similar topics.
Although there's a sparse selection and you can't listen to these public domain audio books on the ejunto website, you can download them to your computer for free.
Some of the free audio ebooks here include a George Washington biography, Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, an audio recording of the US Constitution, and Second Treatise on Government by John Locke.
If you can't get the audio book to work on the ejunto website, try visiting the iTunes link on the download page.
Scribl
What We Like
Provides audiobooks that normally cost
Lets you filter the audiobooks results by language
Lots of filtering options for styles, character info, etc.
What We Don't Like
Most audiobooks are not free
It's hard to find just the free audiobooks
Must sign in to download books
Scribl is a very different audio book website because while there are some free audio books, most of them come at a cost. It's really a hit or miss type of situation when you look for free audio ebooks here.
However, we've included it here because you might find unique books that aren't free anywhere else. Just make sure to grab them quickly because as books get more popular, Scribl puts a price on them.
Because Scribl has other things, too, like ebooks and podcasts, you want to make sure to filter the results to only show audio books.
There used to be a free audio book website at Podiobooks.com but it's now a part of Scribl.
Spotify
What We Like
Lets you stream audiobooks absolutely free
Works on computers and mobile devices
Also includes tons of free music
What We Don't Like
It isn't easy to find audiobooks among all the music
Only paying customers can download the free audiobooks
You have to have a user account to even search for audiobooks
Free audio books at Spotify? Yes! With a catch: it's only free to download the books if you're a paying user. Spotify memberships allow for downloading content while free users can only stream the books.
The free audio books at Spotify are not organized very well because Spotify is a music streaming service, not an audio book website — but there is a good handful of them available.
If the link below doesn't have the audiobook you want, try doing a general search for audiobooks on Spotify. Use these Spotify search tips if you need help.
YouTube
What We Like
Any audiobook you find is free to stream
No user account is needed to view or download audiobooks
Also has lots of free music and videos
What We Don't Like
Doesn't provide a built-in way for finding audiobooks
Most audiobooks don't have a download link
Similar to Spotify, YouTube is not primarily a good source for audiobooks because most of the content is music and videos. However, you might have luck finding some really great free audio books on YouTube if you know how to search for them.
If you can't find an audio book on YouTube by searching for its name followed by 'audiobook' (e.g., the six pillars of self esteem audiobook), you can try Reddit. The /r/audiobooksonyoutube sub is built specifically for sharing which videos on YouTube are actually audiobooks.
Once you find an audiobook you like, and so long as you know it's public domain or is legal to download, you can download just the audio from the video with a YouTube to MP3 converter.