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've used this app quite a bit over the last few years, and it's been great! But the recent library changes I don't like. There's books missing that used to be there and getting a whole series is like pulling teeth 😕 supposedly the merge was so we'd have more books to choose from, but it's not working out that way. It's rather disappointing, tbh.

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.

this the the best app if you love reading but your wallet cant keep up. also if you want to try audiobooks but dont want a subscription this is the answer. the only feature I wish it had and that would make it 5 stars is some sort of guide so you know how long an e book is. for audio they have the length listed under the cover but I haven't seen anything for ebooks. Anyway don't let that sway you because its damn near perfect and free and those two things are rare together.

What’s new

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