Audiobooks

Join the more than 2,200,000 people who have used Audiobooks to listen to over 3,535 classic audiobooks for FREE. In addition to all our free content, we also now include a growing collection of premium audiobooks for your enjoyment. Audiobooks is a fantastic way to access all your favorite audiobooks on your iPhone or iPod Touch. This application gives you access to over 20,000 hours worth of great audiobook content.

Audiobooks provides a simple and straightforward way to listen to many of the best classic books, from Oliver Twist to Moby Dick, and Pride and Prejudice to the Art of War. In addition to all the best classics, we now offer MODERN titles like How to Train Your Dragon and My Sister’s Keeper for purchase right inside the app!

Here's a list of Great features available in Audiobooks:

BACKGROUND PLAYBACK now available with iOS 4 so you can check your email or play a game while listening to your favorite audiobook on any device that supports multitasking
DOWNLOAD books for offline playback
ADVANCED search by Most Popular, Genre, Duration, Author, Narrator or Language
SURPRISE ME! shows you a random book to read, so if you don't want to decide what to read, the app will select for you
UPGRADE to the paid version to remove ads, and access some other great features
AUTOMATIC BOOKMARKING to keep your place in all the books you are listening to
SLEEP TIMER so you can listen while you doze off, but the book doesn't keep playing all night
MY BOOKS section to keep track of all the books you are listening to
SHARE with friends by telling them what you're listening to on facebook, twitter, or via email
SLIDE the bar to get to the right spot in the chapter

Whether you are stuck in traffic, waiting for your connection, cramming for that English test, or just relaxing on your sofa, Audiobooks provides your most beloved audiobooks at the touch of your finger.

Many of the recordings used in this application are taken from the LibriVox project. This project has volunteers from around the world record their favorite classic books and then release them for the world to enjoy.