Does anyone have good sources for audio books? Finding a specific book can often be hit or miss on torrent sites.
You can try Myanonamouse. Their whole thing is ebooks and audiobooks.
The biggest challenge for me is understanding how irc works
You don’t really have to. On the invite page you’ll get a code that you just have to copy paste into the chat and then you wait for your interview. The interview ist just admins checking if you read and understood the rules, what username you want and some details about how you are going to use the site.
I sometimes find things on the soulseek network. I use the nicotine+ client.
You don’t happen to know an Android client?
Seeker
Personally I’ve had a lot of success with abtorrents. They don’t have everything of course, but especially more well known series are usually present. The search is a bit wonky though