Websites that Offer Free Audio Book Downloads

A lot of people are so busy these days that they cannot afford any time to read a book no matter how much they want to. This problem has been lessened with the introduction of audio books. Audio books are recordings of books which can be downloaded on a smartphone, computer, or mp3 player and listened to as opposed to reading the actual book. Now people can listen to a book they want  while they carry out their work, whilst travelling, and so on. Even more appealing is that these books can be downloaded for FREE from a number of sites on the internet. The following is a nearly exhaustive list of sites where you can find free audio books online:
Freeclassicaudiobooks.com
This site offers for free download, classic books as audio books. They are available in two file formats: mp3 and m4b (for Apple iPods and iTunes). You can even send them a request to add a certain classic book to their download list and they usually oblige.
Librivox.org
Librivox offers free audio books which are in the public domain i.e. are not copyrighted. Books are offered in mp3 and ogg file formats.
Booksshouldbefree.com
This site offers both fiction and non-fiction books as free audio books. All files are in the mp3 format.
Learnoutloud.com
This site offers educational audio books as free download. Files are usually in the mp3 format. It also offers podcasts and videos. You have to register (for free) as a member to have access to free downloads.
Gutenberg.org (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Audio_Books_Project)
It offers thousands of free human-read and computer-generated audio books in various languages. Books include both fiction and non-fiction.
Freechristianaudiobooks.com
This site has free Christian audio books for download. Available file formats include mp3, m4b, aac (for Apple iPods and iTunes).
Free-books.org
Free audio books are available for download in the mp3 format.
Literalsystems.org
Literal Systems offers human-read audio books for download. Titles include both fiction and non-fiction.
Openculture.com
(http://www.openculture.com/2006/10/audio_book_podc.html)
This site offers free download of fiction, non-fiction and poetry in mp3 and aac (for Apple iTunes and iPods) formats.
Kayray.org
(http://kayray.org/category/audiobooks/)
Kayray.org offers only children's audio books for free download.
Podiobooks.com
This site offers free serialized audio books especially of fiction.
Storynory.com
Storynory offers audio books of children's stories and fairy tales for free download.
Other Sites That Offer Free Audio Books
Audiobooks.org
Telltaleweekly.org
Top-audiobook-downloads.com/free
Freeaudiobooksdownload.com
Audiobookscorner.com/free
Audiofreemp3books.com
Audiobookquest.com/free
Archive.org/details/audio_bookspoetry
Audiobooktreasury.com/free-audio-books
Voicesinthedark.com
Anearforbooks.com/free
Ebooksonus.com/audiobooks
Phonicaudio.com
Simplylisten.com/free

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