Google Play Books & Audiobooks

Discover the joy of reading and listening with Google Play Books, your all-in-one destination for ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga. With a vast selection of millions of bestsellers, textbooks, and more, you can dive into your next favorite story anytime, anywhere.

With Google Play Books, you have the freedom to buy ebooks and audiobooks as you go, without any subscription required. Before you make a purchase, you can preview samples to ensure you find the perfect fit. Enjoy extra discounts on select bundles and stay updated with emails or notifications about new releases from your favorite authors and when your wishlisted books go on sale. Plus, every purchase earns you Google Play Points, which you can exchange for Google Play credit. Stay in the loop with notifications for price drops on your samples and new releases from your beloved authors and series.

Explore a world of literature with new releases, bestsellers, and personalized recommendations across a variety of genres, including romance, science fiction, mystery & thrillers, self-help, religion, nonfiction, and more.

Experience a top-notch reading and listening experience tailored to your preferences. Enjoy your books on Android, iOS, or your web browser, even when offline. Seamlessly pick up where you left off on any device. Customize your reading experience by adjusting text size, font type, margins, text alignment, brightness, and background colors. Track your reading progress with ease, seeing what percentage you've read and how many pages remain.

Organize your library effortlessly into shelves using the new shelves tab, curating your collection by theme or genre. Access your shelves across Android, iOS, and the web. Choose to save your books to your device or an SD card to ensure you never run out of space. Enhance your reading experience with tools in children's books, including kid-friendly word definitions, the ability to listen to specific words, or have the entire book read aloud. For comic and manga enthusiasts, Bubble Zoom makes reading on a mobile device a breeze. Simply tap the page and watch your favorite comic or manga come to life.

Take notes that sync with Google Drive and share them with a group for easy collaboration. While reading, look up definitions, get translations, save highlights, and bookmark your favorite pages. Enhance your reading comfort with Night Light, which automatically adjusts the background color and brightness or sets the app to use the OS brightness.

What's New in the Latest Version 2024.10.4.0 (240976)

Last updated on Oct 14, 2024

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