Free Chinese Audiobooks and E-books: Listen and Read World Literature in Chinese

By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese

The best way to enhance your language ability is to listen and read literature. In this post you will find out how to find free Chinese audiobooks and free Chinese e-books.  This post will help you find world literature in both audiobooks and e-books. It will also provide you tips on how to enhance your reading and listening comprehension by using these resources.  The last two sections contain a list of books to hear and read and a list of recommended dictionaries and language tools for reading and practicing writing.

Find an Audiobook First, then Look for an E-book for It

First, go to the websites in the next section to look for a free audio book you want. Once you decide an audio book you want to listen to, then google to find the Chinese e-book for it.  You will be surprised to find that you can find many free e-books for the audiobooks you are interested.

Tips for improving listening and reading skills in Chinese:

Listen to the audiobook you select and read the literature along with the corresponding e-book you find on line. First, listen and read along a few times until you can understand the text. Then try to listen to it without reading. If necessary, listen to it a few more times until you can comprehend what you hear.

How to Find Chinese Audiobooks?

Here are some apps and websites you can hear free Chinese Audiobooks (有声读物）in Chinese:

• 凤凰FM
• 56听书网 
• 懒人听书
• K酷听听书
• 天方听书网
• 喜马拉雅FM有声书

How to Find Chinese e-books?

Once you find an audiobook from the above links, you can simply google the title of the book in Chinese (You should click on a link that has the title of the book followed by the words, “在线阅读” (zai xian yuedu, “on-line reading”). For instance, if you are looking for the book “老人与海” （Old Man and the Sea), just type the title of the book, and  look for a link that has these words: 老人与海在线阅读. You can look for any e-book that way.

You can also go to the following websites to get free Chinese e-books. Here are some of the websites that provide free Chinese e-books in World Literature, Chinese classics, Famous autobiography, Novels, Poetry, Children’s Literature, etc.

• 世界名著小说_外国文学名著在线阅读（中英文对照小说）_VOA英语学习网

• 中英对照外国文学名著|名著阅读|双语对照世界名著在线阅读- 可可英语

• 17部英文版世界名著在线阅读 – 英语备课大师： 英语大师双语阅读——读名著

  • Well-known Speeches 世界名人演讲18篇（中英双语版）
  • 天天阅读　中华经典　文学名著　诗文鉴赏　人文历史　青春励志　名人传记　武侠世界　文苑撷英　言情脉脉　名人传记　教育学习
    世界名著　四大名著　白话古籍　古代侠义　古代公案　三言二拍　忠烈将门　爱的教育　武侠小说　教育故事　百家讲坛　大师书房
    唐诗鉴赏　宋词鉴赏　古文观止　成功励志　诺贝尔奖　少儿文学　三十六计　二十四孝　红学专题　西游全书　水浒全传　三国演义
• 名著小说网- 世界名著_外国名著_古典名著_名著阅读_小说txt电子书 …

• 最美书房：中外文学名著在线阅读系统

• 天涯书库
• 奴奴书房
• 久久读书人: 历届诺贝尔文学奖作者作品
• 随便看看吧文学: 中国现代当代文学在线阅
• 读维普阅读网
• 华语网：现代文阅读 >> 小学阅读　初中阅读　高中阅读　应用文　经典名著　课外阅读　散文随笔　阅读指导　休闲阅

• 世界名著在线阅读-_世界名著网(t.icesmall.cn)

• 世界文学名著60部在线阅读

  经典阅读 诗词鉴赏 世界名著 武侠经典 红学经典 西游专题 水浒世界 三国演义
  公案小说 侠义小说 名著绘本 古文观止 四大名著 三言二拍 美文鉴赏 必背古诗

• 名著在线阅读分类导航-名著小说在线阅读-读书369
• 剧本联盟 （Play）：小品剧本  相声剧本  微电影  话剧剧本  双簧快板  动画  演讲稿  影视剧本  三句半

I have found the audiobooks and e-books for the following literary work:

This list will continue to grow.

• 有声小说 Audio book： 假如给我三天光明－－海伦凯勒自传；the e-book: 海伦·凯勒《假如给我三天光明》
• 有声小说 Audio book：Weicheng 围城 （Fortress Beseiged)  （14 hrs) & the e-book for Weicheng 围城
• 有声小说 Audiobook: The Story of Ah Q 阿Q正传 and the e-book for The Story of Ah Q 阿Q正传；Translation for the Story of Ah Q
• 有声小说 Audiobook：生死场  and the e-book for 生死场
• 有声小说Audiobook：彷徨(19集) and the e-book for 鲁迅《彷徨》在线阅读
• 有声小说 Audiobook: Star War 星球大战 and  the e-book for Star War in Chinese 星球大战 (in simplified) and the e-book (traditional)
• 有声小说 Audiobook for Ba Jin “The Family”  and the e-book  for Ba Jin “The Family
• 有声小说 Audio Book for “Old Man and the Sea” and  the e-book for  Old man and the Sea in Chinese  (老人与海). (The audio begins with a preface).

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