Google Play Books & Audiobooks

Content rating
Teen
Diverse Content: Discretion Advised
In-App Purchases
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Fast And Easy This App Google Play Books & Audiobooks

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.
All the books you love. On the page or out loud. Anywhere you are.
Updated on
Aug 21, 2026
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    about how developers declare sharing
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    Personal info, Financial info and 5 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
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  • Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

2.85M reviews
Chris
August 15, 2026
Buggy on android. Every time I open a book, not necessarily even closing play books but switching to a different app, it's on the wrong page. Have to remember to bookmark it before doing anything else, even the bookmarks often go to the wrong page when selecting the bookmark link to get back to the current page. My entire library doesn't show up in the Library and I'm having to re-search on the books being currently read if the app is closed and opened. How are they not getting the basics right?
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Google LLC
August 15, 2026
Hi Chris. Sorry to hear you're having issues with your app. These steps are for the Play Store but should also help with your Play Books app: https://goo.gle/2tPy0rx. If not, please contact us directly: https://goo.gle/2QyJZSb. Hope this helps.
Amanda Pehl
August 10, 2026
EDIT 8/10/26: It appears that the issue of not being able to download/read books resolved itself after a day or two of waiting after purchase. Hopefully that was just a fluke of lag and that it won't happen again as badly as it did this time. (Original Review: Unable to download and read books despite going through all of the troubleshooting protocols. :/ )
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Google LLC
August 8, 2026
Sorry you're having issues with your book, Amanda! We'd be happy to help. Let's try these troubleshooting steps first: https://goo.gle/2Zsbssp. If these don't help, please contact us directly here: https://goo.gle/2QyJZSb. Thanks.
peter salazar
June 22, 2026
I’ve used Google Play Books for a long time and really like it overall, especially for uploading EPUBs, highlighting, and taking notes. But the Android app has a serious annotation sync issue. My highlights and notes are visible on Google Play Books web, even when opened from my phone’s browser, so they are clearly still saved to my account. But in the Android app, the same book shows none of those older highlights/notes after reinstalling or clearing app data. Reading position sync still work
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What’s new

New in version 2025.1.10

• Improved ease-of-use in ebook text selection menu

Check out these features

• Upload EPUB and PDF files and read them on all of your devices
• Download purchased ebooks and audiobooks (DRM-free if allowed by the publisher) to read on other devices such as Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo