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Download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your mp3 player or computer. Below, you’ll find great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

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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.
  • BMW Audio Books Web Site
    • Here you’ll find four short stories issued by BMW and Random House.
  • Chris Anderson Free: The Future of a Radical Price Zip File
  • Classic Poetry Aloud iTunes Feed Web Site
    • These poetry podcasts provide readings of the great poems of the past.
  • Classic Tales Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
    • The whole point is to make unabridged classics not only available, but approachable.
  • Crimewav.com iTunes Feed Web Site
    • Podcasts that bring quality crime stories to an audience worldwide. Produced by crime writer Seth Harwood.
  • Drake’s Door iTunes Web Site
    • Alan Drake has an extensive collection of audio recordings of classic poetry and literature. To see his full collection, go straight to his web site. It is more complete than what you’ll find on iTunes.
  • Escapepod iTunes Feed Web Site
    • Collections of well-reviewed audio short stories.
  • FreeAudio.org Web Site
    • Audio versions of key texts from American history.
  • Great Books – A Chapter a Day iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Great Speeches in History iTunes Feed Web Site
  • JC Hutchins iTunes Feed Web Site
    • The author of the 7th Son Trilogy has made available more than 200 hours of audio and video stories and interviews, all of which are available for free download.
  • Kara’s Free AudioBooks iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Learn OutLoud.com
  • Haverford College – Classic/Ancient Text Read Aloud iTunes Web Site (see site for feeds)
  • Internet Archive
    • Listen to free audio books and poetry recordings courtesy of the Internet Archive.
  • Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture
  • Lit2Go iTunes Web Site
    • An extensive collection of free audiobooks provided by the University of Southern Florida.
  • Literal Systems
    • Free classic books for your listening pleasure.
  • Miette’s Bedtime Stories iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Litterature Audio
  • Naropa Poetics Audio Archives
    • Hosts audio recordings of the Beats — Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg and more.
  • The Penguin Podcast
    • Excerpts read from books newly published by Penguin UK.
  • Podiobooks
    • Provides podcasts of largely sci-fi books that we’ve never heard of before. But, you never know.
  • Podlit Classic Literature iTunes Web Site
    • A new classic short story each week.
  • Poetry Aloud
    • A Directory of Poetry Readings on the Internet
  • Pseudopod iTunes Feed Web Site
    • The world’s first audio horror magazine
  • Radioboeken iTunes Feed Web Site
    • “Radiobooks” are just like books, but they will never be printed. They are created by important Dutch and Flemish writers, and will be available in French, English and Spanish versions in 2007.
  • Scott Sigler’s Audiobooks iTunesFeedWeb Site
    • Very well reviewed sci-fi horror works
  • Stories to Go iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Stranger Things iTunes Feed Web Site
    • This high-quality video podcast features stories of ordinary people stumbling into strange worlds (a la The Twilight Zone).
  • The Classic Tales Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
    • The Classic Tales Podcast makes unabridged classics not only available, but approachable. Includes professional performances.
  • The Public Domain Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
  • The Spoken Alexandria Project iTunes Feed Web Site
  • The Time Traveler iTunes Feed Web Site
    • Explores vintage American fiction. Orson Welles, Philip K. Dick, etc.
  • The Twilight Series
  • Utopod iTunesFeedWeb Site
    • A free French-language podcast, created by Lucas Moreno and and Marc Tiefenauer, that offers readings of fantasy and sci fi stories written by noted authors across the Francophone world.
  • Well Told Tales iTunes Feed Web Site
    • Pulp fiction audio tales….!!!
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  1. khushnood abbas says . . . | May 24, 2009 / 12:46 pm

    this is gift to all who want to know something even a bit by heart..

  2. Augustin says . . . | May 29, 2009 / 1:19 am

    You could add :

    http://www.litteratureaudio.com

    + 700 free audiobooks in french language

    Best regards,

    Augustin

  3. Erika says . . . | June 25, 2009 / 6:43 pm

    Augustin:

    Merci!!!

