Google Play Books & Audiobooks
In-app purchases
4.7star
2.83M reviews
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About this app
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.
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.
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Ratings and reviews
4.7
2.54M reviews
Christopher Elliott (Sembazuru)
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April 6, 2025
Of the varoius ebook readers, this is one of my favorites. Being able to lookup individual words or phrases is really great, especially when there are phrases in a different language. One thing I don't like is every time the widget changes, the old widget that I had gotten used to is gone. The current 4x3 widget wastes a lot of space and when scaled down the book covers are reduced to cropped pull-shapes.
141 people found this review helpful
Kate Alfrey
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March 18, 2025
The library, sorting, purchasing, and reading options are great. There is a big caveat, though. I am a highlighter, and the functionality is clunky. By far the worst of any reading app, and I use 6 on regular rotation. Dictionaries, downloads, etc. shouldn't need to be cleared to highlight. Holding my finger down and dragging across the text should be all that's necessary. I quite literally stopped reading my book to write this because of my frustration.
117 people found this review helpful
Google LLC
March 18, 2025
Hi Kate. Our product team greatly appreciates feedback. You can submit it via: The Play Books app > Profile Icon > Help & Feedback. Appreciate it.
PurpleGermanShepherd13
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November 21, 2024
This app is a good place to keep and read my ebooks. I only have two problems with it; one, you can't manually sort books that are in a Shelf. And two, even though I have the "For You" notifications off, I still keep getting popups for price drops on books I don't want. Not going to be a crybaby bigot over it like some people, though. However, these few issues are not that big of a deal, so I gave the app five stars.
3,293 people found this review helpful
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.
• 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.
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About the developer
Google LLC
support@google.com
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States
+1 650-253-0000
