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Welcome to Audio Books Direct

We are an Australian online audio bookstore that posts to anywhere in the world.

Use our search box or browse many thousands of wonderful audio book titles.

We pride ourselves on fair prices and friendly, fast service (in-stock titles are dispatched in 24 hours, and most others in 7-10 days).

To get non-audio books with the same high quality service and at low prices we highly recommend our companion website Scribbly Gum Books


♦♦♦Audio book specials: greatly reduced prices on excess stock and remainders (see note on remainders in the column on the right)♦♦♦


Harry Potter on audio


Choose between the UK-published ones read by Stephen Fry or the (less expensive) US-published ones read by another award-winning English actor, Jim Dale.


2008 Audie Award Winners

Book of the year: The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller by Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, David Hewson, and more

Fiction: Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas

Literary fiction: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson

Mystery: The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke

Thriller and Suspense: Heart-shaped Box by Joe Hill

Romance: Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Science Fiction: Dune by Frank Herbert

Classic: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Non-fiction: Roots by Alex Haley

Personal development: Fit to Live by Pamela Peeke

Children's titles up to age 8: More About Paddington by Michael Bond

Children's titles for ages 12+: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by LA Meyer

Popular school titles

Gary Paulsen books including Hatchet and River

Holes by Louis Sacher

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Outsiders by SE Hinton

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Various books by John Marsden

Bestsellers and recent releases

Book cover for Maggie Alderson: Cents And Sensibility (12 CD)

Maggie Alderson: Cents And Sensibility (12 CD)

Unabridged on 12 CDs, $29.95

A high-fashion, jet-setting novel from the bestselling author of Pants on Fire and Mad About the Boy (also available from Bolinda Audio). Stella Fain has a rule for men she likes: Make them wait ... But the gorgeous Jay proves an exception to the rule...

Book cover for Clive Cussler: Arctic Drift

Clive Cussler: Arctic Drift

Unabridged on 11 CDs, $0.00

A potential breakthrough to reverse global warming, unexplained deaths in British Columbia, and a rash of international incidents--NUMA director Dirk Pitt has reason to believe there's a connection somewhere and must race against time to find it before...

Book cover for Peter Combe: Ticklepot

Peter Combe: Ticklepot

Unabridged on 1 CD, $16.95

Peter Combe is an ARIA-winning performer. Perfect travelling and bedtime entertainment. Originally written and performed as a radio program, the Ticklepot episodes are hugely entertaining 10-minute stories featuring the fun-filled adventures of Monkey...

Book cover for Patricia D. Cornwell: At Risk

Patricia D. Cornwell: At Risk

Unabridged on 4 CDs, $25.00

Bestselling author Cornwell returns with an electrifying new thriller--a story filled with all the chilling suspense, rich characters, and trademark forensics that have made her an international phenomenon. But what she does with those ingredients this...

Book cover for Janet Evanovich: Lean Mean Thirteen

Janet Evanovich: Lean Mean Thirteen

Unabridged on 7 CDs, $58.95

New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet! MISTAKE #1 Dickie Orr Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on...

Book cover for Kerry Greenwood: Death By Water

Kerry Greenwood: Death By Water

Unabridged on 7 CDs, $34.95

The divine Phryne Fisher returns in the fifteenth seductive instalment in the classic Phryne Fisher whodunnit series. The nice men at P&O are worried. A succession of jewellery thefts from first class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for...

Book cover for John Grisham: The Associate

John Grisham: The Associate

Unabridged on 9 CDs, $74.95

For those who thought "The Firm" was suspenseful, wait until they meet "The Associate," the newest legal thriller from bestselling author Grisham.

Book cover for Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner

Unabridged on 11 CDs, $59.95

The #1 National Bestseller Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, "The Kite Runner" is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household...

Book cover for Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Unabridged on 11 CDs, $66.95

The bestselling author of "The Kite Runner" returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel about the bond between two women in Afghanistan who are brought together by war, loss, and fate. Unabridged. 11 CDs.

Book cover for Linda Howard: Cover of Night

Linda Howard: Cover of Night

Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD, $44.95

In a tiny Idaho community, widowed mother Cate Nightingale owns and operates a struggling B&B and occasionally enlists the aid of local handyman Calvin Harris. When a trio of thugs invades her inn and shuts down phone access in the village, Cate and...