  4. hanif says . . . | July 6, 2009 / 10:09 pm

    You helped me the most to teach enjoyable english for my students. Thank you very much. (“Matur sembah nuwun” in Javanish)

  5. Ron Wikoff says . . . | July 17, 2009 / 5:19 am

    My compliments to Chip in Tampa Florida for his narration of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He has a great voice and his ability to vary his inflections as he reads made for a marvelous bit of respite. I would love to know what other books he has narrated for I wsould like to listen to him read them as well. I came away with the impression he was not reading but actually telling the story firsthand. Excellent indeed.

    Ron

  6. MJ says . . . | July 19, 2009 / 12:19 pm

    I just want to say I love this website so much… this website has seriously made my day in so many ways, thank you!! I’ve been looking for audiobooks, but they’re always so expensive, it was great to find these audiobooks for free!

  7. Orban Csongor says . . . | July 23, 2009 / 2:15 am

    Hi everyone! Nice website with a lot of books, but i wonder if i can find the: One hundred years of solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez.
    If anyone can help me, please write a message. Thanks!

  8. Elaine says . . . | July 25, 2009 / 12:19 pm

    I googled free audio book downloads for mp3 players. I was thinking of trying to learn Spanish or sometimes listening to a book while I walk.

    Can I download for free? I’ve never done this before. Somewhere I saw something about $10. Thank you.

  9. mohamed says . . . | July 31, 2009 / 2:42 pm

    good luke

  10. bethany says . . . | August 7, 2009 / 1:06 pm

    im looking for “the time traveler’s wife” if u have it please contact me im dying to listen to it!!! :D

  11. katkat says . . . | August 7, 2009 / 3:31 pm

    twilght! twilight! twilight!

  12. dustin lank says . . . | August 11, 2009 / 2:27 pm

    fuck

  13. Séamas says . . . | August 11, 2009 / 3:10 pm

    Dustin, I’m telling your mommy!

    Little children really should not be allowed to be on the computer by themselves.

  14. Gaju Krishna says . . . | August 12, 2009 / 12:54 pm

    Every now and then you see initiatives that totally redefine the economics and scale of learning, like Wikipedia did. I found this website today, installed the iphone app and am blown away by the amount of stuff on offer. Hats off to the people behind this website and the iPhone app.

  15. lottie says . . . | August 13, 2009 / 9:18 am

    pleasepleaseplease,
    could i possibly have the twilight books but i need them asap as i am going away tomorrow, i only need the first one but two if possible? thanks (:

  16. ali says . . . | August 15, 2009 / 6:36 am

    hi

    please you can help me about audio book

    i want to download English audio book , but i can’t know make this and i can’t know free download site
    :(

    thanks a lot.

  17. dominika says . . . | August 16, 2009 / 12:21 pm

    thank you so much! i study english, and your audio books help me to improve my language skills in a very pleasant way :-)

  18. Kumba Barka says . . . | August 16, 2009 / 12:33 pm

    Thanks. If you need a reading of african books, I can help.

  19. arjun says . . . | September 14, 2009 / 9:47 am

    this is very useful site

  20. cbel2me says . . . | September 14, 2009 / 7:16 pm

    Thank you for sharing such a great containt it is very much appreciated.

  21. JH says . . . | November 27, 2009 / 7:20 pm

    I’m so happy to find this site

  22. Simply Listen says . . . | November 30, 2009 / 6:14 am

    I was extremely pleased i stumbled across this site great idea listing your free books

  23. crumb66 says . . . | November 30, 2009 / 4:11 pm

    i really need the incredible journey if anyone can find a place to get the audio book please tell me

  24. juan lara says . . . | December 1, 2009 / 12:54 pm

    i’m an English teacher and this is one of the greatest ideas anyone has ever had… i wish i had known it before…

  25. jasmine says . . . | December 1, 2009 / 1:22 pm

    do u have ender’s game

  26. ali says . . . | December 2, 2009 / 1:01 pm

    Thank you for your work.

