Google Play Books & Audiobooks

All your favorite books. On the page or spoken aloud. Wherever you are.

Google Play Books is the essential app for purchasing and enjoying ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga.

Explore millions of bestselling ebooks, comics, manga, textbooks, and audiobooks. Download titles to read or listen on the go. Once finished, discover your next favorite from personalized recommendations. Purchase audiobooks and ebooks individually with no subscription required.

Browse millions of popular ebooks, audiobooks, and comics

• Buy ebooks and audiobooks à la carte - no subscription needed.
• Preview samples before making a purchase.
• Enjoy extra discounts on select bundles.
• Get emails or notifications about new releases from favorite authors and sales on wishlisted books.
• Earn Google Play Points with every purchase, redeemable for Google Play credit.
• Receive alerts for price drops in your saved samples and new releases from preferred authors and series.
• Discover new releases, bestsellers, and personalized recommendations across genres like romance, science fiction, mystery & thrillers, self-help, religion, nonfiction, and more.

A top-tier reading and listening experience.

• Read or listen on Android, iOS, or your web browser, even offline.
• Resume exactly where you left off on any device.
• Customize your reading setup: adjust text size, font type, margins, alignment, brightness, and background colors.
• Track progress by viewing the percentage read and remaining pages.
• Organize your library into shelves using the new shelves tab to curate collections by theme or genre. Access your shelves across Android, iOS, and web.
• Save to SD card: store books on the device or an external SD card to save space.
• Use interactive tools in children's books for kid-friendly definitions, word audio, or read-aloud features (microphone required).
• Utilize Bubble Zoom for enhanced comic reading on mobile devices; tap pages to bring your favorite comics and manga to life.
• Take notes that sync with Google Drive and share them for easy collaboration.
• Look up definitions, get translations, save highlights, and bookmark favorite pages while reading.
• Enable Night Light to automatically adjust background color and brightness, or let the app follow OS settings.

What's New in Version 2024.10.4.0 (240976)

Last updated on Oct 14, 2024

Arriving in 2023.6.12

• The Reading Practice feature is now available in select books under Tools for beginning readers. It uses the microphone to hear you but doesn't store what you say.

Recently added

• Multiple library improvements, including multiselect, enhanced filtering, an unshelved shelf, and an alphabetical index for quick navigation by title or author
• Improved navigation to access series pages directly
• The wishlist tab