Google Play Books & Audiobooks

In-app purchases
4.7
2.79M reviews
1B+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

All the books you love. On the page or out loud. Anywhere you are.

Dive into a world of stories with Google Play Books! Explore millions of ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga — all in one app.

Key Features:

• Your library, anywhere: Enjoy books on your phone, tablet, computer, or even in your car with Android Auto. Plus, you can download books to read offline.

• Earn Google Play Points: Get rewarded with Play Points when you purchase books. Note: Play Points availability, award levels, and multiplier rates differ by country. Play Points isn’t available in all countries.

• Organize with shelves: Personalize your digital library with custom shelves to categorize your books by genre, author, or any theme you’d like.

• Smart notes: Jot down notes that sync with your Google Drive and can be shared for easy collaboration.

• No subscription needed: Buy only the books you want, when you want them.

• Kid–friendly reading tools: Let kids explore word definitions and listen to books aloud. Note: Reading practice tools are available in English only.

• Immersive comics: Experience Bubble Zoom for a specialized comic and manga reading experience.

• Preview before you buy: Check out samples to make sure it’s the perfect book for you.

• Hands–free reading: Control your audiobook with your voice using Google Assistant.

• Read your way: Customize your reading experience by adjusting the font, text size, brightness, and more.

Millions of stories await on Google Play Books! Download now and start reading.
Updated on
Feb 4, 2025

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
Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.51M reviews
Lawrence Nelson (Wesley)
February 14, 2025
great for reading books, and I absolutely love that I am able to upload my collection of ebooks from through the years. I will be upset if that feature gets the axe as Google loves to prune little-used apps and features. It's been a bit since I've used an audiobook (I don't have many), but last that I knew the interface was still a bit clunky and needs a bit of love. But I'm sure that Google has higher priorities, people just don't enjoy books as much as they should, lol.
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Daniel Gordon
February 17, 2025
- The app always opens to the store, not the library. There is no setting to change this. I don't want the store. I want my books. - Constant errors when uploading EPUBs bought on other platforms, unexplained (for some reason, it errors MORE in the web client than the app) - Refuses to download books when prompted, but downloads them automatically when I open the book and read 1 page - Categorization bar in the library glitches, you can't scroll right as it just scrolls you back to the beginning
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Google LLC
February 17, 2025
Hi Daniel. Our product team greatly appreciates feedback. You can submit it via: The Play Books app > Profile Icon > Help & Feedback. Appreciate it.
Michael-Keith of the Larsen family
February 7, 2025
i've seen a lot of improvement with this app over the years and like the user friendly, self explanatory layout of its features saving me time. i like the shelves feature of the app which has been quite helpful as well. i should mention however that even though it's proven to be a good app overall there are still some drawbacks having to do delays with uploading files.
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What’s new

Arriving in version 2025.1.10

• An improved ebook text selection menu

Arriving in version 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.