Free Audiobooks

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Free Audiobooks

The purpose of this thread is to consolidate all of the current free audiobook offers in order to reduce the congestion in the opening posts of the Audiobook Deals thread. Some of these bookstores already had separate posts listing their freebies. I moved those posts to this thread and created new posts for the other bookstores.

This thread is designed for reference, not discussion. It'll be kept closed and updated as needed.

Continue to post free offers in the Audiobook Deals thread. They'll be linked in the OP of that thread to the appropriate post in this thread.

Primary Bookstores

• Audible AU | Audible CA | Audible UK | Audible US | Audio.com
  
• Chirp Audio | eStories | Google Audio | Kobo Audio | Libro.fm

Misc Bookstores

• Misc Bookstores -- over 20 entries w/ hundreds of free titles
  
• Nightfire -- Come Join Us by the Fire (53 shorts)

Big 5 Publishers

• Hachette | HarperCollins | Macmillan | Penguin Random | Simon & Schuster

other Sources -- these categories have separate threads

• Audio Dramas | Book Podcasts | Public Domain | Public Libraries

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Audible US -- updated 11 Jun 2022

Free Audio 1 | Free Audio 2

This is a listing of audiobooks (at least an hour long) currently free at Audible US. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list is not complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them. Many, if not most, of these titles are also free at Audible AU, Audible CA, Audible UK

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  Original Post started 02 Sep 2014
  
  A big problem with Audible is that you can't search for titles by price. That makes it very difficult to find free titles. But, there are workarounds. Lifehacker dealt with this issue in Aug 2012 - Score Free Audiobooks from Audible with a Simple Google Search.
  
  I'd like to give special thanks to skinmaan for his threads Audible freebies and Free audiobook short stories. Most of the initial titles were gleaned from those threads.

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Fiction

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  1. Home Fires -- D Katz -- 28.3 hrs --> details -- historical
     
  2. Jane Carver of Waar -- N Long -- 12.1 hrs --> details -- sci-fi
     
  3. The Innocent Ones -- R Browne -- 10.8 hrs --> details -- thriller
     
  4. When You're Ready -- JL Berg -- 8.9 hrs --> details -- romance
     
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  5. Impact Winter -- T Beacham -- 5.0 hrs --> details -- fantasy -- mature
     
  6. The Turn of the Screw -- H James -- 4.7 hrs --> details -- classic
     
  7. The Cricket on the Hearth -- C Dickens -- 3.6 hrs -- classic
     
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  8. Les Liaisons Dangereuses -- C de Laclos -- 2.2 hrs -- classic
     
  9. Hidden Falls: Ordinary Secrets (S1/Ep1) -- O Newport -- 1.8 hrs -- fiction
     
  10. My Soul to Lose (bk 0.5) -- R Vincent -- 1.8 hrs --> details -- YA fantasy
      
  11. Christmas Bonus (sequel) -- N Alexander -- 1.4 hrs --> details -- fiction
      
  12. Professional Integrity (series) -- M Sullivan -- 1.3 hrs -- fantasy
      
  13. Gather ‘Round the Sound -- multiple -- 1.2 hrs --> details -- fiction
      
  14. The Undead: Deleted Scene -- RR Haywood -- 1.1 hrs -- fantasy

Non-Fiction -- 1 new title

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  1. The Big Store -- D Katz -- 30.1 hrs --> details -- NF business
     
  2. Impeachment Report -- J Nadler -- 27.3 hrs --> details -- NF political
     
  3. Mueller Report -- R Mueller -- 19.1 hrs --> details -- NF political
     
  4. Senate Report on Torture -- Intel Cmte -- 19.0 hrs --> details -- NF political
     
  5. Just Do It -- D Katz -- 14.0 hrs --> details -- NF business
     
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  6. Academic Ableism -- JT Dolmage -- 8.4 hrs --> details -- NF health
     
  7. I Learn from Children -- C Pratt -- 7.8 hrs --> details -- NF education
     
  8. Dream With Eyes Open -- R Screwvala -- 7.3 hrs --> details -- NF business
     
  9. FREE: The Future of a Radical Price -- C Anderson -- 7.0 hrs -- NF business
     
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  10. On Care for Our Common Home -- Pope Francis -- 4.2 hrs -- NF religion
      
  11. Butterfly Effect -- J Ronson -- 3.4 hrs --> details -- NF journalism -- mature
      
  12. Wedlock -- K Braunohler -- 2.9 hrs --> details -- NF relationships -- explicit
      
  13. Upstanders: Season 2 -- H Schultz -- 2.8 hrs --> details -- NF politics
      
  14. What Happens Next? -- A Savage -- 2.8 hrs --> details -- NF science
      
  15. Stories from the Storm -- Audible Studios -- 2.5 hrs --> details -- NF history
      
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  16. Most Wonderful Tales Year -- multiple -- 1.8 hrs --> details -- NF memoir
      
