Audiobooks don’t need to be expensive! A number of services offer discounted and cheap audiobooks. Where can you get cheap audiobooks? What is the cheapest audiobook subscription? Can you get cheap audiobooks without a subscription? In this guide, I’ll answer these questions and more to help you find the cheapest audiobooks. I even have some exclusive audiobook discount codes and offers to save you additional money!
- Quick Summary – The cheapest audiobooks
- Audible – Member sales & annual plan
- Audiobooks.com – Cheap audiobook sales
- Chirp – Cheap audiobooks with no subscription fees
- Kobo – Premium audiobooks with a cheap monthly subscription
- Libby – Free audiobooks from the library
- Libro.fm – Cheap audiobook clubs & sale selections
- Scribd – Unlimited listening with a cheap monthly subscription
- Summary – The cheapest audiobooks
Where to Find Cheap Audiobooks
Quick Summary – The cheapest audiobooks
Audible has an annual plan which offers meaningful savings if you prepay for your credits vs. paying monthly. Read more.
Chirp has no subscription fees and up to 95% off bestselling audiobooks. Use our exclusive code CHIRPAA30 to get 30% off your first purchase. Read more.
Kobo is $9.99 USD per month making it the cheapest audiobook subscription giving you a credit for a premium title of your choice. Read more.
Libby lets you borrow audiobooks with a library card making it a great way to listen to free audiobooks. Read more.
Scribd provides members access to millions of audiobooks, ebooks, magazines, comics, and sheet music selections. With a fee of $11.99 USD per month it’s our pick the best value platform. Read more.
Audible – Member sales & annual plan
Audible is an audiobook service from Amazon. It is known as the leading creator and provider of audiobooks and other spoken-word content.
Members can get cheap audiobooks on Audible with the Daily Deal, regular two-for-one sales, price drops on single titles, and more. Follow this link to see current Audible deals. I recommend subscribing to Member Daily Deal emails to keep up to date on current Audible sales. Another tip is to add items to your wishlist so you’ll be notified when they go on sale.
To save money on your Audible membership you should also consider signing up for the Audible annual subscription. Just as you can save by buying other products in bulk, with Audible you will pay less when you prepay for your credits with the Audible annual plan. Currently, you will save $2.46 per credit ($29.90 per year) with the Audible Premium Plus Annual at $149.50 per year vs. the Audible Premium Plus plan at $14.95 per month. So if you want to listen to premium titles, the annual plan is the cheapest Audible plan (the Audible Plus plan is less per month but does not include premium audiobooks). Click here to access the Annual Plan.
Audible also has a free trial you can get here: try Audible free.
Audiobooks.com – Cheap audiobook sales
Audiobooks.com is another popular service for audiobooks. It has a large catalog, a great app, and helpful book lists.
Audiobooks.com has a regularly updated selection of cheap audiobook deals and offers. Browse current Audiobooks.com deals.
Audiobook Clubs are a unique membership option from Audiobooks.com where you can join one of 8 clubs for 30 days of unlimited listening to thousands of bestselling and classic audiobooks. The cost is $14.95 USD per month to join a club – this is not necessarily “cheap” but if you listen to a lot of audiobooks, particularly in one genre, you may find they give you good value. Browse Audiobook Clubs.
Audiobooks.com has a 30-day free trial with 3 free audiobooks you can keep even after the trial. You can read why I recommend the service in my Audiobooks.com review or you can follow this link to access the Audiobooks.com free trial.
Chirp – Cheap audiobooks with no subscription fees
Chirp is an audiobook service from the same people who created BookBub, a popular book discovery website.
What makes Chirp audiobooks unique is its focus on offering limited-time deals on select audiobooks. Books are yours to keep, and, unlike many other audiobook services, there are no monthly subscription fees or minimum purchases.
Chirp offers limited-time deals on audiobooks without subscription fees and savings up to 95% off. It’s a great service if you don’t want to be locked into a monthly commitment or have to deal with managing a credit system. You can click here to see current Chirp deals or read about my experience with the service in my Chirp Audiobooks review.
