How to Download Spotify Audiobooks to MP3 [Updated]

Audiobooks are increasingly more oriented to lifestyle. People prefer to choose an audio book for listening to or an eBook for reading compared with the heavy paper book. A number of audiobooks services like Audible, Apple Books, OverDrive, and more are familiar to most people. However, few people know that Spotify is also a nice place to discover and download audiobooks. Update as of November 22, 2022: Audiobooks are available for purchase on Spotify in the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

So, where to find audiobooks on Spotify? How to listen to audiobooks on Spotify? Can you download Spotify audiobooks to MP3? Fortunately, all these topics will be displayed in this article. We'll reveal how to get audiobooks on Spotify and how to download audiobooks from Spotify no matter whether you are a Free user or have a paid subscription. Just keep reading this article to get the answer you need.

Part 1. FAQs about Audiobooks on Spotify

Q1. Why are audiobooks locked on Spotify?

A: Since Spotify adds the Audiobooks category, you are able to find lots of titles. But most of them are locked because Audiobooks on Spotify are not free for all users. If you unlock the title for playing, you need to purchase it.

Q2. Are there free audiobooks on Spotify?

A: Sure, there are some free audiobooks on Spotify. And you can find them in the Audiobooks catalog. You can get them for listening on your device.

Q3. Can you listen to audiobooks on Spotify?

A: Once you purchase your liked titles, you can unlock it and listen to the audiobook anytime on Spotify.

Part 2. How to Find Audiobooks on Spotify

You can find many popular audiobooks such as Harry Potter and A Song of Ice and Fire available for listening on Spotify. But how can we find these audiobooks on Spotify? It's pretty easy to get your desired audiobooks since Spotify adds a catalog of audiobook content. Here are some methods you can try on Spotify with your computer or mobile phone.

Where to find Audiobooks on Spotify

In addition to music, Spotify has much non-music content which contains audiobooks. You can browse featured titles in the catalog of Audiobooks. You can find the catalog in Search.

Step 1. Go to Spotify and select Search on desktop or mobile.

Step 2. Under Browser All, get the Audiobooks category where you can find out the audiobook you like.

How to search audiobooks on Spotify

You can discover audiobooks like going to a garage sale. Simply entering the keyword "audiobooks" into the search bar on the top of Spotify can yield lots of results. You can see lots of classic literature and a host of others you have never heard of. Then you can scroll down the page and view "Artist", "Albums", and "Playlists" to get audiobooks on Spotify that meet your need.

How to get audiobooks on Spotify

If you have a specific audiobook in your mind, you just look for the audiobook by typing the title. Or you can search for it by typing the name of the author. This method is by no means foolproof. You can see all the audiobooks of this author on the author page. Once you select a title, you can see the audiobook's description, length, and rating. And you can click the + button to save it to your library.

There are lots of audiobooks on Spotify. You could search for your liked audio books for listening on your Spotify. Also, you can find some free audiobooks on Spotify to play and download.

Part 3. How to Buy Audiobooks on Spotify

There are over 3300,000 audiobooks available on Spotify. If you view some audiobooks you want to listen to, you are able to add it your library and purchase it. For now, audiobooks on Spotify can only be purchased on the web. Then you can listen in the app once you've unlocked a title. You can also download the entire audiobook for listening offline.

How to buy Spotify audiobooks

At present, Spotify only allows the user to buy audiobooks in the Spotify Web Player. Here's how to purchase audiobooks on Spotify.

Step 1. Head to https://open.spotify.com and find an audiobook you want to purchase.

Step 2. See the audiobook's details and click on the Buy button to check out.

Step 3. Enter your payment details and select Complete purchases.

Once you purchase this title, you can unlock it, then listen to it on Spotify with your computer or mobile phone. You can find all your unlocked audiobooks in Your Library.

How to download audiobooks on Spotify

After unlocking the title, you can download it to your device for listening in Offline Mode. Also, there are some free audiobooks available on Spotify. You can download free audiobooks on Spotify. Follow the below steps to download free Spotify audiobooks.

Step 1. Go to Browse in Spotify and enter into the Audiobooks category.

Step 2. Scroll down to find Free audiobooks and select the title you want to download.

Part 4. How to Download Spotify Audiobook to MP3

As we all know, Audiobook purchases are independent from Spotify Premium plans. Audiobooks on Spotify are a one-time purchase and are not associated with any subscriptions you may have. This means that you need to purchase the title for listening. Otherwise, after the purchase, you can only download the entire audiobook instead of individual chapters.

However, with the support of ViWizard Spotify Music Converter, all the issues will be solved. You can download audiobooks on Spotify without purchasing them. This converter works by downloading any Spotify audiobooks to MP3, AAC, WAV, or other formats. After the conversion, you will get Spotify audiobooks with the original sound quality and can keep them forever.

Beyond that, ViWizard Spotify Music Converter supports downloading songs, albums, playlists, and podcasts from Spotify without subscribing to any Premium plan. It can remove DRM protection from Spotify, which make you play Spotify music on any device and media player. Here is the detailed guidance on how to download audiobooks from Spotify to MP3.

What Can ViWizard Spotify Music Converter Do for You?

• Download all content from Spotify to MP3, AAC, or other plain formats
• Configure all sorts of audio parameters like the bit rate and sample rate
• Get rid of Digital Rights Management protection and ads from Spotify
• Save Spotify songs, albums, playlists, podcasts, and audiobooks for free

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Step 1Add Spotify Audiobooks to ViWizard Software

Launch ViWizard Spotify Music Converter at first and Spotify will be opened automatically. You need to find audiobooks on Spotify, then drag and drop your selected audiobooks to the converter directly. You'll see all your selected Spotify audiobooks displayed on the main screen of the converter. Or you can access the audiobook link and paste it into the search bar on the converter. Then you can click the + button to add them to the conversion list.

Step 2Configure the Output Audio Parameters

Before downloading these audiobooks on Spotify, you are prompted to configure all sorts of audio parameters by going to the top men bar and selecting the Preferences option. You can set the output audiobook format according to your personal demand. There are several formats like MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, AAC, and WAV for you to choose. Otherwise, you can change the bit rate, sample rate, and channel. After that, click the OK button to save the settings.

Step 3Begin to Download Spotify Audiobooks

After finishing the setting of all audio parameters, you need to click on the Convert button to begin downloading Spotify audiobooks to your personal compute. Wait for a few minutes depending on the number of your selected audiobooks. When the downloading task is completed, you can click on the Converted icon to browse all the downloaded audiobooks in the history list. Also, you can locate the folder where you save your Spotify audiobooks.

Conclusion

It's not difficult to find your preferred audiobooks in Spotify. And you can purchase them for unlocking in Spotify with a Free account. But here ViWizard Spotify Music Converter can help you download audiobooks on Spotify even though you don't purchase them. What's more, you can save Spotify audiobooks to several popular audio formats for playing anytime and anywhere.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.