Deseret Bookshelf v7.0.26

Deseret Book

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About this app

Developer Description

Uplifting LDS eBooks, audiobooks, and podcasts—anytime, anywhere.

Deseret Bookshelf – Deseret Book’s Library in Your Pocket

Search, study, read, and listen to uplifting, family-friendly content—all in one powerful app. The new Deseret Bookshelf is the most comprehensive source for wholesome eBooks, audiobooks, and podcasts for individuals and families alike.

Start with 8 free Latter-day Saint eBooks and unlock access to hundreds more—all at no cost. Your Library keeps all your Deseret Book purchases in one convenient place. Subscribe to Deseret Bookshelf+ for unlimited access to a wide-ranging collection of gospel, fiction, and nonfiction titles—including romance, suspense, inspirational voices, Church history, and more. That’s over 4,000 eBooks and the full audiobook catalog in one app.

Key Features

Wholesome Content

- Discover uplifting content that inspires faith, joy, and purpose.
- Curated for all ages—perfect for personal study and family time.
- Listen to audiobooks and talks from trusted Latter-day Saint voices.
- Enjoy clean stories with meaningful, family-centered themes.

Discover & Search

- Browse thousands of inspiring eBooks and audiobooks by genre or theme.
- Explore rich categories like gospel study, romance, fantasy, and suspense.
- Stream gospel-focused podcasts with insights from Church members and leaders.
- Find content quickly with smart filters and universal search.
- Follow beloved authors and access their most popular works.

eBook Reader & Study Tools

- Customize fonts, spacing, and light/dark modes to suit your reading style.
- Choose between scroll or page-flip mode.
- Highlight passages, bookmark favorites, and add personal notes.
- Tap scripture references to view linked verses instantly in context.
- Sync your markups and progress across all your devices.

Audiobook Player

- Listen to over 2,500 professionally narrated audiobooks and talks.
- Use chapter skip, 30-second rewind/forward, playback speed control, and sleep timer.
- Enjoy full background listening and cross-device syncing.
- New mini player keeps audio controls accessible while you browse.

Podcasts

- Subscribe to uplifting Latter-day Saint podcasts.
- Manage episodes with auto-playback and library organization.
- Download for offline listening or stream anywhere.
- Control playback speed to listen at your preferred pace.

Inspiration & Sharing

- Start your day with a new, uplifting quote.
- Share highlights or passages with friends via text, email, or social media.
- Let others know what books and authors are inspiring your journey.

Free Starter Library

Create an account and instantly receive 8 classic Latter-day Saint titles:

1. All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience – Neal A. Maxwell
2. The Power of Everyday Missionaries – Clayton M. Christensen
3. The Beginning of Better Days – Sheri Dew & Virginia Pearce
4. Be Your Best Self – Thomas S. Monson
5. Jesus the Christ – James E. Talmage
6. Lectures on Faith – Joseph Smith
7. The Joseph Smith Papers – Joseph Smith
8. Gospel Doctrine – Joseph F. Smith

You’ll also get access to the Standard Works, Church manuals, General Conference talks, and official Church publications—all included at no cost.

Deseret Bookshelf+ Subscription

Unlock unlimited access to:

- The full Deseret Book audiobook collection
- Thousands of premium and exclusive eBooks
- The subscriber-only “Sunday on Monday” podcast
- New titles added regularly

Whether you’re commuting, studying, or winding down at night, Deseret Bookshelf helps you stay spiritually nourished with uplifting content—anytime, anywhere.

Download now and experience the joy of wholesome reading and listening.

What's New

In this version we fixed a couple of issues:

* We changed search tab so searching does not start until the 3rd character is typed, making the results more meaningful.
* Improved the Library view, to reinforce the idea that the Library tab is actually the user's Library, not the Deseret Book catalog of books.
* Fixed various other bugs.

In-app purchases

$0.99 per item

Version Information

Version: 7.0.26
Downloads: 100K+
Updated on: Dec 8, 2025
Released: Feb 27, 2015
Requires: Android 10

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Deseret Bookshelf users say on Google Play

★★★★★

Frank Staheli

Earlier this year I found several problems that made the app very annoying to use. Most of those, however, have since been fixed! Thank you Deseret Book for providing a high-quality app that thousands and thousands of people should be using.

★★★★

Amber Steffler

I have had this app for about 5 years and love it. I've paid for the membership that whole time. Content is AMAZING. So many options. There were some baaaad updates a while back. They are slowly improving the glitches and I'm so excited about it. Keep improving my fave app please!

★★★

Jon Woodbury

It's slowly improving and is nearly functional. It looks like the content no longer jitters uncontrollably as you scroll, so that's good. You still can't successfully mark an audiobook as finished so everything you've listened to still sits in your "In Progress" queue but that's not a deal breaker. Search finally appears to have basic functionality and I'm hopeful that audiobooks will no longer skip random chunks of chapters.

★★

Autumn McFarland

this app is so frustrating! The audio book just plays the same chapter over and over. I have to pass the next chapter for it to move on. for as much as we pay for this service one would think these kinds of bugs would be fixed quickly. This has been going on for a few months now. I have Uninstalled and reinstalled the app several times hoping that would fix the problem but it doesn't. Android user

★

Alex Brenchley

This app had issues before this new update, but it at least worked most of the time. With this new update, the entire app became completely unusable. Nothing works anymore. The only way I can read the Ebooks I have purchased in this app is by opening the actual website (which was definitely not designed for phones). EDIT: Something works now: scrolling. Turning pages still isn't fully functioning though.