  17. The Voices of 9-11 -- multiple -- 1.8 hrs --> details -- NF history
      
  18. Beginner's Mind -- Yo-Yo Ma -- 1.5 hrs --> details -- NF memoir
      
  19. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography -- A Christie -- 1.3 hrs -- NF memoir
      
  20. More Than a Vote -- W Lowery -- 1.3 hrs --> details -- NF soc sci
      
  21. The Rant is Due -- L Black -- 1.3 hrs --> details -- NF humor
      
  22. Bringing Home a Shelter Dog -- C Millan -- 1.2 hrs --> details -- NF dog care
      
  23. Extraordinary Leadership -- R Sharma -- 1.1 hrs --> details -- NF business

Members Only

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  1. Johnny Tremain -- E Forbes -- 8.7 hrs --> details -- historical
     
  2. Boy Harnessed Wind -- W Kamkwamba -- 6.7 hrs --> details -- NF memoir

Rental Only

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  you do not own these books
  
  

  1. House of Blades (bk 1) -- W Wight -- 11.5 hrs --> details -- fantasy
     
  2. Impact Winter -- T Beacham -- 5.0 hrs --> details -- fantasy -- mature
     
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  3. Somebody Saved Me -- P Townshend -- 2.0 hrs --> details -- NF memoir
     
  4. The Book of Baraka -- R Baraka -- 1.7 hrs --> details -- NF memoir
     
  5. Beginner's Mind -- Yo-Yo Ma -- 1.5 hrs --> details -- NF memoir
     
  6. Coal Country -- J Blank -- 1.5 hrs --> details -- NF history -- mature
     
  7. Moment Rock Becomes Art -- S Earle -- 1.4 hrs --> details -- NF memoir

Whispersync

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  you must buy the Kindle book first
  
  

  1. Second Best Thing -- JL Swanson -- 1.2 hrs --> details -- NF history
     
  2. It's Not About You -- T Rath -- 54 min --> details -- NF memoir

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Audible AU -- updated 18 Jul 2021

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Audible AU. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Free Audiobooks -- many, if not most, of these 60+ titles are also free here

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Audible CA -- updated 18 Jul 2021

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Audible CA. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Free Audiobooks -- many, if not most, of these 60+ titles are also free here

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Audible UK -- updated 18 Jul 2021

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Audible UK. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Free Audiobooks -- many, if not most, of these 60+ titles are also free here
  
  
• FREE -- Homebody -- Orson Scott Card -- 10.8 hrs -- suspense --> details
  
• FREE -- Les Liaisons Dangereuses -- C de Laclos -- 2.2 hrs -- literary --> details
  
• FREE -- Raising Atlantis (book 1) -- T Greanias -- 9.0 hrs -- suspense --> details

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Audiobooks.com -- updated 30 Jul 2024

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Audiobooks.com. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Free Kids Audiobooks (29 titles) --> details
  
• FREE -- Free Fiction Audiobooks (30 titles) --> details
  
• FREE -- Free Non-Fic Audiobooks (20 titles) --> details
  
  
• FREE -- Come Join Us by the Fire (18 titles) -- 7.0 hrs -- horror --> details
  
• PAID -- Come Join Us by the Fire (9 titles) -- 4.0 hrs -- horror --> details

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eStories -- no longer offered -- updated 30 Jul 2024

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at eStories. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

These books are mostly LibriVox recordings that can be found elsewhere. The quality of the narration and recordings can vary from quite poor to excellent.
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Google Audio -- updated 30 Jul 2024

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Google Audio. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Free in Fiction (18 titles) -- auto-narrated
  
• FREE -- Free in Nonfiction (18 titles) -- auto-narrated
  
  
• FREE -- Free Audiobooks (?? titles)
  
  
• FREE -- Come Join Us by the Fire (53 of 62) -- 16.8 hrs -- horror --> details
  
  
• NOTE -- auto-narrated books use computer generated voices for the narration

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Libro.fm -- updated 18 Aug 2024

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Libro.fm. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Free Audiobooks -- 8 full length + 62 shorts & excerpts
  
• FREE -- Come Join Us by the Fire (53 of 62) -- 16.8 hrs -- horror --> details

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Penguin Random House Audio -- no longer offered -- updated 30 Jul 2024

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Penguin Random House Audio. These books are free for anyone with a Volumes account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.
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Chirp Audio -- updated 30 Jul 2024

