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Listen to your favorite books in audio on Bookshare

Do you love books, but struggle to read due to vision loss? Bookshare is an inclusive audiobook library that empowers you to read in ways that work for you. Find virtually any book in our expansive collection and use our assistive reading tools to enjoy books like you always have.

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How Bookshare helps

Over one million books

New York Times bestsellers, fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, and newest releases.

Free reading app

Available on computers, iOS, Android, and Alexa-enabled devices.

Assisted reading

Listen to books in audio, enlarge text size, adjust color contrast, and reading speed.

No waiting

Read as many books as you want without any wait times or due dates.

Low annual fee

Unlimited reading for about 25 cents a day.

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Because I can’t see or hear well, I’m experiencing a lot more cognitive overload than I used to. With Bookshare’s TTS voices, I can set the speed a little slower to give my brain time to hear and comprehend… I can enjoy books as fully as I used to without effort! – Bookshare Member

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Cozy Mysteries Series

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Thrillers

Cover: Before I Say Good-Bye: A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark

Jack Reacher Series

Cover: Bad Luck and Trouble: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child

Oprah’s Book Club

Cover: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Hadley School Blind Collection

Cover: Lessons I Learned in the Dark: Steps to Walking by Faith, Not by Sight by Jennifer Rothschild
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Our mission

We believe that access to information is a universal human right. Yet more than ninety percent of books and published materials cannot be read by people with disabilities. Our work is focused on making reading accessible to everyone around the world.