Free Audio Books
- Books Should Be Free"Books Should Be Free" makes the world's public-domain audio books available for browsing in a visual and entertaining way. Books are browsable by their cover and include fiction, nonfiction, children's books, classics, and more.
- LibriVoxLibriVox provides free audio books from the public domain. There are several options for listening. Audio books are available in several formats, such as mp3, ogg, and more.
- Project Gutenberg- The Audio Books ProjectProject Gutenberg makes audio e-books available in two different categories: human-read and computer-generated. These files can be very large, so are not good for modems or other low-speed connection.
Foreign Language Audio Books Online
- French: audiocite.net and litteratureaudio.com
- Italian: radio.rai.it
- Spanish: albalearning.com
- German: vorleser.net
- Dutch: radioboeken.be and biblioo.nl
- Project Gutenberg - the Audio ProjectProject Gutenberg has more than 28,000 free e-books, in more than 50 languages.
Overdrive
You might have access through your public library to Overdrive - a large selection of digital audio books and ebooks for use with computers, MP3 players, and ebook readers. Wisconsin Public Libraries Consortium provides access. Check with your local public library to learn more.
Audiobooks on CD at our libraries
Find audiobooks on CD available for check-out at our libraries
- Find audiobookshundreds of audiobooks on CD in our collections
Databases with audiobooks
- O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new windowO’Reilly includes tech and business content from more than 250 publishers - along with videos, audiobooks, case studies, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments.
EBSCO Audiobooks app
- An ALL-NEW EBSCO Audiobooks app - listen to content on the go.
- Download directly to your device. You will see new Check Out buttons on EBSCOhost. Using EBSCOhost Mobile, you can check out audiobooks, and then download the app to listen to titles on your mobile device. No desktop computer needed.
- You can check out titles and log into the app using your MyEBSCOhost account credentials - your MyEBSCO personal username and password.
- Compatible with Apple devices running iOS 8+ and Android devices running Android OS 5+.