Libby, the Library App

4.8
672K 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
Apr 2, 2026
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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
587K reviews
Greg Walker
October 28, 2025
I love that I can use my library card to get all kinds of audiobooks. I don't have a kindle, and don't want to read a book on a tablet, but my wife uses Libby for ebooks too. The audiobook player sometimes has to be force closed on my Android phone, but it doesn't happen too often, so it's not annoying enough to drop a star. Overall, I really like this app.
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Megan
December 18, 2024
I've used Libby for several years and loved it. The last several months have been very disappointing with it shutting down constantly. Even when my audiobook is downloaded if I am driving and switch towers it shuts down. I have to restart the app (obviously not ideal for driving hands free). When laying in bed and I set the sleep mode to 30 minutes it shut down after 2 or 3 minutes - 6 times. I had to restart the app to get it going again. The constant shut down is awful. I have android 11 OS.
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AJ Hernandez
October 17, 2024
I can't understand why some people pay any amount of money for access to audiobooks. While not every book is available at release, I still have access to enough books to keep me busy for long periods of time. The app allows downloads, search capabilities, book sample snippets, tracking, book reservation, tag creation and application, reminders, etc. A great option to all those products out there offer similar services for a monetary fee.
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What’s new

We fixed an issue to restore hidden playback controls in Android Auto.