Being a fan of audiobooks can be expensive with monthly membership fees for popular audiobook services such as Audible or Kindle Unlimited. There are free resources offering full-length audiobooks for adults that will help save a ton of money in subscription fees.
Though Audible often requires a subscription for a majority of the audiobooks offered but you can search for “Free Audiobooks” with results for free full-length audiobooks. Some of these results will be generated with an orange button that is only free during a free-trial period. Another option is going directly to the “Free Listens” page with a list of free audiobooks and doesn’t require you to sign up for a free trial that ultimately starts charging you.
Once you find a free audiobook, click the button option “Buy for $0.00” that will prompt you to sign in to your Amazon account. Once logged in, you’ll be sent a link to your phone and email with a link to access the free audiobook. When the order is complete there will be a “Start Listening” prompt that can be opened in the downloaded app, or have you download the app if you already don’t have it.
After logging into the app, refresh the page, and you’ll have access to your free full-length audiobook available in the “My Library” section. Another option is converting a free eBook into an audiobook by using the Good e-Reader app that will read any eBook you have saved to transform it into an audiobook.
Audiobooks.com offers a free trial subscription offering users access to one book from the VIP selections of popular titles along with two full-length audiobooks for free. Being a free trial, just remember to set a reminder for renewal to cancel before being charged at the end of the trial period.
Scribl is a well-known paid audiobook platform but has a unique pricing structure where the price of certain titles increases based on the popularity through reviews in which higher-rated audiobooks will cost more. This unique model offers some of the latest audiobooks that often start out as free that can be accessed until it starts to gain popularity in reviews when Scribl starts to charge for it. This is a great audiobook resource to take advantage of, but it’s recommended to try finishing the book quickly to avoid charges if Scribl starts charging a fee and you haven’t finished your book of choice.
The Learn Out Loud website offers thousands of free educational audiobooks with courses, interviews, speeches, documentaries, and lectures. They have an endless selection of topics to choose from including timeless classic stores like Pride and Prejudice or Hamlet.
Not all sources of free audiobooks can be found online as your local library card can also get you access to free audiobooks to borrow. Some libraries also offer access to Overdrive that you can check for local locations on their website and sign up at your local library to start accessing free audiobooks.