Compendium: Classic Audiobooks

Compendium LLC

About this app

Compendium turns the great books into audiobooks - Dostoevsky, Plato, Seneca, Nietzsche, Mill, and more - narrated in full so you can experience them the way they were meant to be heard.

Start any book's first chapter for free, no account required.

FEATURES
- A growing library of 690+ audiobooks, organized by category (philosophy, adventure, aesthetics, and more)
- A second narrator voice on select titles, so you can choose the reading style that suits you
- Add friends by username to see what they're currently reading
- Chapter-by-chapter playback with a scrubber, 15-second back / 30-second forward skip, and adjustable playback speed
- Sleep timer (15, 30, 45 minutes, or end of chapter)
- Background audio and lock-screen / notification playback controls
- Picks up exactly where you left off, across sessions
- A free sample chapter on every title - no sign-up needed to start listening

ACCOUNTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
Signing in unlocks full-book listening and saves your progress across devices. Compendium account and subscription management happen on compendium.audio - the app does not sell anything directly.

Compendium is built for readers who want to experience the foundational texts of literature and philosophy in full.

What’s new

New: share to Instagram Stories
• Share any book as a story sticker with your cover, title and progress, on a card you can move, resize and tilt
• Share the exact line being read aloud as a quote card, or celebrate a book you've finished
• Your book link is copied, ready to paste into a Link sticker