Chirp also offers audiobook clubs that are free to join, provide recommendations on a regular basis, and are a great place to find cheap audiobooks! Follow this link to browse all Chirp audiobook clubs.
Exclusive: you can get 30% off your first purchase with our Chirp promo code: CHIRPAA30
Kobo – Premium audiobooks with a cheap monthly subscription
Kobo (an anagram of “book”) is a company that sells audiobooks, ebooks, readers, and tablet computers. It is owned by the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten.
Like many of the other services featured in this article, Kobo lets you purchase audiobooks individually or under a subscription model. Kobo membership is $9.99 USD per month for 1 credit which can be used for any audiobook. This makes it the audiobook service with the lowest monthly subscription cost for 1 credit.
Kobo has a 30-day free trial that you can access here: try Kobo free.
Libby – Free audiobooks from the library
Libby lets you borrow audiobooks with a library card making it a great way to listen to free audiobooks.
Availability of certain titles will depend on factors including the size of your library, how popular a title is, and how many audiobooks are stocked.
The following video is a helpful guide to getting started with Libby:
Note: Hoopla is another popular option for borrowing audiobooks from the library.
Libro.fm – Cheap audiobook clubs & sale selections
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore.
As part of the sign-up process, you’ll choose the independent bookstore you want to support with future purchases and Libro.fm will split profits with this bookstore. Read my Libro.fm review to learn why I highly recommend the service!
Libro.fm also has a regularly updated selection of discounted and sale audiobooks, including bestsellers and featured picks. Browse current Libro.fm sale audiobooks.
Libro.fm currently has 3 audiobook clubs. Each club is free to join, and there is no monthly commitment. These clubs are Kids Club, YA Club, and Kiss Club. Learn more about Libro.fm clubs.
Would you like to try Libro.fm? Click here to go to the Libro.fm website. And don’t forget to use either the code AUDIOBOOKADDICTS for a bonus audiobook when signing up!
Scribd – Unlimited listening with a cheap monthly subscription
Scribd is a subscription service that provides members access to millions of audiobooks, ebooks, magazines, comics, and sheet music selections.
The subscription fee is currently $11.99 USD per month. When I first wrote this article, the fee was $9.99 USD per month but the price has increased. Still, while Scribd is no longer the cheapest audiobook service, it is perhaps the best value.
Scribd’s massive digital library offers a wide range of reading material in both print and audio formats at a price that seems very fair for everything you get. Stephen King has endorsed the service, describing it as “like Netflix for word wonks.”
Would you like to try Scribd for free? Click here to visit the Scribd website to create a basic account. You can then activate a free trial of the premium membership for 60 days to get access to Scribd’s library of content. Note: this Scribd 60-day trial is exclusive to Audiobook Addicts readers (normally, the trial is 30-days).
Summary – The cheapest audiobooks
As you can see, there are a lot of options when it comes to cheap audiobooks! If you’re still needing some help deciding here is a summary of my recommendations for finding cheap audiobooks:
What is the cheapest audiobook service?
It’s hard to beat free, so the cheapest audiobook service is Libby which lets you listen to audiobooks from the public library.
What is the cheapest audiobook service without subscription fees?
Chirp has no subscription fees and up to 95% off bestselling audiobooks. Use our exclusive code CHIRPAA30 to get 30% off your first purchase.
What is the cheapest audiobook subscription?
Kobo is $9.99 USD per month making it the cheapest audiobook subscription giving you a credit for a premium title of your choice.
What is the best value audiobook subscription?
Scribd provides unlimited access to a massive digital library for a low $11.99 USD per month.
What is the cheapest audiobook club?
Libro.fm and Chirp offer the cheapest audiobook club options as the clubs are free to join, have no monthly commitment, and provide great discounts.
What is the cheapest Audible plan?
The cheapest Audible subscription is Audible Plus at $7.99 USD per month. The Audible plan with the cheapest cost per credit is the Audible annual membership.
Where can I find cheap audiobooks?
In addition to the options already mentioned, many audiobooks services have a sale selection of cheap audiobooks:
Where do you get cheap audiobooks? Please share your experiences in the comments below.
