Chillbooks Audiobooks

About Chillbooks Audiobooks

Chillbooks — Fully subtitled audiobooks of classic literature, philosophy, and historical texts. Explore timeless works from Plato to Nietzsche, Shakespeare to Fitzgerald, Ibn Khaldun to Sun Tzu with clear narration and on-screen text. 🎥 Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@Chillbooks (https://www.youtube.com/c/Chillbooks) 🔗 Follow Chillbooks: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/Chillbooks) • All Links (https://solo.to/chillbooks) • Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6sN19fGxResr0cOr3ihXph)

Publisher

Chillbooks

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2021

Latest episode

24 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

150 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Jun 2026

   The Odyssey by Homer (Greek Names)

   🌊 "Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy." — Homer, The Odyssey Twenty years away from home. A war that ended in victory and a journey that never seemed to end. The Odyssey is the oldest adventure story in Western literature and still the best — a man trying to get home, and everything in the world conspiring to stop him. This is the complete, human-read audiobook of all 24 books, with the full text on screen, Butler's original scholarly annotations displayed as you listen, and illustrated with the paintings of N. C. Wyeth (color) and the engravings of John Flaxman (B&W). Translated by Samuel Butler (with Greek deity names restored per viewer request) and narrated by Mark Cassidy. 🎙️ THE CHILLBOOKS EXPERIENCE ✅ Original Narration: Mark Cassidy's expressive, unhurried performance gives the epic the weight and rhythm it deserves — word-for-word, no abridgement. ✅ Full Text On Screen: Follow Butler's prose translation line-for-line for deeper immersion and retention. ✅ Illustrated: N. C. Wyeth's vivid color paintings and John Flaxman's classical engravings, timed to the narrative. ✅ No Background Music: Pure storytelling — the way oral tradition always intended. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The Odyssey by Homer00:24 Book 1: Athena Visits Telemachus23:32 Book 2: Telemachus Prepares for His Journey46:53 Book 3: At Pylos with Nestor1:13:36 Book 4: Menelaus and Helen1:58:41 Book 5: Odysseus and Calypso2:23:53 Book 6: Nausicaa Finds Odysseus2:42:14 Book 7: Odysseus at the Palace of Alcinous3:00:45 Book 8: Games and Songs of Phaeacia3:31:40 Book 9: The Cyclops4:02:14 Book 10: Circe the Enchantress4:32:23 Book 11: The Land of the Dead5:05:34 Book 12: Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis5:30:05 Book 13: Return to Ithaca5:53:01 Book 14: Odysseus and Eumaeus6:22:24 Book 15: Telemachus Returns6:52:55 Book 16: Reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus7:18:00 Book 17: Odysseus Enters the Palace7:49:44 Book 18: The Beggar Fight8:12:09 Book 19: Penelope's Dream8:45:00 Book 20: Omens and Dreams9:06:31 Book 21: The Bow of Odysseus9:29:26 Book 22: The Slaughter of the Suitors9:54:07 Book 23: Odysseus and Penelope Reunite10:14:06 Book 24: Peace and Recognition ✍️ ABOUT THE ODYSSEY The Odyssey is the second of the two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, composed sometime in the 8th century BCE. It follows Odysseus (Ulysses in the Roman tradition) through ten years of wandering after the fall of Troy — encountering the Cyclops Polyphemus, the witch Circe, the dead in Hades, the Sirens, the monster Scylla, and the whirlpool Charybdis — while his wife Penelope holds off suitors at home in Ithaca and his son Telemachus comes of age. ✍️ ABOUT HOMER Homer is the name ancient Greeks gave to the poet (or tradition of poets) responsible for The Iliad and The Odyssey — two foundational texts of Western civilization. Whether a single person or a long oral tradition codified into writing, the poems of Homer have shaped literature, philosophy, art, and storytelling for nearly three thousand years. Virgil modeled the Aeneid on them; Dante opened with echoes of Odysseus; Joyce built Ulysses on their architecture. 📚 EXPLORE WITH CHILLBOOKS Subtitled audiobooks of the world's greatest classics. Subscribe to expand your library of timeless wisdom. 🌐 FOLLOW US All links (https://solo.to/chillbooks) @Chillbooks (https://youtube.com/@Chillbooks) Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/sc/podcast/chillbooks-audiobooks/id1552129561) 📚 More Homer on Chillbooks: The Iliad by Homer (Part 1 of 2) (https://youtube.com/watch?v=fEkh0knqZ50) The Iliad by Homer (Part 2 of 2) (https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ak4CglCShFA) 📚 Ancient Epics on Chillbooks: The Aeneid by Virgil (https://youtube.com/watch?v=zHtvJj5bgoo) © Copyright• Narration: Original audio performance by Mark Cassidy. Produced by and exclusive to Chillbooks.• Subtitles & Formatting: All on-screen text formatting is the property of Chillbooks.• All rights reserved. This production is protected under the YouTube Standard License and may not be reused or re-uploaded without explicit permission.

2. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Confessions: The Rescuer from Error by Al-Ghazali

   🕯️ "The seeker after truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them, but rather the one who suspects his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them." — Al-Ghazali, The Rescuer from Error One of the most extraordinary works in the history of ideas: a medieval philosopher's account of his own intellectual collapse — and the path out. Al-Ghazali walks through every school of thought available to him (theologians, philosophers, Ismailis, Sufis) and systematically dismantles his certainties one by one, until only experience can restore what reason failed to prove. This is the complete, human-read audiobook with on-screen captions. Translated by Claude Field and narrated by Mark Cassidy. 🎙️ THE CHILLBOOKS EXPERIENCE ✅ Original Narration: Mark Cassidy's measured, contemplative delivery matches the introspective gravity of Ghazali's spiritual memoir. ✅ On-Screen Captions: Follow every argument and turn in Ghazali's reasoning word-for-word. ✅ No Music: For a text this searching, nothing else belongs. ✅ Claude Field Translation: The classic English rendering of Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal, faithful to Ghazali's spare, direct Arabic prose. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Confessions: The Rescuer from Error – Al-Ghazali 00:17 - Introduction: Ghazali's Search for Truth 06:24 - The Subterfuges of the Sophists 13:29 - The Different Kinds of Seekers after Truth 14:54 - The Aim of Scholastic Theology and Its Results 20:13 - Concerning the Philosophical Sects and the Stigma of Infidelity Which Attaches to Them All 20:32 - (1) The Materialists 20:55 - (2) The Naturalists 22:31 - (3) The Theists 24:28 - Divisions of the Philosophic Sciences 24:48 - (1) Mathematics 29:23 - (2) Logic 31:14 - (3) Physics 32:36 - (4) Metaphysics 34:40 - (5) Political Science 35:01 - (6) Moral Philosophy 44:41 - Sufism 59:25 - The Reality of Inspiration: Its Importance for the Human Race ✍️ ABOUT THE BOOK The Rescuer from Error (Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal) is Al-Ghazali's spiritual autobiography, written around 1100 CE near the end of his life. It is one of the few works in classical Islamic thought to take intellectual crisis seriously as a subject. Ghazali describes a period of total epistemic paralysis in which he could no longer trust his senses or his reason, and documents his methodical journey through every intellectual tradition of his age in search of certainty. The book culminates in his embrace of Sufism — not as a rejection of reason, but as its completion. It has often been compared to Augustine's Confessions and Descartes' Meditations as one of the great works of philosophical autobiography. ✍️ ABOUT AL-GHAZALI Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058–1111 CE) was a Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi mystic — one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Islam. He held the prestigious chair of theology at the Nizamiyya of Baghdad before abandoning public life to pursue a decade of travel, contemplation, and spiritual retreat. His magnum opus, The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din), remains one of the most widely read works in the Islamic world. In The Rescuer from Error, he offers the most personal account of the intellectual and spiritual crisis that transformed his life and thought. 📚 More Al-Ghazali on Chillbooks: The Alchemy of Happiness (https://youtube.com/watch?v=TbWVbAMWBec) The Niche of Lights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tgn_u7QBm4) The Beginning of Guidance (https://youtu.be/uKZuf_c8cBQ) 🌐 Follow Chillbooks: All links (https://solo.to/chillbooks) YouTube @Chillbooks (https://youtube.com/@Chillbooks) Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1820294536) © Copyright • Narration: Original audio performance by Mark Cassidy. Produced by and exclusive to Chillbooks. • Subtitles & Formatting: All on-screen text formatting is the property of Chillbooks. • All rights reserved. This production is protected under the YouTube Standard License and may not be reused or re-uploaded without explicit permission.

