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Spanish audiobooks · B1 to C2

Free Spanish audiobooks, by level

19 Spanish and Latin American classics read aloud by LibriVox volunteers, from Lazarillo de Tormes to Don Quijote and Martín Fierro. Each one is in the SparkAI reader too, with the recording at the top of every chapter.

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B11 audiobookStories and articles written for young readers.

La Edad de Oro · José Martí, 1889

Martí's magazine for the children of the Americas (Cuba): stories, poems and articles on heroes, Homer and how people have lived.

B18 h 2028 recordings

Listen5 min · read by Alejandra Gonzalez, Andy, Bob Sage and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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B29 audiobooksShort stories and novels from Spain and Latin America, with richer vocabulary.

La Navidad en las montañas · Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, 1871

A soldier spends Christmas Eve in a Mexican mountain village transformed by its kind Spanish priest.

B21 h 5911 recordings

Listen4 min · read by Karen Savage
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Marianela · Benito Pérez Galdós, 1878

Nela, a poor orphan girl in a mining village, guides a blind young man who loves her, until a doctor offers to give him sight.

B26 h 0122 recordings

Listen14 min · read by Maritza Mateo
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Trafalgar · Benito Pérez Galdós, 1873

An old man remembers being a ship's boy at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The first of Galdós's Episodios nacionales.

B26 h 3017 recordings

Listen20 min · read by Alexelmagno
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte · Horacio Quiroga, 1917

Stories of love, madness and death, many set in the Argentine jungle of Misiones: A la deriva, El almohadón de pluma, La gallina degollada.

B26 h 4918 recordings

Listen66 min · read by Eduardo, ElviraBM, Gabriela Cowan and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Cuentos de amor · Emilia Pardo Bazán, 1898

Forty-three short, often ironic stories about love in all its forms, from the great Galician writer.

B28 h 0844 recordings

Listen12 min · read by Boris, Brenda Zurita, Epachuko and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Cuentos valencianos · Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, 1896

Stories of the farmers, fishermen and rogues of the huerta around Valencia.

B24 h 3316 recordings

Listen18 min · read by Epachuko, Lu, Meribau and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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El clavo · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, 1853

A judge investigates a skull pierced by a nail and finds that the case leads to the woman he loves. A short crime story.

B21 h 2914 recordings

Listen6 min · read by Dídac, Epachuko, Josué Villalobos and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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La barraca · Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, 1898

A poor family takes over an abandoned farm near Valencia, and the whole huerta turns against them.

B26 h 2010 recordings

Listen30 min · read by Mongope
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Fábulas · Félix María de Samaniego, 1781

Verse fables written for the pupils of a Basque school: the cicada and the ant, the milkmaid, the two rabbits. Simple morals, 18th-century verse.

B24 h 0812 recordings

Listen25 min · read by Consuelo Aponte, Epachuko, GatoLunar and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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C15 audiobooksLiterary classics: longer sentences and older, more formal Spanish.

Torquemada en la hoguera · Benito Pérez Galdós, 1889

A Madrid moneylender, hated by all his debtors, tries to buy God's mercy when his gifted son falls ill.

C12 h 369 recordings

Listen13 min · read by Epachuko
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Pepita Jiménez · Juan Valera, 1874

A young seminarian writes to his uncle about the young widow his father wants to marry, and falls in love with her himself.

C16 h 3723 recordings

Listen3 min · read by Lu
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Niebla · Miguel de Unamuno, 1914

Augusto Pérez falls in love, broods on life and finally goes to argue with his author, Unamuno himself. A 'nivola'.

C16 h 5735 recordings

Listen23 min · read by Mongope
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Tradiciones peruanas · Ricardo Palma, 1872

A selection of witty, gossipy tales from the history of colonial Peru: viceroys, friars, duels and miracles.

C15 h 2727 recordings

Listen16 min · read by Epachuko, KendalRigans, Misikis and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Sab · Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, 1841

In colonial Cuba, an enslaved man secretly loves his master's daughter. One of the first anti-slavery novels.

C16 h 4219 recordings

Listen2 min · read by Epachuko
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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C24 audiobooksGolden Age classics and the gaucho epic, in the Spanish of their time.

Lazarillo de Tormes · Anónimo, 1554

A boy serves a blind beggar, a miserly priest and a starving squire: the first picaresque novel. 16th-century Spanish.

C21 h 575 recordings

Listen30 min · read by Tux
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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El Buscón · Francisco de Quevedo, 1626

The life of Pablos, a barber's son from Segovia who tries to rise in the world by trickery. Dense, punning Golden Age prose.

C24 h 4923 recordings

Listen7 min · read by Epachuko
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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El gaucho Martín Fierro · José Hernández, 1872

An Argentine gaucho sings of being forced into the frontier army and becoming an outlaw. Verse in rural speech.

C21 h 3214 recordings

Listen6 min · read by Paolo Paez, Victor Villarraza, gribuongiorne
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Don Quijote (primera parte) · Miguel de Cervantes, 1605

Part One of Don Quixote: an old gentleman who has read too many books of chivalry sets out with Sancho Panza to right the world's wrongs.

C221 h 1037 recordings

Listen7 min · read by Alex Khype, Eduardo Islas, Fernando Vulcano and others
A LibriVox recording, in the public domain.
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Are these Spanish audiobooks free?

Yes, for anyone. The books are out of copyright, and LibriVox puts its volunteer recordings in the public domain. Press play on any chapter on this page.

Can I read the text while I listen?

Yes. Open the book in the SparkAI reader: each chapter page starts with its recording, and you can tap any word for a translation.

What level do I need?

These are original, unsimplified classics, so they start at about B1. Below that, read and listen to the graded stories for your level first.

Who reads them?

Volunteers for LibriVox. Many books are shared between several readers, so the voice can change from one chapter to the next.

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