The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of listening to audiobooks as a means to improve students' oral reading fluency. Students' ability to read fluidly out loud is strongly correlated with their overall reading achievement. The participants in the study were 33 fifth graders, 17 of whom read below grade level. After being ranked by oral reading fluency, students were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Participants in the first group listened to a short novel on mp3 players, while those in the second group read the same story in paperback form. The study lasted four weeks, and Pre- and post-DIBELS scores were used to measure gains in oral reading fluency. The findings from the study showed similar gains in both reading and listening groups. The implications of the study seem to suggest that both reading and listening to stories are effective methods of improving oral reading fluency.