topic Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks in Content Questions

"Included in Premium" audiobooks

henry_g — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 12:28:11 GMT

How do I find "included in Premium" audiobooks by searching rather than looking at books individually only to find they are not included?

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

CapnAmerTradSkin — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 13:02:33 GMT

I have the same question!

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Eni — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:13:59 GMT

Hey folks,

Thanks for getting in touch about this and welcome to the Community!

You can find the free audiobooks by:

Heading to Search.
Under Browse All, select Audiobooks.
Browse featured titles, or scroll down to browse by category.

To unlock a free audiobook, select the GET button on the desktop app and the Play button on the mobile app. Keep in mind that if an audiobook is included in the plan, it has the "Included in Premium" call out above its title and you'll be able to play it right away. Otherwise, you'll see a padlock there instead.

At the moment, there isn't a dedicated section in the app that displays only the titles part of the audiobook subscriber catalog, but we’re regularly testing and launching new features and improvements. Your feedback on this is important, as it may ultimately end up paving the way for our broader user experience. Thanks for sharing it here - we appreciate it.

Also, it's worth noting that the titles available in our audiobooks subscriber catalog may vary from time-to-time at Spotify’s or a third-party rightsholder’s discretion. As a result, the titles in our audiobooks subscriber catalog may not be the same as those available for purchase on Spotify.

Our catalog and access may vary between countries as well. You can always explore titles in the same genre or by the same author to find something similar. More info in this article.

Hope this helps. If you have any questions or need a hand with anything else, the Community is here for you.

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

henry_g — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 21:14:16 GMT

I don’t see a “free audiobooks” section; iOS app.

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Elena — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:52:47 GMT

Hey @henry_g!

Thanks for the question.

Free Audiobooks are supported only for certain plan. Those are:

Premium Individual (Student offer not included)
Premium Duo (manager only)
Premium Family (manager only)

At this time, the price point the plans not included doesn’t allow for multiple audiobook allocations. We’ll be exploring ways for Family and Duo users to have more flexibility from their audiobooks access in the future. You can leave any questions about this here.

Hope this clears things up!

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

henry_g — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:55:16 GMT

Sorry, but totally unhelpful. Corporate gobbledegook.

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

thesheep — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:11:22 GMT

I have the same question.

I have an individual Premium account, I am based in the UK.

If I go to Search > Browse all > Audiobooks and scroll down there is no section called "free audiobooks". I am on the desktop app.

If I go to 'Home' and look at "Audiobooks for you" I also cannot see a single one marked as "free".

Actually I can't find any!

Do they exist?

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

horwoopw — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:14:43 GMT

totally agree poor service

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

thesheep — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:45:45 GMT

I found the answer. It was a bug with the Mac desktop app not updating properly. I had to completely remove it then re-install and then they audiobooks showed up.

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

molliannewv — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:57:05 GMT

Very misleading and not very fair. This should be available to all members in the plan. My husband is the manager of our account and not listen to audiobooks - only music. I, on the otherhand, prefer listening to audiobooks but cannot access any other than free libravox recordings.

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Danboyce — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:32:41 GMT

I’ve found the whole process of finding a free audiobook terrible. I’m a premium subscriber but every book is locked (I must have checked about 100 different books!)

Have been on chat with customer service for 40 mins with no success.

15 hours free audiobooks but impossible to find a book which isn’t locked - how useful!

I give-up, am not wasting any more time with Spotify

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

DeviousMalcontent — Thu, 30 May 2024 22:44:42 GMT

After trying to figure out why the audiobooks were locked behind a paywall, I discovered my friend could get it, and his has premium, but any book I found of interest was locked, turns out it's only available to individuals and my partner is the account manager,

Honest feedback, but the whole service is a little bit underwhelming.

I thought I was a premium member, but no I'm a premium family member, it's too confusing, I'm more annoyed having wasted time with it.

I don't want to waste time purchasing audiobooks when there's a possibility that they could become unlocked in the future.

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Cf188 — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:56:43 GMT

I’ve just spent 30 mins explaining my issues to customer service installing, reinstalling, screenshotting etc only to be told I won’t get audiobooks because my subscription was purchased with a gift card - don’t see what that should make a difference I’ve been a premium member for over 5 years

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Myrzopyrzo — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 23:00:36 GMT

There is no option to select 'free audiobooks'

How do I listen to an entire book from the audiobook section?

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:41:19 GMT

I wanted to listen to a Sue Graton audiobook and each chapter is only 5 minutes long. I do have a premium account. How do I access the entire book?

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

cleo1425 — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 03:43:06 GMT

Why do the same books have different reading time

how can I find the plus catalogue- which audiobooks are included on premium

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:06:03 GMT

I would like to browse audiobooks included on premium ( at the moment all seem to come with a padlock sign)

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Elliewonderlove — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:12:51 GMT

Probably different narration…dramatized audios are much longer than straight read-throughs!

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Myrzopyrzo — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:28:30 GMT

You've described the problem ?

Re: "Included in Premium" audiobooks

Myrzopyrzo — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:29:46 GMT

That's the question I asked ?