Regretting You Audiobook & Text to Speech: Listen Free (2026 Guide)

Just want to start listening? Use CastReader to read Kindle Cloud Reader aloud — free, one click →

Regretting You became the #1 most-searched book on Google in 2025 — ahead of Onyx Storm, Fourth Wing, and every other title, including classic literature. The surge is partly the CoHo catalogue riding its perpetual BookTok wave, and partly the announced film adaptation that keeps the book in news cycles (similar story to The Housemaid, which saw a 3× Kindle sales jump after its own movie announcement). Whatever the reason, readers coming to it in 2026 keep asking the same question: what's the fastest way to just listen to this thing?

Here's every answer, compared.

Listen to Regretting You Free: Every Option

If you searched "Regretting You audiobook free" or "how to listen to Regretting You online," the honest answer has three tiers:

1. Public library (truly free): Libby and Hoopla carry Regretting You at nearly every U.S. library. Since the book's been in circulation since 2019, wait times are shorter than Onyx Storm or The Housemaid.
2. Audible free trial: 30 days, one free credit — redeem on Regretting You and keep the audiobook after canceling. Dual-narrator production (Brittany Pressley + Stephen Dexter) is the listening gold standard.
3. Kindle + CastReader (read aloud with AI): if your $4.99 Kindle copy is already in your library, CastReader turns it into an AI audiobook for free. Best for readers who don't want to wait on a library hold.

Full walkthroughs below, including how to use Kindle text-to-speech across every device.

About Regretting You

Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan — 34, steady, cautious — became a young mother and put her own dreams on hold. Clara, rebellious and sharp-tongued, is determined not to repeat her mother's mistakes. The only person who bridges their personalities is Chris, Morgan's husband and Clara's father, the family anchor.

When Chris dies in a tragic and questionable accident, the book splits into dual POVs. Morgan discovers infidelity secrets she didn't ask for. Clara falls into a first love — with Miller, the boy her parents disapproved of — while processing grief that isolates her from the mother she can barely look at. The book is classic CoHo: emotional gut-punches, messy choices, and a slow-burn romance layered on top of family trauma.

Published in 2019, it's short by Hoover standards (363 pages) and hits hardest if you go in without too many expectations about how it ends. The audiobook's dual-narrator structure — one voice per POV — makes this particularly well-suited to listening.

How to Listen to Regretting You — Every Platform

Option 1: Audible (Official Audiobook) — Best Narration

Brittany Pressley (Morgan) and Stephen Dexter (Clara/Miller) split the narration. Pressley has voiced nearly every Colleen Hoover audiobook — her Morgan is measured, world-weary, and when the infidelity subplot hits, her restraint is the whole book. Dexter handles Clara's teenage cadence without ever crossing into caricature.

• Runtime: ~11 hours 22 minutes
• Price: $22.46 or one Audible credit
• Free trial: 30-day Audible trial includes one credit — redeem on Regretting You and keep it
• Link: Audible — Regretting You

Option 2: Libro.fm — Indie-Bookstore Alternative

Same audiobook. Purchases route to an independent bookstore of your choice.

• Price: $22.99 or one membership credit ($14.99/mo)
• Link: Libro.fm — Regretting You

Option 3: Libby / Hoopla (Free via Library)

Regretting You has been in circulation since 2019, so library wait times are much shorter than Onyx Storm. Most Libby libraries carry it, and it's commonly available on Hoopla without a waitlist at all.

• Libby: Typical hold time 1–3 weeks depending on library
• Hoopla: Usually instant-borrow if your library participates
• Cost: Free with a library card

Option 4: Kindle Cloud Reader (Browser) — with CastReader

Regretting You is one of the most widely-sold Kindle ebooks on Amazon ($4.99 list, frequently $1.99 on sale). If you bought it and want free AI audio, Kindle Cloud Reader + CastReader is the fastest path.

Kindle Cloud Reader (read.amazon.com) has no built-in TTS. And every other Chrome extension fails on Kindle because Amazon encrypts page text with custom fonts — extensions that read the DOM get gibberish.

CastReader solves this with local OCR (tesseract-wasm, runs entirely in your browser — no cloud upload).

Steps:

1. Open Regretting You at read.amazon.com
2. Install CastReader (Chrome / Edge / Firefox)
3. Click the 🔊 icon in the toolbar
4. CastReader OCRs the first page (~2 seconds) and starts reading

For dual-POV books like this one, set the voice once — voice switching mid-chapter confuses context. Full walkthrough →

Option 5: Kindle iOS / Android App — Assistive Reader

Regretting You has Enhanced Typesetting, so Assistive Reader works.

