Libby, by OverDrive

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

Pretty big fan. I have used this for a number of years. Features are good. I have two issues: 1) Limited selections. There are so many titles not represented. I have tried to listen to the greatest books of all time - novels. So many are not available in audio format. So I tend to use Spotify which has most. 2) Not enough "copies" of high demand products. I have waited many months for some. But I like supporting my library.

Great way to get free audio books - just need a library card for a physical library first, then it's all available and free! Highly recommend! PLEASE ADD THE ABILITY TO VIEW only the ACTIVE holds. I don't care which titles I held, then borrowed, listened to then returned. It's difficult to see which audio books are currently on hold when I go to the timeline tab. Please update. Thank you!

I love using Libby. It is a well-designed app for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. Some features I love are: - delaying my hold for a period of time if I'm not ready for it (but holding my place in line) - creating "to-read" and "to-listen" lists - notifications about when my books are available, when they are due, when they have been returned.. this allows me to re-borrow books I haven't finished or get back onto a hold list - automatic returns 10/10 recommend

What's new

Fixed a downloading issue that caused audiobooks to skip, be missing content, or start playback in an unexpected place. If you have an affected audiobook, delete and re-download it after updating the app.