Where to Find the 2025 Summer Reading Guide Books on a Budget

It was SO fun to release the 2025 Summer Reading Guide a few days ago – thank you a million times over for all your enthusiasm and excitement and kind notes!

And if you haven’t checked out the extended version of the 2025 Summer Reading Guide with 80 books instead of the 24 on the blog version? Just pop in your email address below and it’ll come right to your inbox! You won’t want to miss it!

Of course, I want everyone to have access to the books they want to read and so, as usual, we’re including a list of some of the places where you can get these books for free or inexpensively.

Obviously, this isn’t a comprehensive list of every place you could get these titles, but these are some of my favorite places.

Here’s a quick rundown of the sources we checked (and I say “we” because my team did the vast majority of the legwork here):

Amazon Music. This is SUCH an underutilized offering in my opinion – if you have Amazon Music Unlimited, you can listen to one free audiobook a month (any audiobook that exists in Audible’s catalog) and it is totally separate from your Audible subscription so even if you have Audible or got the 99 cent Audible deal, you can take advantage of the current 99 cents for 3 months deal for Amazon Music! Do yourself a favor and grab this one!

Abe Books. This is one of my favorite places to snag used books online. They have great prices and most of the books have free shipping with no minimum order. What’s not to like?!

BetterWorldBooks. This is a great resource for used books, plus they use some of the proceeds to help support literacy programs. And you can use the code NEW10 for an extra 10% off their already low prices.

Thrift Books. This is a great resource for snagging secondhand books on a budget! Free shipping on any order over $15!

Libro.fm. This is my number one choice for audiobooks these days – it’s the same price as Audible, super easy to use, has a gigantic selection and helps supports independent bookstores. It’s a no-brainer for me. You can get 2 audiobooks for $14.99 here.

Audiobooks.com. This is another good alternative to Audible and you can choose any two books from their library for free with a 30 day trial.

Audible. Audible is the reigning king of audiobooks and if you’ve never tried it, you can pick any one book for their massive collection for free here.

Everand. This used to be called Scribd but they’ve changed the name and the setup quite significantly – you can read a full rundown of how it works now here and you can sign up for a free 30 day trial here. (I think Everand is best for HEAVY consumers – at the one listen per month, I don’t think it can compete with Audible or LibroFM but for three listens a month, it is one of the best options available!).

Hoopla. This is a service provided by public libraries, so if your library has a subscription you’re in luck. There are no hold lines on the ebooks or audiobooks (you’re just limited to a certain number of checkouts per month – that number is set by your library system) and the collection is the (mostly) same across library systems.

I hope this helps make summer reading accessible and simple for you and your families!