Steps:

1. Open the Kindle app → open Regretting You
2. Tap center of screen → tap Aa → tap More
3. Toggle Assistive Reader on
4. Playback bar appears — play, pause, rewind 30s, speed 0.5x–3x

On iOS, download Premium Siri voices (Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices). Ava or Zoe works well for Morgan's chapters. The voice doesn't switch automatically per POV — it stays constant, which is fine for this book since POV transitions are marked by chapter breaks.

Option 6: Kindle Paperwhite / Scribe

Built-in Kindle TTS works, but the voice is robotic compared to Audible or even phone TTS. For 11 hours of emotional fiction, I'd use the app instead.

If you insist on the e-reader:

1. Pair Bluetooth headphones (Paperwhite has no speaker; Scribe does)
2. Tap center → tap Aa → toggle Text-to-Speech
3. Press-and-hold the page button to play

Option 7: Apple Books Edition

Apple Books sells Regretting You at $4.99. It reads via iOS/macOS Speak Screen:

1. Open in Apple Books
2. Enable Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Speak Screen
3. Two-finger swipe down from the top
4. Siri reads continuously, auto-turning pages

Download the Premium Siri voices for this — the free downloads sit under Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices. Ava (Premium, en-US) is the popular choice for CoHo novels.

Option 8: Kindle for Mac / Windows

Kindle desktop has no Assistive Reader. On Mac, use Option + Esc with Speak Selection enabled, but you'll manually advance pages. For continuous listening, switch to Kindle Cloud Reader + CastReader in your browser.

Option 9: EPUB / PDF

Publisher Montlake does not sell DRM-free EPUB or PDF editions of Regretting You. Legal EPUBs are available through library Libby loans — they work with:

• Apple Books (Speak Screen) on macOS/iOS
• Calibre (free, cross-platform) with Read Aloud plugin
• CastReader's EPUB reader — paste chapters for AI voice

PDF excerpts released by the publisher for book club materials can be read via CastReader's PDF tool.

TTS Settings Tuned for Regretting You

Regretting You is an emotional dual-POV novel where half the reward is pacing. Let the heavy chapters breathe.

For a single-voice setup, Bella or Nicole on CastReader hit the "trusted narrator" tone that matches Morgan's first-person voice most of the book. At 1x–1.05x, the ~11h 22m audiobook length holds at around 11 hours.

Send to Phone: Your CoHo Library, Commute Ready

If you own Regretting You on Kindle and your commute is already your CoHo listening time, Send to Phone keeps the page turning without touching your phone:

1. Open the book in Kindle Cloud Reader
2. Activate CastReader
3. Click Send to Phone → scan the Telegram QR
4. Earbuds in, walk out

CastReader OCRs each page on the desktop and streams audio to your phone. Pause on the subway. Resume when you get to the office. Your Kindle sync follows you.

The Colleen Hoover Listening Stack

If Regretting You hooks you, the rest of the CoHo catalogue is a natural next step. The It Ends with Us audiobook is also narrated by Brittany Pressley. Reminders of Him (2022) and Verity (2018) both have strong audio productions. All of them work with the same Kindle/CastReader setup — you pay $4–6 per Kindle edition, use CastReader for free AI audio at home, and keep Audible for long commutes where you want the professional narration.

Buying & Borrowing Links

• Kindle ebook: Amazon — $4.99
• Paperback: Amazon · Bookshop.org (supports indies)
• Audiobook: Audible · Libro.fm
• Apple Books: Regretting You
• Library: Libby · Hoopla (varies by library)
• Goodreads: Book page · Colleen Hoover author page

Related Reading

2025 Most-Searched Books (Adaptation-Driven Spikes)

• The Housemaid — Audiobook & TTS Guide — the other big adaptation book, thriller pacing
• Fourth Wing — Listen Guide — if you want romantasy next
• Onyx Storm — Listen Guide — Empyrean #3, the other 2025 SERP heavyweight
• The Summer I Turned Pretty — Listen Guide — YA romance in the same emotional register

Kindle & Platform Guides

• Best Text to Speech for Kindle — Every Device
• Kindle Cloud Reader Text to Speech
• Turn Any Ebook into an Audiobook — Free
• Audible Alternative: Free Ways to Listen to Your Kindle Library
• Listen to Kindle Books on Your Phone