Google Play Books & Audiobooks

Google LLC

In-app purchases

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.

Ratings and reviews

Unfortunately too sales focused. Google has buried "your library" and purchases in front of several pages of new and shiny. For those of us who like to read series, it's often hard to navigate back to the next volume. Not that hard, but I would love to see a front page with a bookshelf illustration with pop outs to continue the story.

Huge bug since their last update - when I tap and hold on a book to view additional options, the menu that pops up has a transparent background! Makes it nearly impossible to read the options available. It is incredibly frustrating as I can no longer see the buttons to Add to Shelf, Mark As Finished, or Hide Book. Also, even with the Night Light off, the app automatically makes your screen yellower and so far, I haven't found a way to keep that from happening.

complete trash of an app, I can't choose where the audio will pick up from or skip forward or rewind. complete waste of resources until they actually start fixing the small issues this app has had for years!!!! Also should mention this is just for the read aloud option on ebooks, not already made audiobooks

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.