You can collect books and magazines in a personal library on Google Books. Add books to your library Go to Google Books . Click Your library . Choose a collection, like "Reading list" or "Books you've read." Click Add books . Add a book you're already looking at Under the title, click Save . Select one or more collections to which the book will be saved. Remove books from your library Go to Google Books . Click Your library . Click the title of a collection to which the book is saved. Hover over the book you want to remove. On the right of the book title, click More Remove from collection . Organize your books in bookshelves You can have different collections in your library. Two collections, “Reading list” and “Books you've read” are already created but you can add more. Go to Google Books . At the top right, click Sign in . Click Your library . On the left, click Create collection . Optional: Enter a description. You can delete collections that you created. When you delete a collection, you delete any books, labels, and notes inside it. Go to Google Books . At the top right, click Sign in . Click Your library .

Choose a collection you want to delete. Next to "Search this collection," click More Delete collection . Confirm your decision. Share books in your library You can make collections in your library public so other people can see them. Go to Google Books . In the top right, click Sign in . Click Your library . On the left, click a collection. Next to "Search this collection," click Share . To switch your collection to public, turn on Sharing . You can perform a Google Books search across books within a saved collection. Go to Google Books . Click Your library . Choose a collection, like "Reading list" or "Books you've read." Click the search bar "Search this collection." Enter a search query. Press Enter on your keyboard. You can download the contents of your classic Google Books My Library bookshelves as XML. Go to Google Books . Click Your library . At the bottom left, click Back to Classic Google Books . Choose a bookshelf, like "Favorites" or "Reading now." Click Settings Export as XML . Was this helpful? Need more help? Try these next steps: