Javascript is not enabled.

Javascript must be enabled to use this site. Please enable Javascript in your browser and try again.

Where to Read (or Listen to) Books for Free Online

UPFRONT/TECH

Read (or Listen) for Free

IT’S the time of year to cozy up with a good book and warm fire. Whether you’re a voracious reader or just like to read the occasional yarn, you can save money with free e-books and audiobooks online. Here’s where to find them.

ManyBooks app icon

ManyBooks. This website includes more than 50,000 public domain titles and self-published works. (More-recent titles are available for as little as 99 cents.) | manybooks.net


Amazon Kindle app icon

Amazon. You can access free e-books here in the format for Amazon’s Kindle e-readers and apps. Go to Amazon.com and search for “free eBooks.”


Hoopla app icon

Library apps. Many libraries offer free e-book and audiobook apps to card-carriers. You can check out even current bestsellers for free. Services include Libby and Hoopla.


LibriVox app icon

LibriVox. More than 40,000 audiobooks of works in the public doman are available for free listening. | librivox.org


TuneIn app icon

TuneIn. This app is known for streaming radio stations and podcasts, but it also offers a selection of free audiobooks (albeit with ads built in). | tunein.com —JD Sartain

Unlock Access to AARP Members Edition

Join AARP to Continue

Already a Member?

of