We live in the Computer Age – the age of digital equipment and devices. As our world and our lives become more hectic and demanding, man comes up with novel and interesting ways to lessen the strain. Many of these “ways” have to do with those ubiquitous and nearly indispensable gadgets and devices that many people carry today e.g. cellphones, smartphones, mp3 players, Apple iPods, Apple iPhones, pocket PCs, netbooks, mini-laptops and so on. A lot of people are so busy these days; they cannot afford any time to read a book no matter how much they want to. This problem has been solved with the introduction of audio books – one of man’s interesting ways to cope with his new life. Audio books are recordings of books which can be downloaded unto a digital device and listened to as opposed to reading the actual book. Now people can listen to a book they want to read while they carry out their work, whilst travelling, and etc. 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 download.

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