有声读物是长途驾车或让无聊的家务(boring chores pass by)快速过去的完美方式，但其中很多都需要一条胳膊和一条腿。有声读物(Audiobooks)的平均价格在 20 美元到 30 美元之间——远高于平装书或精装书的成本。
好消息是，您可以在一些网站上找到免费的合法有声读物在线下载和欣赏。确保(Make)您免费下载的任何书籍实际上都是免费(free)的，而不是盗版(not pirated)的。毕竟，你不想削减一个勤奋的作者的收入。
LibriVox是一项旨在将公共领域书籍转换为免费有声读物的非营利计划的主要站点。所有书籍都由志愿者阅读，并免费提供给任何人听。
LibriVox拥有数千本经典小说，甚至是杂志的音频版本。您可以逐章下载书籍或在线收听。(download the books)
OverDrive 允许您通过您的图书馆访问各种有声读物，甚至是最近的畅销书。您只需要一张当地图书馆的借书证，您就可以通过手机或平板电脑登录并收听有声读物。
MindWebs汇集了 150 多篇科幻小说和奇幻短篇小说，全部免费提供。它们以广播剧的形式呈现，标题来自于Ursula K. Le Guin和 HG Wells等历史上的伟大人物。
每个人都知道古腾堡计划(Project Gutenberg)，因为它收藏了经典书籍，但它也提供了大量的有声读物。让它脱颖而出的是你可以让电脑给你看书，尽管公平警告：这不是一个很好的体验。好消息是人类也有阅读书籍的选择。
信不信由你，Spotify不仅仅适用于音乐。您最喜欢的许多小说都是免费提供的，由一些知名人士阅读——例如，您可以听肖恩·阿斯汀（Sean Astin）阅读的《了不起的盖茨比》 。(The Great Gatsby)
Audiobooks.com是一项订阅服务，但您可以注册 30 天免费试用并免费获得三本有声读物。一本书是您的选择，另外两本书是有声读物(Audiobooks)从他们的VIP选择中选择的。前 30 天后，订阅费用为每月 15 美元。
AllYouCanBooks.com有点像自助餐。当然，这需要花钱——但您可以免费获得前 30 天（并且可以在收费前取消），并在此期间消费任意数量的有声读物。有超过 40,000 本书可供选择，这是一段很长的聆听时间。
Scribl是一个在线市场，因此您可以在该网站上购买很多不同的有声读物。另一方面，您还可以免费找到大约一半的库。不幸的是，您无法按价格排序，而且网站本身速度非常慢 - 但如果您将其视为寻宝游戏，您可以免费找到有趣的书籍。
Storynory 是互联网上儿童有声读物(children’s audiobooks)的首选。借助原创故事、童话故事、经典作者的故事，甚至教育内容，您可以通过 iOS 应用下载故事、在YouTube 上(YouTube)查找内容或直接从网站收听。
Sync是青少年夏季阅读马拉松，每年由AudioFile Magazine主办。您可以在夏季每周注册并收到两本主题有声读物。对于想要找到更多适合年龄的标题的青少年来说，这是一个很好的选择。只需(Just)在AudioFile Magazine的网站上注册即可参与。
Hoopla Digital是Midwest Tape的一个部门，该组织为(Midwest Tape)北美(North America)的公共图书馆提供媒体。只要您拥有图书证，就可以注册该服务并获得来自 1,500 多个图书馆的免费有声读物。如果您没有借书证，只需几个步骤即可从应用程序中注册一张。
Learn Out Loud是一个教育资源数据库。您可以找到从自助到语言学习等各种主题的有声读物。虽然并非所有内容都是免费提供的，但您应该查看哪些内容可供您使用。这些书可以在线收听或下载以供以后使用。
Lit2Go是免费书籍和著作的集合。您可以将不同的内容下载为音频文件或PDF 文件(PDF)。Lit2Go上的大多数书籍都属于公共领域，因此您可能会看到这些标题与此列表中的其他公共领域数据库之间存在重叠。另一方面，这是聆听《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》(The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn )或《爱丽丝梦游仙境》等故事的好方法。(Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.)
