Barnes & Noble NOOK

4.4
172K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Get the FREE Barnes & Noble NOOK App for your Android smartphone or tablet to enjoy all your favorite digital content. Access our vast online library of over 4 million eBooks, graphic novels, comics, manga and magazines. Plus discover over 300,000 audiobooks. Enjoy recommendations just for you curated by our expert booksellers. Customize your experience with multiple font and page styles, customized bookshelves and social sharing tools. And never lose your spot— the Barnes & Noble NOOK App syncs across all your devices.


Barnes & Noble at Your Fingertips

-Browse the latest new eBook and audiobook releases, bestsellers, promotions, and expert recommendations just for you!
-Discover books in every genre, about every subject, for every age: contemporary fiction, romance, mystery and thriller, classics, sci-fi and fantasy, manga, kids, young adult, non-fiction and more!
-Digital content purchased from Barnes & Noble will automatically appear in this app.
-Explore over 75,000 free eBooks and more than 10,000 free audiobooks.
-Sync your books, bookmarks, notes and highlights across all your devices for a seamless reading experience.
-Listen safely while you drive with Android Auto.

Rich, Customizable Reading and Listening

-Adjust font styles, line spacing, margins, page animations, narration speed, background color, and screen brightness for more comfortable reading.
-Add notes, bookmarks, and highlights as you read or listen. Share favorite highlights with friends across social networks.
-Set the Sleep Timer to coordinate audiobook listening to your schedule.
-Download, read, or listen to free eBook and audiobook samples, and add favorites to your Wishlist.
-Organize your Library into custom shelves.
-Search inside the book and look up words with the in-app dictionary.
-Store content on your device or in the cloud.
- Accessible to blind and low-vision users leveraging Android assistive technology that includes screen magnification and TalkBack.

One App for the Whole Family

-With Profiles, family members can share an account while still enjoying their own customized experience.
-Share eBooks audiobooks, magazines, newspapers and comics across Profiles—no need to purchase again! Reading position, bookmarks, highlights and notes are saved to each Profile.
-Child Profiles allow parents to control what each child sees.
Updated on
Sep 4, 2024

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, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
129K reviews
Stacey Obrien
September 30, 2024
Here are some things that need improving: If you accidentally brush the screen, immediately goes into a "read aloud" mode. So you can't touch the screen to highlight passages or look up words like you can with the Kindle app. It just needs a few improvements like that. I like the read aloud mode, but maybe move it to a menu item so readers can touch the screen and highlight passages. Maybe I'm just using it wrong. I like that I can use the volume keys to turn pages.
2 people found this review helpful
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Barnes & Noble
May 4, 2024
The ability to purchase was removed from the B&N NOOK App in 2022. Purchases made via Chrome, or another browser, will automatically sync to your NOOK Library. If not seeing purchased content, refresh your Library by going to the library tab, swiping down and releasing once you see a circular arrow. For further assistance, contact service@bn.com.
Alex Medel
October 17, 2024
Terrible user experience, I turn the page only to find it skipped a whole page and when I try to flip back to it, it acts as if it not there. The only reason im getting the whole book is cause im listening to the audio alongside it. Good luck trying to highlight anything either. Terrible for students or anyone trying to annotate, i never leave reviews but am so genuinely disgruntled that i have to.
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Barnes & Noble
October 17, 2024
We're sorry for the trouble you experienced. To highlight (press on a single word, drag end of cursor highlight to end of desired passage selection, press the circle on the toolbar that appeared and select a color to confirm highlight. If it's not working, contact our support team at service@bn.com with the details.
Solmyr Pendergast
September 11, 2024
I really wanted a store that wasn't Amazon to buy ebooks from. Bezos doesn't deserve my money. I am an avid reader. First, you have to read the books in Nook app, can't use my favorite reader. It wouldn't let me buy books in the app. It told me to go to browser, so I did. Bought an ebook, thinking delivery was near instant. Instead, the order sat in processing for hours, before they ultimately rejected my order for vague, unspecified reasons. So, I'm going to try Kobo.
3 people found this review helpful
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Barnes & Noble
September 11, 2024
Your digital purchases can be accessed via a NOOK device, NOOK Reading App, or via web browser using NOOK for Web. We're sorry about the issue you encountered. Please call customer service with the order details. We would be glad to help with this.

What's new

Dark Mode: Enjoying books in the dark just got better! You may have changed your ebook reader theme, toggled the brightness of your screen, and some of us have even worn sunglasses at night. We've heard your feedback, and we're adding some help. Check out App Settings to enable Dark Mode. Choose from Always On, Always Off, or Use Device Settings.

Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.