Where I can buy or download good audiobooks in mandarin?

[sangajtam]

I would like to learn mandarin, using LR method. (Listening reading - you look in text in your native language and at the same time listen to it in target language, for me - mandarin).

But the text to read has to be interesting. So maybe anyone know how can i download or buy with paypal some good mandarin audiobooks like for example something from Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, Harlan Coben?

thanks.

[adamnhms]

I'm unfamiliar with the LR method, but if you want a good audio book to help you learn grammar, sentence structure, and use of words, I'd recommend Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese I. You can buy it online or rent it from your local library

[OneEye]

I don't think audiobooks in Chinese are very common. I asked a friend about them once and she said "Oh, those are only for blind people."

[LiYaXi]

I found this when I was looking for Chinese novel ebooks, though I haven't downloaded anything but you could look into this for audiobooks:

http://www.books.shushengbar.com/?page_id=325

[anonymoose]

There is an iphone app called 懒人听书 which has loads of audio, but no accompanying text. Text might be downloadable from elsewhere though.

[XiaoZhou]

Over the past few years, I've gathered a few links that might help you:

http://www.tingbook.com/

http://www.mmmppp333.com/text/story/pingfan.htm

http://www.verycd.com/topics/2892498/

http://www.kuwo.cn/album/102065/#@

[laurenth]

EDIT: forget about my post, I'd misunderstood the "LR method" process. In fact, the problem would be equivalent in any language.

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Old post:

As far as I understand the "LR method" (discussed extensively in the forum How To Learn Any Language), if you apply it to Mandarin from the start, i.e. before you know any character, you will encounter a big problem: when listening, there's no way you can tell where you are in the text and match the audio Chinese against your written translation.

You could first use Chinese books with interlinear pinyin (in addition to characters). But good luck finding, on the one hand, a Chinese book with interlinear pinyin (there are many) AND, on the other hand, a corresponding translation (the more literal, the better, by the way), PLUS the audio version of the Chinese.

On the other hand, as I just mentioned, there are many many readers with interlinear pinyin and characters + audio. But they are supposed to be used after you know a certain amount of characters. And they would not be considered long enough to apply the LR method. And I've yet to see one with translations.

[eslang]

@LiYaXi - Thank you for the shusheng link. The site do not require registration and it has quite a few audio books which I liked.

[MandarinCslpod]

Hi, may I recommend audio lessons on <link to website deleted>.

[imron]

Hi, may I recommend audio lessons on <link to website deleted>.

No you may not. Please have a thorough re-read of the guidelines for commercial posters. Especially the section on Posts and Relevance.

The OP is asking for Chinese audio books. Not audio lessons.