Audiobooks you can hear free — and legally

You can listen to thousands of audiobooks without paying a penny — the classics free outright, and even current bestsellers free through your local library.

Free public-domain audiobooks

• LibriVox — thousands of public-domain books read by volunteers, free to stream or download. The biggest free audiobook library there is.
• Loyal Books — a friendlier way to browse public-domain audiobooks (and e-books) by genre and rating.
• Lit2Go — free audiobooks paired with the text, handy for studying or reading along.
• The Internet Archive — an enormous audio collection including audiobooks, poetry and radio drama.

New audiobooks, still free

• Your public library, via Libby — borrow current, professionally-narrated audiobooks free with a library card. The best source for recent titles, and completely legitimate.

For younger listeners

• Storynory — free audio stories for kids, from fairy tales to originals.

Looking for something to read rather than hear? See free e-books.