Book cover for Kathy Lette: How To Kill Your Husband

Kathy Lette: How To Kill Your Husband

Unabridged on 9 CDs, $29.95

The latest international bestseller from the author of Puberty Blues, Mad Cows, Nip N Tuck and Altar Ego, all available from Bolinda Audio. All women want to kill their husbands some of the time "Where there's a will, I intend to be in it," wives...

Book cover for Stephenie Meyer: Eclipse

Stephenie Meyer: Eclipse

Unabridged on 13 CDs, $93.95

Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me again. This kiss frightened me....

Book cover for Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn

Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn

Unabridged on 1 CD, $98.95

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf...

Book cover for Wendy Orr: Peeling The Onion

Wendy Orr: Peeling The Onion

Unabridged on 4 CDs, $24.95

Published to international acclaim. Childrens Book Council of Australia Honour Book. An exceptional audio book with unforgettable characters. Finding yourself in hospital, in a bed full of shattered glass, is traumatic. Coming to terms with...

Book cover for James Patterson: The 6th Target

James Patterson: The 6th Target

Unabridged on 7 CDs, $66.95

There's a madman loose in San Francisco. Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club return for the most chilling case yet in James Patterson's series of bestselling thrillers. Unabridged. 7 CDs.

Book cover for Jodi Picoult: My Sister's Keeper

Jodi Picoult: My Sister's Keeper

Unabridged on 12 CDs, $50.95




Book cover for Gregory David Roberts: Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts: Shantaram

Unabridged on 3 MP3-CDs, $60.95




Book cover for Michael F. Roizen: You

Michael F. Roizen: You

Abridged on 5 CDs, $50.95

From the bestselling authors of "You: An Owner's Manual" comes the perfect dose of health information and go-for-it motivation for those who want a customized approach to dieting. Abridged. 5 CDs.

Book cover for Craig Silvey: Rhubarb

Craig Silvey: Rhubarb

Unabridged on 8 CDs, $29.95

Winner of a Best Young Australian Novelist Award from the Sydney Morning Herald 2006; featured in the Books Alive Great Read Guide 2006. Rhubarb has received rave reviews across Australia for its quirky, touching and humorous portrayal of people struggling...

Using our website

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Currency and overseas customers

All prices are in Australian dollars; for overseas customers we deduct the Australian goods and services tax, so book prices will be 10 per cent less.

Payment methods

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If you pay by credit card, your account isn't charged until your order, or part of it, is being despatched.

You will see the other options for payment as you process your order.

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Our ABN: 90 069 868 426

Dispatch times and express post option

Indicative dispatch times, which are given for each title, range from 24 hours to 12–16 days; note that for the many titles with a 12–16 days choosing express post will not make much difference to how quickly you will get your order.

Browse in stock titles only

If you need an audio book in a hurry, perhaps as a gift, you may find it among our in-stock titles—browse these by checking the box below the 'Browse for audio books' heading on the left side of the front page.

Remainders (publisher overstocks)

Some of our books are listed as low-cost remainders (all unused, in perfect condition, but some may have a remainder mark through their barcode or have slightly damaged packaging).

Selecting on price, format or abridgment

When browsing a book category, use the drop-down menus to refine the list of titles; for example, use the 'order by price' option [right-side button] to find remainders—cheapest titles will be listed first.

Note: For some titles the same format is listed twice, one of which is more expensive. These are Library editions in special packaging.

Thousands of unabridged MP3 audio titles

The MP3 format is great news for audio book fans with many new titles now appearing in this exciting format. They are cheaper than other unabridged audio books as most fit on just one CD. They can be transferred to your computer and iPod-type player or played on MP3-compatible CD players.

Browsing

When you go to a category, or subcategory, of audio book types (left-side menu) choose MP3 as the format from the drop-down menu. Also, check the MP3 format button when searching for an author.

Find MP3 CD titles from publishers and those in stock

Most of our MP3 titles come from a few publishers: Brilliance, Blackstone, Bolinda and Tantor. To find MP3 titles search for these after selecting 'publisher' from the drop-down menu and checking the MP3 format button. Check the 'in stock' button as well and you'll find just the ones in stock.

Our website now lists about 6000 MP3 titles and we currently have about 80 in stock. Note that Brilliance audio books are formatted to play on Daisy CD players as well as on normal ones.