Libby: Read Library Books

765K reviews
Content rating
Teen
10M+
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Content rating
Teen
Diverse Content: Discretion Advised
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About this app

Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your local library with Libby, the award-winning reading app. Borrow instantly with your library card and start reading or listening today.

From bestsellers and new releases to classics, romance, memoirs, mystery, fantasy, self-help, and kids’ books, Libby gives you access to your library’s full digital collection anytime, anywhere.

Borrow and read instantly

- Access millions of ebooks and audiobooks from your local library
- Browse popular titles, classics, self-help, and New York Times bestsellers
- Borrow instantly with your library card
- Read or listen anytime, anywhere

Flexible reading and listening

- Download books for offline reading or stream to save storage
- Sync your progress across all devices automatically
- Send ebooks to Kindle (U.S. only)
- Listen to audiobooks in your car with Android Auto

Personalized library experience

- Create custom reading lists with tags like ā€œWant to Readā€
- Get recommendations based on your interests
- Keep track of your borrowed books, due dates, and reading history

Powerful ebook reader

- Customize font size, layout, and background color
- Built-in dictionary to define and search words
- Highlight text, add notes, and bookmark pages
- Read magazines, comics, cookbooks, and children’s books with ease

Advanced audiobook player

- Adjust playback speed from 0.6x to 3.0x
- Set a sleep timer for listening
- Skip forward or back with simple controls
- Bookmark key moments and add notes

Libby is developed by OverDrive to support local libraries worldwide, helping more people access books digitally.

Download Libby today and explore ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your library.
Read ebook bestsellers and listen to audiobook stories, from your local library.
Updated on
Aug 26, 2026
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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
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity, and App info and performance
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

669K reviews
Luke
November 22, 2024
5/5 for this app existing and allowing us to check out audiobooks from the library. Improvements: let us start a book from the beginning when we're done. It's impossible without manually scrolling. The user interface is unintuitive and does not follow a typical organization structure; it takes a lot of clicking around to get what I want done. Please allow searching and holding at multiple libraries at the same time, and allow us to make new audiobook suggestions to our library.
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Tom Johnsen
August 26, 2026
Really works well. I like that it works with my library to check out ebooks and digital magazines. No problems with it and very easy to use. I'm adding the following 6 years after the above review: this app still works flawlessly, I've never had an issue with it. It is wonderful to have access to so much reading material by simply having a library card. I wish there were more than 5 stars to give Libby in this review.
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Robert Webb
August 4, 2026
The app is convoluted and confusing. There's no flow so it's hard to know where you are in the app or how to get to what you want. Searching for audiobooks is tedious, requiring constant forward and back navigating. Even though you filter for audiobooks only, the app is constantly pushing ebooks. Results won't allow you to filter out books you've already listened to. Books in a series are only partially identified. The app is never improved or updated.
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What’s new

Bug fixes, performance optimizations, and preparation for our next round of features. Thanks for supporting your local libraries!