Unlike many “free” audiobook sites, these sources are entirely legal.
Looking for more free books in other formats?
I keep a list of my top sources forfree Kindle booksand another forfree Nook books.
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OverDrive
Borrow free audiobooks from your local library.
Works with tens of thousands of libraries.
Listen from the website or the app.
Includes free audiobooks samples.
Must have a library card from a supported library.
Possible long wait times to borrow titles.
One thing I can’t pass up mentioning is how easy searching for audiobooks here can be.
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Chirp
See ratings and read reviews.
Available as a mobile app.
Chirp is used mainly to purchase audiobooks, but it also has this awesome one-page list of free titles.
Some of the books are from John Grisham, Ernest Hemingway, Agatha Christie, and H. G. Wells.
Each download page includes a sample of the audiobook, a full description, and reviews by other listeners.
you’re free to stream from the web page or use the mobile app.
LibriVox
Listen to specific chapters without downloading them.
Several ways to find a specific title.
Receive new audiobooks by podcast.
Available in many languages.
Works on mobile devices.
Can’t sort by most popular.
Reading quality varies by narrator.
Audio quality isn’t always consistent.
Some are also available through atorrentand M4B file.
Something I like about this site, that I recommend you use too, is the advanced search tool.
Digitalbook.io
Launch audiobooks in iOS Podcasts app.
Several ways to locate a new free audiobook.
Lots of well-known and lesser-known titles.
Several languages and categories to choose from.
Includes titles that are free only with Audible.
Digitalbook.io (formerly Librophile) is a directory that makes finding public domain audiobook downloads easy.
This website is incredibly clean and easy to use.
I never have any difficulty finding something interesting.
There are over 100,000 items here, and while some are audiobooks, others are regular e-books.
Google Play Books
Two simple genres.
Great for existing Google Play Books users.
M4A exporting is an option.
Listen to these audiobooks through the Google Play Books website or with the app for Android or iOS.
If you use the website, you might export an audiobook to M4A to play it elsewhere.
Internet Archive
Has thousands of audiobooks.
Several sorting options for searching.
Filter by certain criteria.
Usually multiple audio download formats.
Download in bulk or by individual chapter.
Poorly named titles; hard to recognize at first glance.
Few non-English audiobook downloads.
My favorite way to find books here is by sorting by view count to find the most popular ones.
TheMindWebs pageis one part of the Internet Archive that has several dozen classic sci-fi audiobooks.
Audible
There’s a huge selection.
Get two audiobooks completely free.
They’re yours to keep forever.
Listen from a mobile equipment or computer.
The trial period is only for one month.
Limited to one download.
Must pay after the trial to keep downloading audiobooks.
This one isn’t technically freeforever, but it is free for 30 days.
I include Audible because of its great selection of audiobooks.
Don’t want a trial?
SeeAudible’s free audiobooksfor a small collection of books that you don’t even need a trial for.
Light Up Your Brain
Audiobooks are geared toward kids.
A text version is available below each audiobook.
Most audiobooks are under 10 minutes.
Unhelpful if you’re looking for adult books.
Site is overloaded with ads.
Light Up Your Brain has several clearly read, short, free audiobooks that are just for kids.
Stream them or download the audiobooks to your system.
This feature is great if you like to read along to what you’re listening to.
LearnOutLoud
Sorting and filtering options.
Over a dozen categories of free audiobooks.
No user account necessary.
Lists all the free books together.
You won’t find newer releases here.
Something else I want to mention are the unique audiobook categories.
Lewis, Earl Nightingale, and Marcus Aurelius.
Loyal Books
Multiple language options.
Makes finding the top 100 audiobooks easy.
Audiobooks are organized in several genres.
Lots of website ads.
It’s easy to use Loyal Books (formerly Books Should Be Free) to download free audiobooks.
There’s also a Loyal Books mobile app for iOS and Android.
hoopla
Easy-to-use website.
Access from a variety of devices.
Lots of genres to pick from.
Helpful sorting and filtering options.
Includes a kids mode.
Requires a valid library card.
I also like to dig throughhoopla’s trending audiobooks pagewhen I’m not sure where to start.
In addition to those pages are genres and collections, such as Family Fun and Celebrity Memoirs.
There’s also aChildren’ssectionto show just kid-friendly audiobook downloads.
you might stream these audiobooks from your rig or on various devices.
Project Gutenberg
Amassivesource of free downloads.
Supports lots of languages.
Save audiobook chapters or download entire book.
Computer-read audiobooks aren’t as easy to listen to.
Most chapters don’t have descriptive titles.
Project Gutenberg has audiobooks that are read by humans and some that are computer-generated.
My preference when downloading audiobooks from this website is to browse the human-read books.
Open Culture
Hundreds of free audiobooks.
Audiobooks are listed in alphabetical order.
Can’t sort or filter the list of audiobooks.
No option to search through the list.
Some are only streams, not downloads.
Scroll down the alphabetized list to browse through everything they have to offer.
I’m not a fan of the barebones list because I can’t search or filter anything.
But it is nice to see everything on a single page.
Besides free audiobooks, this site also has free online movies, courses, language lessons, and e-books.
There are lots of other websites that offer free audiobooks that you could download through torrent websites.
