--- title: "Where to Get Free Audiobooks" description: "I am a fan of audiobooks.  About 1/3 of all of my reading is audiobook.  Goodereader Blog has a very good post about the huge growth of audiobooks (especially digital MP3 audiobooks and Audible.com..." url: https://bookwi.se/where-to-get-free-audiobooks/ date: 2013-08-09 modified: 2013-08-09 author: "Adam Shields" categories: ["Kindle Tips"] type: post lang: en --- # Where to Get Free Audiobooks [![Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin](https://bookwi.se/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/original-thunder_and_rain_uab_dl.jpg)](http://noisetrade.com/charlesmartin/thunder-and-rain-a-novel-audiobook)I am a fan of audiobooks.  About 1/3 of all of my reading is audiobook.  [Goodereader Blog has a very good post](http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/audiobooks-begin-to-gain-momentum) about the huge growth of audiobooks (especially digital MP3 audiobooks and Audible.com Audiobooks), especially compared to the recent slowing growth of ebooks. What the growth of audiobooks as an industry means is that there are also a lot more free audiobooks.  Like ebooks, I have stopped picking up all free audiobooks and I am only picking up the ones that I am going to read soon (audiobook storage takes a lot more space than ebook storage).  But here are a few places I look for audiobooks. **Christianaudio.com** Every month Christianaudio.com has a free book. This month is one of the best Christian books of the 20th century, [John Stott’s Basic Christianity](http://christianaudio.com/free). **NoiseTrade** NoiseTrade is a website devoted to giving away music (and now audiobooks) in order to generate interest for independent and lesser known artists.  Independent Christian Musician Derek Webb was the [co-founder](http://noisetrade.com/info/team) and there has always been [good Christian music](http://noisetrade.com/genres/christian-gospel) as a part of the site (but it is not a Christian site). The current [list of 22 complete audiobooks from NoiseTrade](http://noisetrade.com/genres/Audiobook) is at the bottom of this post. (There are also introductions and first chapters, but I did not link to those.) **Audible.com** Audible.com is my favorite source of audiobooks. They focus on audiobook subscription model (I buy 24 audiobooks for $229, which includes a free daily subscription to either New York Times or Wall Street Journal audio summary, 30% off any audiobooks that I buy without credits and access to a lot of sales). What makes Audible.com the best audiobook provider is their very good software that works on virtually any device and the ability to sync many audiobooks to their kindle counterpart (so you can alternate between audio and kindle versions easily.) Audible also has free books that are either promotions or free for other reasons.  Many of them are novella length or prequels to a series. Some examples are [Free: Whodunnit](http://www.audible.com/pd/?asin=B00DIAUPU4) (mystery novel companion to a new show on ABC), [My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent](http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B002V1CGHG), [Learn Korean](http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0056IUFKG), [Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson](http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B002V5CUHI) ([Bookwi.se Review](https://bookwi.se/free-by-chris-anderson-a-post-about-the-church/)), [Millionaire Upgrade](http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0036GPPS2), [The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer by Dean Baker](http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B002V0GCV8) ([Bookwi.se Review](https://bookwi.se/the-conservative-nanny-state/)), [The First by Jason Mott](http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00EAQS94O), and [The Booktaker: A Nameless Detective Mystery by Bill Pronzini](http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_3?asin=B0053ZSVKI) Audible also has a lot of [lectures](http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00E9WCZZI&source_code=FBIGB90AUWS080513), [speeches](http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B0036HY2TE&qid=1376055248&sr=1-1), [government hearings](http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B0036I596S&qid=1376055282&sr=1-1) and [interviews](http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002UZN11S&qid=1376055356&sr=1-1) available for free as well.  One of the best ways to find free audiobooks at Audible (other than waiting for an email) is to search.  Use the search term “$0.00 site: audible.com” (I first saw this on a [lifehacker post](http://lifehacker.com/5939022/score-free-audiobooks-from-audible-with-a-simple-google-search)).  There is a much more complicated search term that excludes much of the speeches, samples and interviews.  It is: $0.00 -Excerpt -Interview -Chapter -Extract -Speech -Sample -"A Conversation" -"This is Audible" site:audible.com But it still has a lot of radio shows and mislabeled free materials.  Mostly I wait for emails from Audible. **AudioSync** Every summer [Audiosync](http://www.audiobooksync.com/) gives away 2 free young adult audiobooks a week, one modern and one classic.  Usually they are in some way thematically related.  This week it is [Enchanted by Alethea Kontis](http://www.audiobooksync.com/sync-young-adult-titles/enchanted/) and [Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll](http://www.audiobooksync.com/sync-classic-titles/through-the-looking-glass/).  These are often very good editions, but Audiosync is a bit of a pain in the neck to get the book.  You have to check out separately and go through about six or seven screens to get to the download.  Also this year I have not been as interested in the offerings.  But they are a good source of free books, especially if you enjoy young adult books. **Your Library** Don’t forget your library as a very good source of free audiobooks.  Most libraries now partner with Overdrive as a digital provider of both ebooks and audiobooks.  My library system (Cobb County GA) has just under 1000 audiobooks and nearly 2000 ebooks.  Most of which I can either read on my kindle or listen to on my iphone.  If you have windows computer and/or android you can listen to all of them (some use wma DRM that is not playable on either iphone or my Mac). **The NoiseTrade Books**