Audible Books on Alexa [Buy Books, Free Streams, Alexa Commands]

Listen to an audiobook

“Alexa, read my book” (plays your last books listened to)

“Alexa, read [Sherlock Holmes]”

“Alexa, read [Northern Lights] from Audible”

Pause your audiobook

“Alexa, pause”

Resume your audiobook

“Alexa, resume”

“Alexa, play”

Go back or go forward

“Alexa, go back”

“Alexa, go forward”

“Alexa, go back [45 seconds]”

“Alexa, go forward [2 minutes]”

Skip chapters

“Alexa, next chapter”

“Alexa, previous chapter”

“Alexa, go to chapter number [7]”

“Alexa, go to last chapter”

“Alexa, restart”

Narration Speed

“Alexa, read faster”

“Alexa, read slower”

“Alexa, read at normal speed”

Set a sleep timer

“Alexa, stop reading in [12 minutes]”

“Alexa, set a [6 minute] sleep timer”

Access your library

“Alexa, what are my audiobooks?”

“Alexa, what’s in my Audible library?”

Purchase an audiobook

“Alexa, read [name of book not owned]”, then during sample say, “Alexa, buy this book”

Note: Audible members with credits available can purchase audiobooks using Alexa.

Request an Audiobook recommendation

“Alexa, Open Book finder”