Japanese Audiobooks
Listen to 38 free Japanese audiobooks on The Book Hub. Every recording is public-domain and free to stream.
小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
By Teika no Fujiwara
Poetry
おくのほそ道 (Oku no Hosomichi)
By Matsuo Bashō
Travel & Geography
ふるさと (Furusato)
By Tōson Shimazaki
Short works
こころ (Kokoro)
By Sōseki Natsume
Family Life · Literary Fiction
明暗 (Meian)
By Sōseki Natsume
Romance
赤いろうそくと人魚 (Akai Rosoku to Ningyo)
By Mimei Ogawa
Children's Fiction
グッド・バイ (Good-Bye)
By Osamu Dazai
Romance
坊っちゃん (Botchan)
By Sōseki Natsume
Published 1900 onward
杜子春 (Toshisyun)
By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Children's Fiction
風立ちぬ (Kaze Tachinu)
By Tatsuo Hori
Romance
二百十日 (Nihyakutouka)
By Sōseki Natsume
General Fiction
ろまん燈籠 (Roman Dourou)
By Osamu Dazai
Humorous Fiction
幼年童話 (Yonen Dowa) Part 1
By Nankichi Niimi
Children's Fiction
永日小品 (Eijitsu Syohin)
By Sōseki Natsume
Essays & Short Works
隣の嫁 (Tonari no Yome)
By Sachio Itō
Romance
蒲団 (Futon)
By Katai Tayama
Romance
硝子戸の中 (Garasudono uchi)
By Sōseki Natsume
Essays & Short Works
春の潮 (Haru no Ushio)
By Sachio Itō
Romance
草枕 (Kusamakura)
By Sōseki Natsume
General Fiction
路上 (Rojyoo)
By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Romance
ごん狐 (Gon gitsune)
By Nankichi Niimi
Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
眼鏡 (Megane)
By Tōson Shimazaki
Published 1900 onward
野分 (Nowaki)
By Sōseki Natsume
General Fiction
雁 (Gan)
By Ōgai Mori
Literary Fiction
高野聖 (Kouyahijiri)
By Kyōka Izumi
Published 1800 -1900
田舎教師 (Inaka Kyoshi)
By Katai Tayama
General Fiction
純情小曲集 (Junjyoshokyokusyu)
By Sakutarō Hagiwara
Free Verse · Poetry
萱草に寄す (Wasuregusaniyosu)
By Michizou Tachihara
Single author · Poetry
コーカサスの禿鷹 (Caucasus no Hagetaka)
By Yoshio Toyoshima
Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
生まれいずる悩み (Umareizuru Nayami)
By Takeo Arishima
General Fiction
恩讐の彼方に (Onsyuu no Kanata ni)
By Kan Kikuchi
Action & Adventure Fiction
幼年時代 (Yonenjidai)
By Murō Saisei
General
我等の一團と彼 (Warerano ichidan to kare)
By Takuboku Ishikawa
Published 1900 onward
歌行灯 (Utaandon)
By Kyōka Izumi
Published 1900 onward
何處へ (Doko e)
By Hakuchō Masamune
Published 1900 onward
めぐりあひ (Meguriai)
By Shuusei Tokuda
Family
今戸心中 (Imado Shinjyuu)
By Ryūrō Hirotsu
Published 1800 -1900
悦ばしき知識 (Yorokobashiki Chishiki)
By Friedrich Nietzsche
Early Modern