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French Audio Books

Listen to French audio books and audio magazines to work on your listening skills and practice pronunciation.
  1. Traditional books
  2. Listening comprehension

À Moi Paris

Improve your French listening comprehension with the online French audio book A Moi Paris.

Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Le Petit Prince is the wonderfully touching and creative story of a man who meets an extraordinary boy and relearns what it means to be a child. It is a French classic in children’s literature, as well as an excellent book for beginning-to-intermediate French students and for anyone who is tired of acting like « une grande personne ».

Les Portes Tordues

A bilingual (French-English) mystery story plus grammar book all in one aimed at upper beginning- to intermediate-level students.

Sabita et les mots magiques mêlés

Sabita et les mots magiques mêlés is an illustrated French audiobook for children.

Une Semaine à Paris - A traveler's guide with a novel twist

Bilingual novel and travel guide to Paris, aimed at intermediate-level speakers. Each chapter includes the story, in French and English, of Thomas and Angela as they take a week long trip to Paris, and related travel tips. The entire French story is recorded at a manageable speed on three audio CDs, along with pronunciation tracks of many Parisian monuments and sites of interest.

Sur le vif French Audio Books

The publisher of the online audio magazine La Guinguette offers three intermediate/advanced French audiobooks about contemporary France called Sur le vif (Real Life).

Vol de nuit, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Vol de nuit, one of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's most famous novels, is now available as an audiobook so that you can work on your French listening comprehension while enjoying a classic French novel.

Champs-Élysées Audiomagazine

Champs-Élysées is an audiomagazine aimed at intermediate and advanced French students, but is versatile enough to be used by independent students, homeschoolers, teachers, travelers, or anyone else who is interested in additional French listening practice.

Audiocité

Diverse collection of free, downloadable French audiobooks, including novels, serials, poetry, and non-fiction.

LaGuinguette

Online audio magazine with monthly articles about France.

Librivox

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

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