Google Play Books & Audiobooks

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

Google Play Books is your go-to app for enjoying a vast selection of ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga, all in one place.

Dive into millions of best-selling ebooks, comics, manga, textbooks, and audiobooks. Download your book to read or listen on the go. Once you've finished, discover your next favorite from personalized recommendations tailored just for you. Purchase audiobooks and ebooks as you go, without the need for a subscription.

Explore millions of popular ebooks, audiobooks, and comics.

• Buy ebooks and audiobooks as you go - no subscription required.
• Preview samples before you make a purchase.
• Enjoy extra discounts on select bundles.
• Get notified about new releases from your favorite authors and when your wishlisted books go on sale.
• Earn Google Play Points with every purchase, redeemable for Google Play credit.
• Stay updated with notifications or emails for price drops on your samples and new releases from your favorite authors and series.
• Discover new releases, best sellers, 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 journey.

• Enjoy reading or listening on Android, iOS, or your web browser, even offline.
• Seamlessly pick up where you left off on any device.
• Customize your reading experience with adjustable text size, font type, margins, text alignment, brightness, and background colors.
• Track your reading progress, including the percentage read and pages remaining.
• Organize your library into shelves using the new shelves tab, curating by theme or genre, accessible across Android, iOS, and the web.
• Save books to your SD card to ensure you never run out of space.
• Utilize reading tools in children's books for kid-friendly word definitions, word-specific audio, or full book narration.
• Enhance your comic reading experience with Bubble Zoom on mobile devices, bringing your favorite comics and manga to life.
• Take notes that sync with Google Drive and share them for collaborative projects.
• Access definitions, translations, save highlights, and bookmark favorite pages while reading.
• Enable Night Light for automatic adjustments to background color and brightness, or sync with your device's brightness settings.

What's New in the Latest 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 within Tools for beginning readers. Note that the microphone needs to be turned on for this feature, but it won't retain any recordings.

Recently added

• Multiple library improvements, including multiselect, enhanced filtering, an unshelved shelf, and an alphabetical index to quickly locate specific titles or authors.
• Navigation enhancements for easier access to series pages.
• A new wishlist tab for convenient tracking of desired reads.