Free modern audiobook downloads

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The website is impressive owing to the clean and user-friendly interface. Explore your desired audiobook by trending, top-rated or genres. Scribl doesn't seem to be a good option for free audiobook MP3 downloads, despite the fair prices, most audiobooks come at a cost. The reason why I added it into the list is that Scribl provides plenty of podcasts for free streaming and downloading, but it requires a free account as a premise. Open the above link and click on "Listen" button underneath each title to learn the synopsis.

If you have logged in, scroll down the page and you're allowed to stream podcast audiobooks chapter by chapter. Click the three-dot icon to download free audiobooks in MP3. Unfortunately, there is no option to download the whole audiobook.

Without further introduction, Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering universal access to free audiobook MP3 downloads.

You may have noticed that this library of audiobooks features digital recordings and MP3's from multiple websites like LibriVox, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive users, etc.

It offers multiple sorting options on the left side to help you locate your interested audiobooks, even better, the audiobook can be downloaded in multiple audio formats by individual chapters or a whole ZIP file. Project Gutenberg, which aims to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks, is also a pretty good website to find free downloadable MP3 audiobooks. You're able to search and browse eBooks by author, title, subject, language, type, popularity, and even the full text search.

This site provides both human-read and computer-generated audiobooks, but IMHO, I don't think you guys will like the robot voices.

Go to each story, simply click on the download button below the audio player to download free audio book MP3. Besides, a text version is also available for each story. Although there are only a limited number of stories, they are downloadable MP3 audiobooks that can play on virtually any audio device without network connection.

Likewise, in addition to the download button, it still lists the text version below each audiobook. As its name implies, this website focuses on short bedtime stories. You don't need to open a post to take further action, it's convenient to stream and download audiobook on the homepage.

Unfortunately, it has been no longer updated since , but if you're a newcomer to this website, these amazing bedtime stories may strike a chord with you. Sweet dreams! Thought Audio offers a selection of classic literature and philosophy titles as audiobooks and PDFs for free downloads. Download it, you won't be disappointed. Dec 11, PM. All must bow to the will of Future Dark Overlord Sigler.

This twisted puppy will rock your world and scare the crap out of you in more new ways than you thought possible! Succumb to the horror that is the sick mind of Scott Sigler. Or else!! Dec 12, AM. Can you say Chicken Snips.. Enough dickin around Scott, on with the show Not my favorite, but still incredibale.

What another F. Keep it up oh sick and twisted one.. Dec 13, AM. I'm excited to see all the new recommendations and votes! It appears that Scott Sigler has more enthusiastic fans than my top pick, Charlotte Bronte Dec 13, PM. That's because if you don't vote for him he will cut you boys off with a pair of chicken scissors! Dec 14, PM. Dec 18, AM. Dec 08, PM. Mar 25, PM. Dec 22, AM. This is quite a good list but for I think it would be better if voters vote for the free audio editions, not the default most added ones.

This will make it easier to know where each book can be downloaded from. See my votes as an example. Each book I've voted for is the free audiobook edition, and the download page is given in the book's url. Dec 23, AM.

Horse lover 1 wrote: "where can you download the Harry Potter for free? I'm removing it. This is why it's better to add and vote for the free audiobook editions only. Apr 24, PM. I'm quite new to lists on goodreads, so can anyone tell me if i can like the list or if there is anyway i can save it to view it later without voting on it, because i still haven't read any of the books. Sep 27, AM. I wish there was a way to save the list as well I am trying to build a collection of audio books to listen to as I work, I've no time to sit and read anymore.

Saving these lists would be fantastic! Sep 27, PM. For anyone interested, there's another list here with only free Science Fiction audiobook editions. Feb 16, PM. I'm looking for Beta-listeners for the audible version that I'm producing of my novel, Irish Firebrands. Anybody here interested in getting free chapters by e-mail? They'll be in m4b format, compatible with iTunes and VLC media players. Oct 06, PM. How do you download these books? May 06, PM. Audiobooks provide another way for us to take a good read anywhere we want to go, as we can listen to the latest bestseller while on a long drive.

Add a reference: Book Author. Search for a book to add a reference. We take abuse seriously in our discussion boards. Simplyaudiobooks is a resource with thousands of audiobooks on CDs which you can rent or buy. It lets you rent as many audiobooks as you wish during a month, you just need to return the book by mail!

PodioBooks library is also small as it contains serialized audiobooks delivered via RSS. To download an audiobook, go to the Comments section and switch to the Download Episodes tab.

If you loved the book, you may donate the author. Storynory hosts free audiobooks for kids. The download options are either MP3 files or iTunes podcasts. Open Culture website has a section of Free Audiobooks which contains links to free audiobook downloads from different resources including Audible, iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, and some public domain sites. The library contains chiefly classics which is usually free on all resources. However, some book titles will require you to buy Audible subscription.

ThoughtAudio is a tiny website which contains various audiobooks, mostly classics and fiction.