Buy and download audiobooks
To browse audiobooks, open the Apple Books app and tap the 
Audiobooks tab at the bottom of the screen. Explore new, featured, and trending audiobooks, or tap 
at the top of the screen to see all genres and book store sections. Tap Great Narrators to browse for books with your favorite narrator, celebrity narrators, or full-cast dramatizations. You can also tap the 
Search tab at the bottom of the screen to find specific audiobooks.
When you find an audiobook that you're interested in, you can listen to a sample. Tap an audiobook, then tap 
.
To purchase an audiobook, tap it, then tap Buy. To see all of your audiobooks, tap the 
Library tab. Learn more about how to manage your library.
Listen to audiobooks
In the Books app, tap the Library tab, then tap the audiobook that you want to listen to. You can control the volume, pause your audiobook, or fast-forward through the current track. Tap 
to skip forward 15 seconds or 
to skip backward. Tap 
to change the playback speed. To change tracks, tap 
in the upper-right corner, then choose the track that you want to listen to.
If you want the audiobook to stop playing after a certain amount of time, tap 
to set a sleep timer.
If you want to play the audiobook on a different speaker, tap 
. Learn more about using AirPlay audio.
To listen to an audiobook, you need to download it to your device. Learn how to redownload previous purchases.
Discover more ways to listen
- Use Siri to play audiobooks on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Play audiobooks while you drive with CarPlay.
- On a Mac or PC, you can also use iTunes to buy and listen to audiobooks.
- Some audiobooks are sold with supplemental PDFs called digital booklets. To see the PDF for an audiobook that you purchased, open iTunes and choose Audiobooks. Click Purchased, then double-click the digital booklet.