eBooks & Digital Downloads

Libby

Libby is the library reading app by OverDrive, loved by millions of readers worldwide. With Libby, you can borrow free ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines; all you need is a library card. 

Download Libby for your device:

Follow the prompts, and search for Navajo County Library District in the list of libraries.

For an even wider selection, you can also use your Navajo County Library District card to borrow titles from any of our partner libraries:

  • Apache County Library District

  • Cochise County Library District

  • Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library

  • Gila County Library District

  • Little Libraries That Could

  • Pima County Public Library

  • Southwest Valley Library Consortium

  • Tempe Public Library

  • Yavapai Library Network

  • Yuma County Library District

Comics Plus

Navajo County Library District is excited to offer Comics Plus, a digital platform with unlimited access to thousands of comics, graphic novels, and manga for all ages and interests. With no holds, no waitlists, and 24/7 availability, you can start reading instantly on your favorite device. Just log in using your library card and dive into the world of comics today!

Instructions to log into your account and other FAQs can be found at support.librarypass.com/portal/en/kb/readersupport.

This project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Freading

Freading offers 200,000+ titles from 1,100 publishers including Dark Horse Comics,  HarperCollins, Harlequin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sourcebooks, Lonely Planet, and more!

Download the Freading app here:

After you download the Freading app, use a web browser to access the Navajo County Library District Freading website to download eBooks into the app. 

A library card is required to use this service.   You can check out up to 3 books per week; any unused check-outs will roll-over for up to 4 weeks.

Consult Freading Help for more information.

Open Library

Open Library is a universal catalog for book metadata. An initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form (including a collection of digitized books!), Open Library’s universal catalog provides links to discover, borrow, and read from the Internet Archive’s collections.

Open Library is free and open to anyone, but some features require that you have an Open Library account, including checking out books, creating reading lists, and storing book notes. More information is available here: https://openlibrary.org/help/faq

Free audiobooks

  • BooksShouldBeFree  Download free audiobooks in mp3, iTunes, and iPod formats. Available titles are mainly classical literature.

  • Learn Out Loud  This site’s catalog has 25,000 audio and video titles in a mixture of paid and free. You can click on the tab marked as Free Stuff to access the free audiobooks that are available for download with a right click.

  • Librivox is a repository of free audiobooks in the public domain. Titles are available as MP3 downloads or podcasts.

  • Open Culture: Audiobooks  Audiobooks are just one of the sections covered on this site which focuses on educational media collected from other sites. You can download free courses from universities in MP3 format, language lessons as podcasts, and a variety of other podcasts that cover subjects like technology, travel, music, science, and more.

  • Project Gutenberg is the ongoing effort to digitize and archive cultural works in the form of eBooks. You can go through the list alphabetically for author and title. Audiobooks are also available in a number of languages.

  • Scribl is an episodic audio rendition of free audiobooks as podcasts. You can receive podcasts as RSS feeds or download them directly. The number of categories is well covered from alternative history to chick lit and satire.

  • Storynory  A free audiobook site especially for children where you can find classic children’s stories like fairy tales, educational stories that cover The Bible or history, and lots of other original stuff. You can download a free audio story every week.

  • ThoughtAudio  A free audiobook collection of classical works you can listen to online or download in segments. You can also view the written text of some of the books as a PDF download.

Looking for even more? Check out Navajo County Library District's digital downloads page.