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Our Favorite OverDrive Audiobooks
Summer is here, and there’s no better time than now to dive into a good book. Ranging from novels to memoirs and narrated by celebrities and budding voice actors alike, listening your way through OverDrive’s audiobook collection is sure to be a great way to spend your summer!
These new novels are a perfect way to kick off your audiobook journey.
Elle Cosimano
Kristin Hannah
Kazuo Ishiguro
These audiobooks read by familiar voices may inspire you:
Dive into these memoirs read by the authors themselves.
Want a book that we don’t have in the library? Request it here.
Read at Home: New in OverDrive
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of our new arrivals here:
Kaitlyn Greenidge
Gabriela Garcia
Michelle Zauner
Amanda Gorman
Helen Oyeyemi
Amy Stanley
Caleb Azumah Nelson
Sudhir Hazareesingh
Paula Yoo
Read at Home: New in OverDrive
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of our new arrivals here:
Alexis Hall
Ken Liu
Alexandra Chang
Karen Tei Yamashita
Ernest Cline
Sarah J. Maas
Angie Thomas
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Allie Brosh
Fresh Starts: A Reading List for 2022
With a new year comes new experiences, new goals, and new books to read. Whether you’re looking to go out of your comfort zone or on the hunt for your next favorite read, check out this list to kick off the new year.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Will Smith
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen
Kwon Yeo-sun
Amanda Gorman
Haruki Murakami
Lara Williams
Kevin Young
Kal Penn
Read Ebooks and Audiobooks with OverDrive’s Libby App
The free Libby app allows you to access UC Berkeley’s ebooks and audiobooks from OverDrive on your mobile device. It’s easy to get started. Here’s how.
Step 1: Download the app
- Go to your mobile device’s app store.
- Install the Libby app for free.
Step 2: Add UC Berkeley to your list of libraries
- The app will ask you if you have a library card.
- Click “Not Yet.”
- You will be prompted to search for a library branch.
- Type in “University of California Berkeley,” and select “Univesity of California Berkeley.” You will be taken to the Library’s OverDrive collection.
Step 3: Log in with CalNet ID
- Add a library card by selecting “Enter Library Account Details.” You will be taken to the CalNet authentication page.
- Sign in.
Step 4: Borrow Books!
- To check out a book, select the book and click “Borrow.” (If a book is already checked out, you can click “Place a Hold.”)
- The app will then show you a virtual library card and you will be able to see how many books you have checked out and how many holds you have. You’re all set!
Learn more about OverDrive at UC Berkeley.
Read at Home: New in OverDrive for December
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of our new arrivals here:
TJ Klune
Stacey Abrams
Namwali Serpell
Xiaolu Guo
Adrian Shanker
Jerald Walker
V. E. Schwab
Brian Dillon
Darcie Little Badger
Read at Home: New in OverDrive
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of the new arrivals here:
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Max Brooks
David Epstein
John Lewis
Carson McCullers
Marlon James
Zadie Smith
Erika Lee
Sarah Moss
Read at Home: July in OverDrive
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of July’s new arrivals here:
James McBride
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Matthew Desmond
Resmaa Menakem
Han Kang
Sarah Frier
Octavia E. Butler
Roddy Doyle
Read at Home: June in OverDrive
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of June’s new arrivals here:
Richard Rothstein
R. Eric Thomas
Megha Majumdar
Douglas Adams
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Ibram X. Kendi
Cathy Park Hong
Maya Angelou
Jacob Tobia
Celebrate Pride Month with these LGBTQ+ Reads
June is Pride month! Immerse yourself in LGBTQ+ literature with the Library’s suggestions below as a guide, and be sure to explore additional titles of LGBTQ+ works on your own as well!
Browse these inspirational and riveting works of nonfiction:
If historical and period pieces appeal to you, don’t miss these:
Be sure to add LGBTQ+ poetry and essays to your reading list:
What books do you recommend? Let us know on Twitter!