Audiobooks have been rising in popularity in recent years and with good reason. They can easily be accessed via a range of services and platforms, including free options.

Short non-fiction audiobooks are particularly popular with busy professionals, who may have limited time to read paperbacks but still want to learn something new. There are many great options for free audio books covering a range of topics such as history, self-help, finance, science and beyond.

In this article we will take a look at some of the best audiobooks available for free online that cover the genre of short non-fiction. We’ll also explore the advantages of opting for an audiobook over a traditional book, as well as provide helpful tips on where you can find great free audio books online.

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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 - Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 - Charles Dickens Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 - Charles Dickens
  • Author: Charles Dickens
  • Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible of Dickens' short works which had not previously been recorded for LibriVox. (Summary by Ruth Golding)...
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5 - Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5 - Charles Dickens Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5 - Charles Dickens
  • Author: Charles Dickens
  • Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth and last volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th...
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2 - Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2 - Charles Dickens Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2 - Charles Dickens
  • Author: Charles Dickens
  • Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued on Dickens' birthday, February 7th 2012, and...
The Philippics - Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The Philippics - Marcus Tullius Cicero Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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The Philippics - Marcus Tullius Cicero
A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivered an attack on Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BCE.Cicero consciously modeled his own attacks on Mark...
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 - Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 - Charles Dickens Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 - Charles Dickens
  • Author: Charles Dickens
  • Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012....
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 - Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 - Charles Dickens Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 - Charles Dickens Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 - Charles Dickens
  • Author: Charles Dickens
  • Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters, magazine articles and speeches - and each volume will be a pot pourri of all genres and periods of his...
The Columbian Orator - Caleb BINGHAM
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The Columbian Orator - Caleb BINGHAM Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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The Columbian Orator - Caleb BINGHAM
  • Author: Caleb BINGHAM
  • Genre: Essays & Short Works / Writing & Linguistics / Short non-fiction
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the 19th century to teach reading and speaking. Typical of many readers of that...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011 - Various
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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011 - Various Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011 - Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: Short non-fiction
A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, articles, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass a diverse range of subject matter...
All Things Considered - G. K. Chesterton
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All Things Considered - G. K. Chesterton Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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All Things Considered - G. K. Chesterton
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. These reprinted magazine articles are filled with his good natured wit, his masterful use of paradox, and...
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 - Various
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 - Various Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 - Various Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 - Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Short non-fiction
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project Administration. They consist of verbatim records of personal interviews with former slaves conducted during...
Dedications - Mary Elizabeth Brown
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Dedications - Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following anthology of dedications has been to make a representative, rather than an exhaustive collection. My first idea was...
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2 - Various
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2 - Various Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2 - Various Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
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The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2 - Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: Business & Economics / Short non-fiction
This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Magazine will be to furnish correct views of the science of Agriculture, and the various improvements which are...