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Chirp Audio. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Freebie Friday (?? titles) --> details -- expired
  
• FREE -- Free Audiobooks (22 titles) --> details

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Nightfire -- Free Audiobooks -- updated 18 Jul 2021

Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Wiki -- DRM | Help | Thread | App

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Nightfire (Tor.com horror imprint). These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Come Join Us by the Fire (53 shorts) -- horror --> details | details | details | details | details

• FREE -- Sea 1 (35 of 35) ----- 9.8 hrs -- Apple | Google | Kobo | Libro | Spotify | Audio
  
• FREE -- Sea 2-1 (18 of 27) -- 7.0 hrs -- Apple | Google | Kobo | Libro | Spotify | Audio
  
• PAID -- Sea 2-2 (9 of 27) --- 4.0 hrs -- Apple | Google | Kobo | Libro | Amz/Aud | Audio

Season 1

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Season 2

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Kobo Audio -- updated 30 Jul 2024

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Kobo Audio. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

• FREE -- Free Audiobooks (1,000+ titles)
  
• FREE -- Come Join Us by the Fire (53 of 62) -- 16.8 hrs -- horror --> details

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misc Stores -- updated xxx

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at other bookstores. These books are free for anyone and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). Some of these stores may require an account for access, some just an email, while others won't require anything. This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Annual Offers

• FREE -- World Bk Day --> details -- will return Mar 2023
  
• FREE -- SYNC Audio --> details -- will return Apr 2023
  
• SALE -- Prime Day --> details -- will return Jul 2023
  
• FREE -- Halloween --> details -- will return Oct 2023
  
• SALE -- Prime Early --> details -- will return Oct 2023
  
• SALE -- Black Friday --> details -- will return Nov 2023
  
• FREE -- Christmas --> details | details -- will return Dec 2022

misc Books

• FREE -- Avast -- 2021 --> details -- adaptation of 1984 by George Orwell
  
• FREE -- EF Benson -- Ghost Stories of EF Benson --> details
  
• FREE -- Engineer Guy -- Fatal Flight --> details
  
• FREE -- JF Penn -- Sins of Treachery | Sins of the Flesh --> details
  
• FREE -- Townsend Press -- Bluford Series (22 titles) --> details | details
  
• FREE -- Univ of Plymouth -- Moby Dick --> details

misc Stores

• FREE -- AudioBooks.org (11 titles) --> details -- classic literature -- defunct
  
• FREE -- Classic Tales (20+ titles) --> details -- classic literature
  
• FREE -- LearnOutLoud (thousands) --> details -- classic lit / non-fiction
  
• FREE -- Mises Institute (41 titles) --> details -- libertarian literature
  
• FREE -- Nightfire (62 titles) --> details -- horror
  
• FREE -- ThoughtAudio (99 titles) --> details -- classic literature
  
  
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• FREE -- AudFans (75 titles) --> details -- site not working
  
• FREE -- Big Finish -- TBA
  
• FREE -- Books In Motion (24 titles) --> details
  
• FREE -- GraphicAudio (2 titles) --> details
  
• FREE -- Intl Children’s Digital Library (3K+ titles) --> details
  
• FREE -- Listen to Genius (100+ titles) --> details -- classic literature excerpts
  
• FREE -- Lit2Go --> details
  
• FREE -- NoiseTrade (20+ titles) --> details
  
• FREE -- Spokenworld Audio (15 titles) --> details

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Macmillan Audio -- updated xxx

This is a listing of audiobooks currently free at Macmillan Audio. These books are free for anyone with an account and don't require a membership (geographic restrictions apply). This list may or may not be complete. If anyone finds other titles, just let me know and I'll add them.

Free Audiobooks

Stories from Among the Stars

• Sea 1 -- Steal the Stars -- Mac Rogers -- 6.7 hrs --> details -- download
  
• Sea 2 -- The Three-Body Problem (bk 1) -- Cixin Liu -- 13.4 hrs --> details -- download
  
• Sea 3 -- Memory Called Empire (bk 1) -- A Martine -- 15.7 hrs --> details -- download

Stories from Among the Stars is an anthology series that shares thrilling science fiction audio stories–but only for a limited time. Our first season was Steal the Stars, about forbidden love, a crashed UFO, and an alien heist. This season, we’re sharing A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. As political instability rocks the Teixcalaanli Empire, Mahit Dzmare is appointed ambassador of a station in peril. With nothing to guide her but an outdated neural chip that gives her the memories of her predecessor, she must solve a murder and protect the small, vulnerable mining station she calls home. Listen or download by February 21, 2022 to hear the whole thrilling story.

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