Why track audiobooks separately at all?
Because audiobooks don't behave like print. There are no pages, so "I'm on page 214" means nothing. Progress is a timestamp — 6:12 into an 11-hour book, at 1.5x, with 4:48 left. The narrator matters as much as the author; a great performance can carry a mediocre book, and a flat one can sink a favorite. And when your tracker forces audiobooks through page-based logging, you either fake page numbers or stop logging them, and your yearly stats quietly undercount half your reading.
Leafed treats the formats as different things. Every book has a format picker — Print, Ebook, or Audiobook — and audiobooks get their own kind of session, their own narration rating, and their own stats. But first you need your library out of Audible, and that's where the friction is.
The catch: Audible has no export button
Goodreads gives you a CSV in three clicks. Audible gives you nothing — no export on the website, none in the apps. Your purchase history exists as web pages you can read, not a file you can take.
Three community tools fill the gap. All three are made by third parties, not Amazon — they work by reading your own library through your own login, which is your data and your right, but expect occasional breakage when Audible changes its pages. Pick whichever fits how you compute:
- Audible Library Extractor — a free browser extension. The lightest option: no desktop install, just a CSV. Start here.
- Libation — a free, open-source desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux, built for backing up your Audible books. Its library export is a bonus on top.
- OpenAudible — a desktop audiobook manager that connects to your account and can export your book list.
Option 1: Audible Library Extractor (browser extension → CSV)
This is the path most people should take. The extension runs in your browser, walks through your Audible library pages, and builds a spreadsheet from what it finds.
- Install the extension in a desktop browser (search "Audible Library Extractor" in your browser's extension store — it's free and open source).
- Sign in to audible.com in the same browser, the way you normally would.
- Run the extractor. It opens your library and pages through it, collecting each title. A big library takes a few minutes — leave the tab alone while it works.
- Export as CSV from the gallery view it generates. Save the file somewhere you can find it.
The CSV includes the fields a tracker cares about: title, author, narrator, and length. That file imports into Leafed as-is — no cleanup needed.
Option 2: Libation (desktop app)
Libation's main job is downloading and backing up the audiobooks you've bought, which makes it worth knowing about even beyond this guide. For our purposes, the useful part is that it holds a complete list of your library and can export it.
- Install Libation from its official site (it's free and open source; Windows, Mac, and Linux).
- Connect your Audible account when prompted — you sign in through Audible's own login flow.
- Let it scan your library. Every book you own appears in the list.
- Export the library list using Libation's export option and save the file.
Option 3: OpenAudible (desktop app)
OpenAudible is a desktop manager in the same spirit: connect your account, see your whole library, and export the list.
- Install OpenAudible from its official site.
- Connect your Audible account and let it sync your library.
- Export your book list from the menu and save the file.
Whichever tool you used, you now have the thing Audible never gave you: your listening life as one file you own. Keep a copy in your backups even if you do nothing else with it.
Importing into Leafed
Leafed accepts all of the above — the Audible Library Extractor CSV, Libation and OpenAudible exports, and plain TSV files. There are two doors in:
In the app
- Open Leafed's import screen (it's alongside the Goodreads and StoryGraph importers).
- Pick your Audible export file.
- Leafed reads the rows and adds each title to your library, marked as an Audiobook.
On the web
- Go to leafed.app/library — handy since the export file is probably sitting on your computer, not your phone.
- Choose Import and pick the file.
- Your library syncs to the app whenever you install it.
One honest note on where the data lives, because it's the point of the app: Leafed is local by default, sync by choice. On your phone, the library sits on the device and works offline; the web library and cross-device sync exist when you choose to sign in, and iOS users can use iCloud backup. No account is required to import in the app, and there's no paywall or book limit anywhere in this flow.
What maps to what
| In your export file | In Leafed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Title | The book entry | Marked with the Audiobook format |
| Author | Author | Searchable and sortable like any book |
| Narrator | Narrator | Feeds the top-narrators stat in Insights |
| Length / duration | Total listening time | Powers time left and progress on the book |
After the import, skim the results the way you would after any migration: check that the count looks right and spot-check a few titles. Odd editions or unusual rows occasionally need a manual fix, and it's a ten-second job while the import is fresh.
After the import: tracking that fits how listening works
Sessions in time, not pages
When you log a listening session on an audiobook, Leafed asks for time, not pages. Enter your position (h:mm on the player), your time left, or just the chapter number — whichever your player shows you — and tap a playback-speed chip so 40 minutes at 1.5x counts as what it was. No arithmetic, no fake page numbers.
Rate the narration on its own
Audiobooks get a separate narration rating next to the book rating, plus audio reaction tags. Five stars for the story and two for the performance is a real opinion; now it's two fields instead of a compromise.
Stats that speak audiobook
Insights reports Hours Listened and Audiobooks Finished alongside your page counts, shows your top narrators and average listen length, and the Overview splits your year into Read vs Listened — so your listening finally shows up in the record instead of vanishing into it.
And when you want the next one
Audiobooks in Leafed carry a Borrow link through Libby for your library card, and buy links to Amazon and Libro.fm. Tracking on Leafed doesn't mean leaving Audible, either — plenty of people keep the subscription and just keep the log somewhere neutral.
Everything above is free, and the exit door works: your whole library exports back out as CSV or JSON anytime. If you're weighing which tracker should hold the log in the first place, our audiobook tracker roundup compares the honest options, and the features page has the full tour.
Related reading
- Best audiobook tracker apps (2026)
- How to export your Goodreads library to CSV
- How to track your Kindle books
- How to track your reading stats
FAQ
Does Audible have an official library export?
No. There's no export on the website or in the apps. The community tools above — Audible Library Extractor (free browser extension), Libation, and OpenAudible (desktop apps) — read your own library through your own login and produce a file.
What file formats does Leafed accept for an Audible import?
The Audible Library Extractor CSV, exports from Libation and OpenAudible, and TSV files. Import in the app's import screen or on the web at leafed.app/library.
What Audible data comes across in the import?
Titles, authors, narrators, and durations, with each book marked as an audiobook. Sessions, ratings, and stats build from there inside Leafed.
Can I track audiobooks without pages?
Yes — that's the point. Leafed logs audiobook sessions by listening time and position (h:mm), accepts time left or a chapter number, has playback-speed chips, and reports Hours Listened and top narrators in Insights.