Libby, the Library App

4.8
521K 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 8, 2025

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
455K reviews
Lito Croy
April 23, 2025
I can't believe it took 9 years of paying for Audible before I found this! Now I want an E-Reader, too. Overall a fantastic app. Great playback when interrupted by other notifications, format is easy to use. Sleep timer/playback speed/bookmark options = 👍🏼👍🏼. Only one suggestion: it's too easy to accidentally return a book with a fat finger move. Please add secondary confirmation before returning loans. Great work, devs!
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Mary Lockner
April 26, 2025
Pretty cool app. Stumbled across this in 2020 during COVID when we couldn't go to libraries anymore. Using my library card it connected to my local library. Was easy to do. Been using it ever since! Haven't had any problems with it. If you love reading or listening to audiobooks, give this app a try. Then you'll have access to your local library from the comfort of your own home! I absolutely give 5***** to this app and huge THANKS to whoever made it!
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Mark
April 12, 2025
You link your library card which will vary by jurisdiction, but the app itself basically does everything you'd want. you can link it to an e-reader or just read in the app. It also has audio book functionality which can run in the background. I don't know how it works with accessibility apps because I have not needed to use those.
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What’s new

Bug fixes, performance optimizations, accessibility improvements, and preparation for our next round of features. Thanks for supporting your local libraries!