Google Play Books & Audiobooks

4.6
2.54M reviews
1B+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 12+
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About this app

Google Play Books is the one app you need to buy and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga.

Choose from millions of best selling ebooks, comics, manga, textbooks, and audiobooks. Download your book to read or listen on the go. When you’re finished, find your next favorite from recommendations personalized just for you. Buy audiobooks and ebooks as you go - with no subscription required.


Choose from millions of popular ebooks, audiobooks, and comics
* Buy ebooks and audiobooks as you go - no subscription required.
* Preview samples before you buy.
* Get extra discounts on select bundles.
* Receive emails or notifications about new releases from your favorite authors and when your wishlisted books go on sale.
* Earn Google Play Points with every purchase, then exchange them for Google Play credit.
* Receive notifications or emails for price drops in your samples and new releases from your favorite authors and series.
* Discover new releases, best sellers, and personalized recommendations across genres like romance, science fiction, mystery & thrillers, self-help, religion, nonfiction, and more.

Best in class reading and listening experience.
* Read or listen on Android, iOS, or your web browser, even when you’re offline.
* Pick up where you left off on any device.
* Customize your reading experience. Adjust the text size, font type, margins, text alignment, brightness, and background colors.
* Track your reading progress. See what percent you’ve read and how many pages you have left.
* Organize your library into shelves. Use the new shelves tab to curate your library by theme or genre. View your shelves across Android, iOS, and the web.
* Save to SD card. Choose to save your books to the device or an SD card, so you never run out of space.
* Use reading tools in children's books to get kid-friendly word definitions, listen to specific words, or hear the book read aloud.
* Use Bubble Zoom for easier comic reading on a mobile device. Tap the page and watch your favorite comic or manga come to life.
* Take notes that sync with your Google Drive and share them with a group for easy collaboration.
* Look up definitions, get translations, save highlights, and bookmark your favorite pages while you read.
* Turn on Night Light to automatically adjust the background color and brightness or set the app to use the OS brightness.
Updated on
Apr 29, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
2.3M reviews
John Vislosky
May 5, 2024
great app when it comes to recommendations, book pricing and finding what you want to read next. I also like the built in text to speech if you want to start listening to a book when cooking or driving. I gave only 3 stars because it takes forever to load my library which is silly because the books are already downloaded. the recommendations load instantly but the library takes ages.
29 people found this review helpful
Google LLC
May 5, 2024
Sorry you're having issues with your book, John. We'd be happy to help. Let's try these troubleshooting steps first: https://goo.gle/2Zsbssp. If these don't help, please contact us directly here: https://goo.gle/2QyJZSb. Thanks.
Rachael Sheldrake
April 11, 2024
This book was a lot of fun. Slows down a bit in the middle but picks up again. Very romance heavy, which I happen to like but was not obvious to me going in. Not the best I've read of the high-fantasy romance variety but I still enjoyed it. Quick read, finished in one day. I found it a bit odd that it's presented as a "translated historical text" but is written in first person present. Very minor inconsistencies. A bit "fluffy," not a serious fantasy but, understanding that, was a fun story.
839 people found this review helpful
Dhruval Parmar
May 1, 2024
I've been using Play Books for while now and it's just amazing I'm loving it. 4 stars because it doesn't have background music option. Although no "Reading" app provides such options. But I'd love to have some background music when I'm reading. If it can be in the accordance what I'm reading that can create wonderful reading experience.
261 people found this review helpful

What's new

Arriving in 2023.6.12

* Reading practice feature is now available in select books in Tools for beginning readers. The microphone needs to be turned on to hear you, yet won‘t keep anything you say.

Recently added
* Multiple library improvements, including multiselect, improved filtering, an unshelved shelf, and an alphabetical index to jump to a specific title or author
* Navigation improvements to reach series pages
* The wishlist tab