In a world where time has become a luxury, audiobooks have become smart readers’ best friends.
Whether you want to finish your favorite book or want to commute to dramas while working out, audiobooks come to the rescue.
These audiobooks are reshaping how Indians consume entertainment. Here are the top 5 audiobook apps in India for book summaries and audio dramas.
1. Kuku FM — For Indian Originals and Book Summaries
Kuku FM has become the go-to platform for Hindi and regional language listeners. With over 10 million users, it offers crisp book summaries from self-help to biographies, and highly engaging audio stories and dramas across genres like horror, romance, and motivation.
2. Pocket FM — Your audio entertainment hub
Pocket FM has a combination of audiobooks, audio dramas, and self-help summaries. It is well known for long content cliffhangers and voice performances that keep listeners hooked.
It is the same for ears as Netflix is for eyes, because it has more audio dramas than book summaries.
3. Storytel — Premium audiobooks & Indian drama
Storytel offers thousands of professionally narrated audiobooks and also original content like drama series, religious content in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, and more.
It is best for listeners who want high- quality storytelling with studio-grade production.
4. Audible India — For global bestsellers and celebrity voices
Amazon’s Audible has a premium edge, with global bestsellers, celebrity-narrated audiobooks, and exclusive Audible Originals.
However, it has more full-length audiobooks, it also has short summaries and Indian audios dramas.
5. Headway — Bite-sized learning through summaries
If you have less time but want to grow personally, this app is best. It offers 15-minute book summaries of fiction, non-fiction, and all such genres.
Whether you crave to listen to audio dramas that feel like a movie or just want to extract the juice out of bestselling books in 15 minutes, these apps deliver the perfect audio experience.
India’s audiobook landscape is growing fast, and these platforms are leading the charge with innovation, regional content, and unbeatable variety.
Bonus App: GIGL Audio Book and Courses
GIGL is a made-in-India app offering free book summaries of popular self-help books, biographies, and some premium audiobooks at an affordable price.
Founded by Hemant Pant, a content creator known for his YouTube Channel, Great Ideas Great Life (GIGL), the GIGL app provides some great audiobook summaries along with online courses.
