You can access free audiobooks and ebooks while you’re stuck at home
If you use this link, you can access all the premium stuff on Scribd for 30 days without having to enter your card details (like is usually the case for free trials).
https://www.scribd.com/readfree?utm_source=readfree&utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-scribd&utm_content=later-5943765&utm_medium=social
This has really been a source of entertainment and relief for me the last few days so I wanted to share it with you guys as well.
I also want to list down a few of my favourite books (which are available on Scribd) so you have a curated list of recommendations.
The ones marked in bold are the ones I have not yet read but want to/are on my TBR.
Books on writing/creativity to get you inspired:
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (ebook)
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Autin Kelon (ebook)
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett (ebook)
Every Day by David Levithan (ebook)
Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahren (audiobook)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (ebook + audiobook)
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West (ebook)
Sweet Sorrow: One life changing summer by David Nicholls (audiobook)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (ebook)
New Adult/contemporary books:
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (audiobook)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (audiobook)
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (audiobook)
Books that will make you think/feel:
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (audiobook)
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (ebook + audiobook) TW: suicide
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (ebook + audiobook)
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (audiobook) - TW sexual abuse
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami (audiobook)
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (audiobook)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo (audiobook)
No One Writes Back by Jang Eun-Jin (ebook)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (ebook + audiobook)
Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer
The Essential Rumi translated by Coleman Barks
Illustrated books/comics:
Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen
Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts by The Awkward Yeti
Follow me back by A.V Geiger (audiobook)
Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz (audiobook)
They have millions of more resources so you can check it out for yourself. I’m going to start Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 next and I’m pretty excited. I’m creating and consuming art because I really don’t know what else to do at this point to keep myself sane.
Hope this helps! Take care xo