Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks

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About this app

Your library, always with you:

Step into a world of words and voices with the Kobo Books App, your ultimate companion for reading and listening. Designed with booklovers in mind, this app transforms your device into your own digital library, capable of carrying millions of eBooks and audiobooks with you anywhere.

With access to browse millions of eBooks and audiobooks, there's something for every reader to discover and enjoy. Our growing collection spans every genre imaginable: from thrilling mysteries and captivating romances to insightful nonfiction, imaginative fantasy, vibrant graphic novels, classic comics, and enchanting children's stories. Explore our selection with ease and search effortlessly by author, title, topic, or genre. Enjoy a truly integrated library experience, keeping all your eBooks and audiobooks perfectly organized in one place.

Want to know what's popular? Our most trending eBooks are updated hourly.

Discover more reading and listening with Kobo Plus:

Where endless reading sprees begin, Kobo Plus offers unlimited access to more than 3 million eBooks and 400,000 audiobooks. Discover exclusive originals and hidden gems you won't find anywhere else. Choose the perfect plan that meets your reading needs with plans offering limitless access to eBooks, audiobooks, or both. Enjoy total flexibility with zero commitments.

An app designed for your comfort and convenience:

The Kobo Books App was created to make every moment with your stories as enjoyable and effortless as possible:

• Tailor your experience by adjusting text size and style, or activate Night Mode to enjoy comfortable, eye-friendly reading. Choose to set your screen to portrait or landscape for ultimate comfort.

• Listen effortlessly with our intuitive audiobook player, allowing you to navigate, pause, and track your progress with ease. Plus, easily set a sleep timer for perfect bedtime listening.

• Pick up where you left off, without ever losing your spot. Your reading progress automatically syncs between the Kobo Books App, Kobo Web Reader, and your Kobo eReader, letting you read across all your devices.

• Enjoy reading books in your preferred language, with support for English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese.

Find us on social media!
https://www.facebook.com/Kobo
https://www.instagram.com/kobobooks
https://twitter.com/kobo

**Audiobooks available only in select countries. You can listen to audiobooks on smartphones and tablets running Android version 4.4 or higher.
Discover the Kobo App — Your Ultimate eBook and Audiobook Library
Updated on
Nov 9, 2026

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.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    App activity
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

241K reviews
Viddy Workinggirl
May 3, 2026
Ed. 4/26: Been using app for years to read. I used to use Rakuten credits but apparently that went away. I still used it a lot. Yesterday I opened the app & it froze at the first screen with three dots. I closed it out, powered my phone off & on, & tried again. Same thing. I uninstalled & reinstalled the app. Nope. I have a huge library that I have PAID for and I am not happy! I do not want to switch to Kindle! Was an inexpensive way to read great books.
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Kobo Books
May 3, 2026
Hello! We're sorry to hear that you're experiencing this issue with our application. Please try clearing the data and cache to see if that helps. For further assistance, contact us via our Facebook page or support team at www.kobo.com/help. We are happy to help!
Ellen Heard
July 13, 2021
While it works, it works. A little bare bones, but whatever. Just be aware that if you use it for anything but purchases (pre-existing ebooks if you will) then at any time with no warning you could lose your entire library with no hope of getting it back. Fortunately, I still have the files, but it lost months and months of organization and reading data. :/
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Kobo Books
July 13, 2021
Hi Ellen! We are sorry to hear that you are having a bad experience with the Kobo app. If you ever have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to us through our Facebook page or Twitter @kobohelp or contact our support team at www.kobo.com/help. We would love to improve your experience!
Christopher Morrow
June 29, 2024
Good reading experience and UI, and the recommendations are spot on. However, you can't open the app without Internet access (so I can't read while camping). Also, you can't open the app without updating it and sometimes the updates will delete all of your downloaded books and reset all of your reading progress. So make sure you write down what chapter you're on whenever you're done reading because Kobo might forget.
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Kobo Books
June 29, 2024
Thank you for your feedback! If you have any questions or need assistance with “Kobo Books App”, please reach out to us through our Facebook page or twitter @kobo or contact our support team www.kobo.com/help.

What’s new

For our passionate readers who love books as much as we do, we update the Kobo Books app as often as possible to continually improve on its reliability and performance.

Here's what's new in our latest release:

• Bug fixes and general improvements.

Thanks for reading with Kobo Books!