    I want some audio mp3 clip conversation and its pdf book

    thank you

  27. motasim says . . . | December 5, 2009 / 10:25 am

    audio mp3 english for arabic speaker

  28. zack says . . . | December 5, 2009 / 7:03 pm

    do u have enders game

  29. kristiyanto says . . . | December 7, 2009 / 8:30 pm

    okey mas, thank you…you’re so kind…..lanjutkan mbukaki yang lainnya it’s helpful…..you memang okey………….

  30. 戴威 says . . . | December 16, 2009 / 4:56 am

    Hello everyone!i’m a Chinese student and this is one of the greatest manner to learning.
    I do wish i had known it before!

  31. jane says . . . | December 17, 2009 / 9:14 am

    thank you

  32. jane says . . . | December 17, 2009 / 9:15 am

    it is a wonderful thing

  33. VAIBBHAV says . . . | December 23, 2009 / 12:01 pm

    Wow, I am learning english & found this website very interesting.Its reallllllllly wonderful site.I should thanks to people behind this website.Hats offf to them.keep it up

  34. tim says . . . | January 2, 2010 / 11:54 pm

    this site is great… does anyone know of any other sites like this?

    Thanks

  35. clair says . . . | January 4, 2010 / 12:46 am

    are there any books that were written within the last 5-10 years?

  36. kurt says . . . | January 6, 2010 / 12:30 pm

    Someone needs to put come crime books on here like the The God Father if some one can tell me a site i would love that thanks.

  37. Tshenge Demana says . . . | January 7, 2010 / 1:36 pm

    Thanks for having downloadable audio books

  38. adel of kuwait says . . . | January 7, 2010 / 1:39 pm

    as a coleridge fan i thank you from the deep of my heart

  39. Thomas says . . . | January 7, 2010 / 4:00 pm

    What about little independents like
    http://www.teafuelledart.co.uk/lit/index.htm

  40. Ali Sadeghi -Mahallat - Iran says . . . | January 11, 2010 / 12:12 am

    Sorry !
    Where Can we find the text of this books?

  41. Tariq Mahmood says . . . | January 11, 2010 / 9:47 pm

    This site is awesome, I have no words to say thank you to all you guys behind this remarkable site. Your audio books help me to improve my language skills in a very pleasant way. Hats off to all of you. Great job and I am waiting to see more interesting books in future.

  42. melki mohamed says . . . | January 12, 2010 / 11:47 pm

    it is great

  43. Katya Doronkina says . . . | January 13, 2010 / 5:19 am

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

  44. Erik Harding says . . . | January 13, 2010 / 8:36 am

    My heartfelt thanks to the authors of this site. This is an excellent resource. Whether reading for pleasure or knowledge, there seems to be a listing to suit.
    For those people on this site requesting specific books, you should be aware that the offerings listed are primarily free because they fall into public domain and the copyrights have expired. Downloading copyrighted material can lead to legal actions, and it would be ill-advised for anyone to publicly assist you in doing so.

  45. jon says . . . | January 14, 2010 / 8:41 am

    Sorry, but I think the link for “Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne (full zip file)” does not point to the correct file.

  46. Tom Lopy says . . . | January 14, 2010 / 9:58 am

    I would recommend so free audio books on the newfiction.com website. They are fun and entertaining.

  47. Larry says . . . | January 14, 2010 / 10:30 am

    hello Tom Lopy.
    No thanks for your spam.
    Ghastly site, what a waste of time.

  48. Katie says . . . | January 15, 2010 / 12:29 pm

    Has anyone has any luck putting these audio books on a sony reader? That is what I’m looking to do.