3. 

   2 Jun 2026

   The Republic by Plato (2026 Recording)

   🏛️ "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself." Explore the foundation of Western political thought in Plato’s The Republic. This is the complete, human-read audiobook featuring on-screen captions for deep study and focus. Translated by Benjamin Jowett and featuring an exclusive, original narration by Mark Cassidy, this dialogue explores justice, the philosopher-king, and the nature of the soul. 🎙️ THE CHILLBOOKS EXPERIENCE ✅ Original Narration: An exclusive, articulate performance by Mark Cassidy. ✅ Visual Content: Featuring original illustrations by Sage Royce. ✅ On-Screen Captions: Follow Plato’s dialectic logic word-for-word. ✅ No Music: Zero distractions for maximum academic concentration. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - The Republic by Plato (2026 Edition) 00:13 - PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE 00:46 - BOOK I: The Definition of Justice 1:10:04 - BOOK II: The Individual, the State, and Education 2:16:48 - BOOK III: The Arts and the Guardians 3:36:11 - BOOK IV: Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue 4:42:29 - BOOK V: Community, Gender, and the Philosopher-King 6:02:45 - BOOK VI: The Form of the Good 7:12:38 - BOOK VII: The Allegory of the Cave 8:17:26 - BOOK VIII: The Four Forms of Government 9:23:54 - BOOK IX: The Psychology of the Tyrant 10:15:36 - BOOK X: The Recompense of Virtue and the Myth of Er ✍️ ABOUT PLATO Plato (428/427–348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens. His work laid the foundations of Western philosophy, political theory, ethics, and science. Through the dialogues of Socrates, Plato explored some of humanity’s most enduring questions about justice, knowledge, virtue, reality, and the ideal society. The Republic, written around 375 BC, is his most influential work. Through a wide-ranging dialogue on justice and the ideal state, Plato introduces concepts that have shaped political thought for over two millennia, including the philosopher-king, the tripartite soul, the Form of the Good, and the famous Allegory of the Cave. 📚 EXPLORE WITH CHILLBOOKS Subtitled audiobooks of the world’s greatest classics. Subscribe to expand your library of timeless wisdom. 🌐 FOLLOW US All links (https://solo.to/chillbooks) YouTube @Chillbooks (https://youtube.com/@Chillbooks) Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1552129561) 📚 More Plato: Apology by Plato (https://youtube.com/watch?v=kSzOsGTL7a0) Phaedo by Plato (https://youtube.com/watch?v=AnDsS6Qwj0Y) Symposium by Plato (https://youtube.com/watch?v=mQN6azS0v-g) 🎭 Classical Philosophy: The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle (https://youtube.com/watch?v=mBphR2jnC_E) Politics by Aristotle: A Treatise on Government (https://youtube.com/watch?v=TTV9NOxmkgo) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (https://youtube.com/watch?v=_6cSYKeafmk) © Copyright & Permissions • Narration: Original audio performance by Mark Cassidy. Produced by and exclusive to Chillbooks. • Visuals & Subtitles: Visual art by Sage Royce and all on-screen formatting are the property of Chillbooks. • All rights reserved. This production is protected under the YouTube Standard License and may not be reused or re-uploaded without explicit permission.

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