Libby, by OverDrive

4.8
337K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Editors' Choice
Content rating
Teen
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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!
Updated on
Feb 29, 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.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity, and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8
293K reviews
Heather Marsh
March 8, 2024
This app is amazing for streaming audiobooks and listening or reading offline too. My only complaint is that it launches whenever my Bluetooth connects or disconnects, even if the app is closed. There's nothing like having coworkers climb in the car and the steamy romance scene from the morning commute picks up right where it left off. The app didn't even have the decency to launch itself so I could close it easily or quickly. No, I had to wait until the app loaded before I could turn it off.
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Shannon Guertin
March 13, 2024
It is mostly a good app. Lately, it has been restarting my audiobook every time I open the app. It is frustrating to have to find where I was over and over again. It makes me not want to use the app. I also dislike how it automatically starts my audiobook every time my phone connects to a Bluetooth or comes off pause after ending a phone call, even if it was paused before the call started.
56 people found this review helpful
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Business Kat
March 8, 2024
Great app, when it works. Latest update seems buggy regarding the audiobook player. Often stops playing randomly, and sometimes a book won't play at all. That is the most frustrating bug, when you have been waiting for a book on hold for weeks then the audiobook player has an error, repeatedly. UI is easy to navigate, database needs more audiobooks but that is for the library to improve. I don't use it to read books
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What's new

This release updates the minimum supported Android OS version to Android OS v7.1.