I guarantee you’ve heard of Audible.com, which for a monthly fee allows users to listen to audiobooks. Potential customers can use a free trial, but after that, you need to pay if you run out of burner emails to use for the free trials. This is useful for modern literature, but what if I told you there was a way to listen to classic literature both free and legally?

Enter Librivox.

Like many people, I get motion sickness when I ride in cars, trains, even airplanes. As much as I would like to use that time to read, I can’t. I can listen to music, but I can only listen the the same songs so many times. This issue is what brought me to audiobooks. I could finally “read” on the train or in the car.

I have greatly enjoyed classic audiobooks. Not just narratives, but the roots of the conservative views I hold. There is plenty of literature on Christian doctrine as well. Among my favorites are: "Institutes of the Christian Religion" (the first book) by John Calvin, "Second Treatise of Government" by John Locke, "The Republic" by Plato, "The Iliad" by Homer, and "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

I’ve also listened to things I disagree with, such as "The Antichrist" by Friedrich Nietzsche. There’s a wealth of knowledge to be had with no charge to you. Librivox also has a YouTube channel here.

Let me remind you that all of these are free. These can be downloaded or played from Librivox’s mobile app.

I’ve used Librivox for research purposes as well, such as listening to "The Scarlet Letter" to gain a better understanding of the culture of a time period for a class.

If you enjoy particular authors, such as Charles Dickens or Edgar Allen Poe, there is a wealth of literature for you.

So if you’re sick of pop songs on the radio stations that all sound the same, stop listening to music that drops I.Q. points and listen to something that will expand your understanding or entertain you infinitely more than a poorly written fan-fiction with BDSM.