如果这里列出的许多条目编译来自公共领域的免费有声读物，那么 Open Culture有点像数据库编译器。它列出了数千本有声读物，但是当您找到想要流式传输或下载的有声读物时，您将被重定向到托管它的原始站点。但是，其集中的书名集合使其成为搜索在其他地方找不到的更晦涩书籍的好方法。
Audible是亚马逊(Amazon)的另一个部分，也是在网络上查找和购买有声读物的最佳网站之一。这是一项昂贵的服务，每月收费 15 美元。但是，您可以注册 30 天免费试用并获得一本免费书籍（如果您是Amazon Prime会员，则为两本），即使您取消订阅(cancel your subscription)，也可以永久保留。
ThoughtAudio收集了一系列教育和哲学书籍，旨在扩大您的视野并拓宽您的思维。您可以从该网站流式传输或下载有声读物，但值得注意的是，它自2020 年9 月以来尚未更新。(September)
The 16 Best Sites to Find Free Audiobooks Online
Audiobooks are the perfеct way to spend a long drive or to make boring chores pass by quickly, but so many of them cost an arm and a leg. Audiobooks average between $20 and $30 – much more than the cost of a paperback or a hardback book.
The good news is that there are sites where you can find free, legal audiobooks online to download and enjoy. Make sure any book you download for free is actually free and not pirated. After all, you don’t want to cut into a hardworking author’s income.
LibriVox is the main site of a non-profit initiative that aims to convert public domain books into free audiobooks. All of the books are read by volunteers and provided for free for anyone to listen to.
LibriVox is home to thousands of classic novels and even audio versions of magazines. You can download the books or listen to them online, chapter-by-chapter.
OverDrive allows you to access a wide range of audiobooks, even recent best-sellers, through your library. All you need is a library card to your local library and you can sign in and listen to audiobooks through your phone or tablet.
MindWebs is a collection of more than 150 science-fiction and fantasy short stories, all available for free. They are presented as radio dramas, with titles from some of the all-time greats like Ursula K. Le Guin and H.G. Wells.
Everyone knows Project Gutenberg for its collection of classic books, but it also provides a huge number of audiobooks. What makes it stand out is that you can have a computer read books to you, although fair warning: it’s not a great experience. The good news is there are options for humans to read the books, too.
Believe it or not, Spotify is good for more than just music. Many of your favorite novels are available for free, read by some huge names – for example, you can listen to The Great Gatsby read by Sean Astin.
Audiobooks.com is a subscription service, but you can sign up for a 30-day free trial and receive three audiobooks at no cost. One book is your choice, and the other two are selected by Audiobooks from their VIP selection. After the first 30 days, the subscription is $15 per month.
AllYouCanBooks.com is a bit like a buffet. Sure, it costs money – but you get the first 30 days free (and can cancel before you are charged) and consume as many audiobooks as you like during that time. With more than 40,000 books to choose from, that’s a whole lot of listening time.
Scribl is an online marketplace, so you can buy quite a few different audiobooks on the site. On the other hand, you can also find roughly half of its library available for free. Unfortunately, you can’t sort by price, and the website itself is horrendously slow – but if you think of it like a treasure hunt, you can find interesting books for no cost.
Storynory is the go-to spot for children’s audiobooks on the internet. With original stories, fairy tales, stories from classic authors, and even educational content, you can download stories through the iOS app, find content on YouTube, or listen straight from the website.
Sync is a summer reading marathon for teens, hosted each year by AudioFile Magazine. You can sign up and receive two themed audiobooks each week for the summer. It’s a great option for teens that want to find more age-appropriate titles. Just sign up on AudioFile Magazine’s website to take part.
Hoopla Digital is a section of Midwest Tape, an organization that provides media to public libraries in North America. As long as you have a library card, you can sign up for the service and gain access to free audiobooks from more than 1,500 libraries. If you don’t have a library card, you can sign up for one from within the app with just a few steps.
Learn Out Loud is a database of educational resources. You can find audiobooks on a variety of topics from self-help to language learning. While not all of the content is available for free, enough of it is that you should check out what’s available to you. The books can be listened to online or downloaded for consumption later.
Lit2Go is a collection of free books and writings. You can download the different content as either an audio file or as a PDF. Most of the books on Lit2Go are in the public domain, so you might see overlap between these titles and other public domain databases on this list. On the other hand, it’s a great way to hear stories like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
If many of the entries listed here compile free audiobooks from the public domain, Open Culture is a bit like a compiler of databases. It lists thousands of audiobooks, but when you find one you want to stream or download, you will be redirected to the original site that hosts it. However, its centralized collection of titles make it a great way to search for more obscure books you can’t find elsewhere.
Audible is another section of Amazon and one of the best sites to find and purchase audiobooks on the web. It’s an expensive service, clocking in at $15 per month. However, you can sign up for a 30-day free trial and receive one free book (two if you’re an Amazon Prime member) that you keep forever, even if you cancel your subscription.
ThoughtAudio has a collection of educational and philosophical titles intended to expand your horizons and broaden your thinking. You can stream or download audio books from the site, but it’s worth noting it hasn’t been updated since September of 2020.
