Where to download books on tape

There are some great free ones out there, including apps for Librivox and Overdrive. There are also audiobook apps for a paid subscription service, such as Audiobooks. Audiobooks can be expensive! Thankfully, there are a lot of websites where you can get them for free. For classic literature, Librivox is the perfect website.

They take books from the public domain and have volunteers record the audio. They have a pretty vast collection. And, they also have a few books in other languages, including French, German, and Italian. Another website that has audiobooks from the public domain is LoyalBooks. They have an even wider range of languages available. Lit2Go is a great website for free audiobooks, especially for students and English language learners.

LibriVox audiobooks are read by volunteers from all over the world. Perhaps you would like to join us? LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other mobile device, or to burn onto a CD. Broster - George Eliot - Thomas Mayne Reid - Charles Dickens - James Whitcomb Riley - Jane Austen - Or poetry by Maya Angelou and Charles Bukowski. Or, even a video of Neil Gaiman reading Coraline.

They have over two million books and videos, and partner with more than 30, libraries. Scribl is a great option for newer releases, with many of the books read by the authors themselves. These free audiobooks are provided in a serialized form, so you can listen to small chunks that fit into your commute. Project Gutenberg, of course, is the classic site for free books that are in the public domain.

And now, their section on human-read free audiobooks offers an even wider collection of books. Project Gutenberg also offers computer-read audiobooks, but imagine Siri reading you Moby Dick thankfully, you do have a human-read option here. Storynory offers free audiobooks for kids, with a mix of classics, fairy tales, and original stories.

Every summer, teens or adults! Audible now has a sharing service where you can send a free book to anyone you want.