How to Listen to Kindle Unlimited Books [The Complete Guide]

This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Learn more from Privacy Policy

Kindle Unlimited is a vast digital library featuring over 4 million eBooks, available for a flat monthly fee of $11.99.

While primarily focused on eBooks, Kindle Unlimited offers more than 6,000 free audiobooks that you can borrow at no additional cost—identical to those available on Audible.

Moreover, Kindle Unlimited provides access to tens of thousands of audiobooks at significantly discounted prices when paired with borrowed eBooks.

Before showing you how to listen to books on Kindle Unlimited, here are a few important things to know.

• Audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited feature a headphone symbol and a Read and Listen for Free button. Clicking/ tapping the button will add the audiobook to your Audible library and Kindle app.

• You can listen to the borrowed audiobooks as long as you have an active Kindle Unlimited subscription
• With Kindle Unlimited, you can borrow up to 20 books at a time. To borrow additional titles, you’ll need to return one from your current library.
• Any audiobooks you purchase through Kindle Unlimited are yours to keep permanently, even if you cancel your Kindle Unlimited or Audible subscription

You can save money on Audible books when you purchase them through Kindle Unlimited.

Related Article: Audible vs Kindle Unlimited

How to Listen to Kindle Unlimited Books

In this article, we will discuss

• How to access and listen to the free included audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited
• How to access the entire catalog of eBooks with Audible narration and grab them for a discounted price.

The best way to explore audiobooks in Kindle Unlimited is through the Amazon website.

• Go to the Amazon’s website and sign in with your Amazon account
• Click on the menu (hamburger icon) at the top left of the screen

• Next, click on the Kindle E-reader & Books from the options

• Click on Kindle Unlimited from the list

• On the next page, click on the Audiobooks option. Amazon highlights the most popular eBooks with Audible narration and top-rated books in different categories. Click on the See More option to see the full collection of free audiobooks in Kindle Unlimited

• On the next page, you have a full collection of over 6000 audiobooks in Kindle Unlimited that you can borrow and listen to for free

Alternatively, you can directly go to Books with Narration in Kindle Unlimited page

• To listen to a book from the list, click on Read and Listen for Free, and you can borrow both eBook and audiobook.

• Once you have borrowed the book with audio narration, you can listen to the book in the Kindle app or Audible app. In the Kindle app, the book cover features a tiny headphone symbol indicating you have both an eBook and audiobook

• Tap on the book cover, and the eBook will open in the Kindle app. Tap in the middle of the screen to zoom out and at the bottom of the screen, you can download and play the audiobook.

The audiobook will start playing, and the words that are playing will be highlighted on the screen so you can read along while you listen to the audiobook.

You can pause the audiobook anytime if you want to go back to just reading the ebook.

You can also listen to the borrowed audiobook in the Audible app. Download and install the Audible app on your smartphone and sign in with your Amazon account.

You can find the borrowed book in the Library section of the Audible app where you can download and listen to it with a single tap.

Read More: Answer to 25 common questions about the Audible app

You can borrow over 6000 free Audible books in the Kindle Unlimited catalog for free using the above method.

Kindle Unlimited also offers tens of thousands of additional Audible books at huge discounts when you borrow the accompanying eBooks.

To access the full catalog of eBooks with audiobooks, select the eBooks with Audible Audiobook option on the Books with Narration in Kindle Unlimited page.

You will get the full catalog of Kindle Unlimited eBooks that have accompanying Audible books.

When you borrow any of the eBooks from the list, you will get an offer to buy the audio version of the book for a significantly reduced price.

The purchased Audible books are yours to keep forever, even after canceling your Kindle Unlimited or Audible membership.

If you have an eBook (Kindle version) and audiobook (Audible version), you can switch between reading and listening and enjoy an immersion reading experience.