2 Ways to Find Free Audiobooks on Audible

If you are looking for free audiobooks on Audible, you have two options. You can either pick a title from Audible’s Free Listen section or access Audible’s Plus Catalog with thousands of audiobooks in different categories.

This article will show you how to find free audiobooks on Audible and how to access the Plus Catalog titles without any payment.

Option 1: Audible’s Free Listens Section

Audible has a Free Listens section with hundreds of free audiobooks, podcasts, and more. You can access titles from a wide-ranging, rotating selection in every genre.

The best thing about this section is that you can find new releases, including bestselling titles and celebrity memoirs.

All of the Free Listens titles are completely free to access without any membership plan or trial sign up.

Start by downloading and installing the Audible app [Audible for iOS | Android].

When you open the app for the first time, tap on Get Started or Sign in

 

You need an Amazon account to sign in to Audible (like all other Amazon products and services). If you don’t have an Amazon account, create a free account in minutes. Provide the account details and tap on Continue.

The audible app has four sections accessible from the bottom navigation bar.

• Home: This section has recommendations for you highlighting the best titles and new releases from different categories.
• Library: This section contains all your Audible content including audiobooks and podcasts. Any audiobook purchased on Audible or Amazon shows up here.
• Discover: This section helps you find your next listen. Search or browse content from different categories in this section.
• Profile: This section has your account details, listening history, app settings, membership details, and more.

Now, let’s listen to an audiobook from Audible’s Free Listens section.

Tap on the Discover option from the bottom navigation bar and tap on the Search icon (top right of the screen).

I will search for a free title Around the World in 80 days and tap on Add to Library to get the audiobook in my account’s library.

The audiobook is now in your account’s Library section. Tap on Library from the bottom navigation bar. Download and start listening to the audiobook with a single tap.

The audiobook will start playing in Audible Player. The Audible player has a simple user interface with the following options.

You can also listen to Audible books without the Audible app.

Option 2: Audible’s Plus Catalog

All Audible membership plans include unlimited access to the Plus Catalog with over 70,000 audiobooks, podcasts, and Audible originals. You can stream Plus Catalog audiobooks without paying for them.

If you do not have an Audible membership, sign up for Audible’s 30-day trial for free and get unlimited access to the Plus Catalog for 30 days without paying.

You can cancel the free trial anytime you want, no questions asked.

The Plus Catalog has

• Over 70,000 audiobooks in different categories
• Over 1000 podcasts from different categories including popular podcasts by celebrities
• Over 10,000 short-duration audiobooks (under 3 hours in length)

It is updated every week with fresh content.

How to Access the Plus Catalog

To access the Plus Catalog on your computer, open Audible’s website on any browser and click on the Plus Catalog option in the top navigation bar.

If the Plus Catalog option is not available in the top navigation bar, you can either go to Browse > Plus Catalog or Click Here to go to the Plus Catalog page directly.

You can access the full catalog by clicking on the Explore option at the bottom of the page.

If you click on any Plus Catalog title, you have the option to Play it directly on your computer or Add to Library to access it through the Audible app.

To access the Plus Catalog on the Audible app, follow the steps below.

• Open the Audible app and tap on the Profile option from the bottom navigation bar
• Next, tap on The Plus Catalog option

Once in the Plus Catalog, you can browse audiobooks by category, editor’s pick, topics, new releases, and more.

To access the full catalog, scroll down and tap on the Explore option.

Here, you can access all Plus Catalog titles. Tap on the Filter option to narrow down the search according to your interests.

If you want to listen to an audiobook, tap on it to go to the title’s details page and tap on Add to Library.

How to Search Audible Catalog

The best way to search audiobooks from Plus Catalog on your computer is from the Audible’s Advanced Search page.

Select Plus Catalog under the Access option and provide other information like book name, author name, category, etc as you like.

You can search for Audible Originals, upcoming titles, and new releases in the Plus Catalog or search audiobooks by duration and language.

To search the Audible Plus Catalog in the Audible app

• Open the Audible app. Tap on Discover from the bottom navigation bar and tap on the Search icon at the top right of the screen

• Write your search term and select the included in membership option

The search results will only show the Plus Catalog titles that you can get for free. You can sort results by popularity, views, reviews, release date, and more.

The Filter option allows you to further refine the search by categories, Audible Originals, duration, and more.

Learn more about how to search the Plus Catalog to find what you are looking for.

I hope this article showed you how to find free audiobooks on Audible app. Audible’s Plus Catalog is one of the major benefits of Audible membership that gets you access to a vast library of audiobooks for unlimited streaming.