  49. mic says . . . | January 17, 2010 / 6:56 am

    hi could any one find a free cd download for the french school book equipe

  50. Jeff says . . . | January 18, 2010 / 7:06 am

    Also check out jefflaneaudiobooks.com. The author is currently podcasting his novel THIS PAPER WORLD; a supernatural thriller that has been described as Star Wars meets Jason Bourne. Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will like this book.

  51. catherine says . . . | January 25, 2010 / 2:21 am

    A great collection of free ebooks! There are also excellent children’s stories to download in MP3 format, with the text available, from http://www.storynory.com

  52. Chris says . . . | January 25, 2010 / 5:32 pm

    Hello i am a sixteen year old student that lives in indiana and i have no spare time but to listen to my mp3 player and i love to read books, i just dont have the time so i thought that this was a great idea to do so im going to try it and if it good i will let you guys know
    thank you for your time and hopfully this will be of great use to me
    Sincerely,
    Chris

  53. heydarshah says . . . | January 27, 2010 / 1:50 am

    I am very grateful to you for all the trouble you had in preparing these audiobooks.I am an English teacher and try to make use of these in my classes.I would really appreciate you if possible send them to my e-mail.
    Thousands of thanke to all of you.
    amir

  54. Christine says . . . | January 27, 2010 / 11:19 am

    many thanks to the readers from Hard Times by Dickens.
    It is such an enjoyable listening.

  55. H.A. says . . . | January 28, 2010 / 7:58 am

    One more heartfelt ‘thank you’, this is exactly what i was looking for =)

  56. viju p ushas says . . . | February 1, 2010 / 10:10 am

    congratulatio

  57. Nguyen Van Thang Loi says . . . | February 4, 2010 / 11:38 pm

    This is a very useful website.I am a student in Vietnam. I have found many interesting things. Thanks!

  58. mia says . . . | February 9, 2010 / 6:21 am

    hi, i’m from russia, thank you very much!
    P.S.i’m also glad to see here russian classics!

  59. mahmoud says . . . | February 10, 2010 / 10:44 pm

    hello i want to take online physics toturials i mean to cummunicate with physics teachers online where i can find that

  60. Marzyeh says . . . | February 13, 2010 / 3:39 am

    Dear Sir/Madam

    I thank you very much for such a wonderfull service.I really love english literature and I enjoyed alot downloading the great works.
    of course i am an Iranian girl who has read english literature in university and you helped me alot to improve my ability.

  61. Hasan says . . . | February 20, 2010 / 5:20 am

    Hi
    Thank you very much for this very useful website. I hope you will put other greatnovels such as “Wuthering Heights’ in your website.

  62. Jackie says . . . | February 23, 2010 / 11:56 pm

    Thank you so much.

    BTW, can you post some bestseller audiobook?

  63. Jayakumar says . . . | February 28, 2010 / 6:55 am

    I would like to have free ebooks, especially on mathematics to teach blind students. Other than mathematics, we would like to have more subjects with slow accent which should be understandable by the blind students. Please help us to help the blind students. We are from India.

  64. crystal says . . . | March 5, 2010 / 5:22 am

    I would like to read more books to evaluate personal ability and to broaden my horizons,especially to improve my English.would you give me a favor? i am chinese

  65. Stjepan says . . . | March 8, 2010 / 1:05 am

    A must have address for anybody looking for classic free e-books.

    The part with the human read audio books is:
    http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1

  66. Stjepan says . . . | March 8, 2010 / 1:13 am

    I forgot:

    All these free audio books should have been in a text (or PDF or HTML) format at the main gutenberg.org web page:

    http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

  67. Stefan says . . . | March 14, 2010 / 3:24 am

    wonderful sight ,

    Thanks a lot for the Christianity related audio-books

  68. Eliz says . . . | March 17, 2010 / 9:08 pm

    Thank you so much…..for the audio book…very useful…..Hopefully you may have also the old and testament of the bible…….Thank you again…….

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