Libby, the Library App

OverDrive, Inc.

About this app

All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.

• Browse your library’s digital catalog of books — from classics to NYT best-sellers
• Borrow and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines
• Download titles for offline reading, or stream them to save space
• Send ebooks to your Kindle (U.S. libraries only)
• Listen to audiobooks via Android Auto
• Use tags to create your must-read list and any other book lists you want
• Keep your reading position automatically synced on all your devices

In our beautiful, intuitive ebook reader:
• Adjust text size, background color, and book design
• Zoom into magazines and comic books
• Define and search for words and phrases
• Read and listen to read-alongs with your kids
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights

In our ground-breaking audio player:
• Slow down or speed up the audio (0.6 to 3.0x)
• Set a sleep timer
• Simply swipe to skip forward and backward
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights

Libby is built by the team at OverDrive, in support of local libraries everywhere.

Happy reading!

Ratings and reviews

I'm so glad I found out I could deliver books to my Kindle as long as I had a library car. This is AWESOME! I can plan out my reads in advance then put them on hold. I don't mind the new update to the way suspensions are handled as long as I get my holds faster. I do find the app to be a little more glitchy because it will say all of my books I have a hold for no longer have any copies because they have expired, then it fixes itself once I force close and restart the app. Otherwise, great work!

Poor options for reading layout in the Libby app. I typically read with Kindle, so it doesn't matter for me, but I'm trying to get books for the kids. Even under the custom option, there's just 2 font options, only 2x line spacing, and no margin control. So unfortunate a library app has pathetically basic reading layout formatting options. Take some of those profits you're milking library dollars for and invest in the app, yeah? Do better.

love this app!! one suggestion.... maybe consider putting in an option to save the books you want to read and be able to go back and look at the list later. I know you can check out as many as you want, but that's often more than you can realistically read. you can also "save for later" books that your library doesn't own yet. but no options to save the books you like or might want to read in the future ***update- just realized you can save. just not sure how to find them afterwards.

What’s new

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