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Kindle for Mac

Read Kindle books on your Mac.

Free
In English
3.6
Based on 57 user rates

Kindle overview

Turn your Mac into a book with the free Kindle app—so you can read anytime, anywhere. Explore these reading features in the app:

  • Read your way. Customize your text size, font type, margins, text alignment, and orientation (portrait or landscape)—and choose whether to turn pages from left to right or continuously scroll. Read comfortably day and night with adjustable brightness and background colors. Go to the Aa menu in your book to get started.
  • Look up words, people, and places while you read. Breeze through words you don’t know and characters you can’t remember with the built-in dictionary, X-Ray, Wikipedia lookup, instant translations, and search within your book. Simply click and hold a word to view its definition, or use the Google and Wikipedia links to get more information.
  • Track your reading progress. See what percent of the book you’ve read, real page numbers (for most top titles), and how much time you have left in the chapter or book based on your actual reading speed.
  • Bookmark places you want to revisit, and make highlights and take notes throughout your book. Open My Notebook to see all your notes in the same place.
  • Hop, skim, and jump with Page Flip. Flip between pages or get a bird’s-eye view of your book with Page Flip—don’t worry, we’ll save your place.
  • Zoom in on high-definition color images in Kindle books, magazines, comics, and manga.
  • Sync your books across devices. When you’re reading a book, the Kindle app will automatically sync where you left off—along with any bookmarks, highlights, or notes—so you can start reading on one device and pick up where you left off on another.
  • When you can’t read, listen. Switch seamlessly from reading your Kindle book to listening to your Audible book, all within the Kindle app.

What's new in version 7.59

  • Several bug fixes and improvements.
View older Kindle versions

Kindle for Mac

Free
In English
Version 7.59
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(59 Reviews of Kindle)

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arnoldstephen72
arnoldstephen72
Jan 19, 2026
7.50
0.0
Jan 19, 2026
0.0
Version: 7.50
I love my kindle and the update, but I can’t sync my complete library on my Mac desktop computer with my iPhone. I have always been able to sync with other devices. It would be nice to have my complete library. Can you help.
texboydmoore
texboydmoore
Mar 26, 2024
7.0
0.0
Mar 26, 2024
0.0
Version: 7.0
Version 7.4 stinks compared to 1.40.3, which was my previous version. The 1.40.3 version was much easier to navigate - you could redraw the screen so that the top line was where you wanted to start reading. And the "Back" button was really handy to go back to a previous view. Why did Amazon reduce the features??? And the older version has "bugs" when I try to use it instead of the new one.
rww1794
rww1794
Nov 16, 2023
7.0
1.0
Nov 16, 2023
1.0
Version: 7.0
I am unable to download the Dictionary. I click on a word to get the definition and I get nothing. Please advise.
cjramosm
cjramosm
Nov 10, 2023
7.0
0.0
Nov 10, 2023
0.0
Version: 7.0
I cannot undo a highlight. Ctrl-click (right click) does nothing. Sometimes I start to highlight a paragraph and then decide to highlight just a sentence, but I cannot edit the previous highlight, something I was able to do in Kindle classic. Also, the option to write a note does not appear immediately when I highlight a word. Before, I just right-clicked on a word and the option of highlighting/search/note appeared immediately.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Nov 7, 2023
1.40.1
3.0
Nov 7, 2023
3.0
Version: 1.40.1
v7.0 is out. (See my comment below regarding the EOL for "Kindle Classic"). Release Notes: "- Text selection and highlighting improvements. - Shift+click to select multiple books in Library. - Play and pause audiobooks with the space bar. - Delete flashcards for cleaner study space. - Added citation to copied text for easy referencing." - - Amazon has also freed users from having to bother with Annotation mode when using Apple's Text-To-Speech. Now users can drag-select text, hit their system chosen TTS keys (such as OPT-ESC), and the text is read without any highlighting. It just works. If you get tired of TTS reading Credits to you at the end of each reading, just hit your TTD keys for silence. At last, Kindle Reader for Mac is growing up into something good. I added a couple stars. Keep at it, Amazon!
anonymous-raven-2971779
anonymous-raven-2971779
Jun 5, 2025
7.0
2.0
Jun 5, 2025
2.0
Version: 7.0
anonymous-seahorse-2576825
Jun 3, 2025
2.0
Version: 7.0
anonymous-monkey-2382026
anonymous-monkey-2382026
Jun 2, 2025
7.0
2.0
Jun 2, 2025
2.0
Version: 7.0
rww1794
rww1794
Nov 16, 2023
7.0
1.0
Nov 16, 2023
1.0
Version: 7.0
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Nov 7, 2023
1.40.1
3.0
Nov 7, 2023
3.0
Version: 1.40.1
bobfourlinda-1
bobfourlinda-1
Oct 2, 2023
1.40.1
2.0
Oct 2, 2023
2.0
Version: 1.40.1
johafortin
johafortin
Jul 12, 2023
1.40.1
5.0
Jul 12, 2023
5.0
Version: 1.40.1
sommerjws
sommerjws
Dec 23, 2021
1.33
5.0
Dec 23, 2021
5.0
Version: 1.33
tucu662
tucu662
Jul 31, 2021
1.32.0
5.0
Jul 31, 2021
5.0
Version: 1.32.0
patmooreks
patmooreks
Jul 29, 2021
1.31
5.0
Jul 29, 2021
5.0
Version: 1.31
garbarviktor
garbarviktor
Sep 9, 2020
5.0
Sep 9, 2020
5.0
Version: null
Vitaly
Vitaly
Sep 22, 2019
1.0
Sep 22, 2019
1.0
Version: null
sarilynn57
sarilynn57
Feb 22, 2019
1.0
Feb 22, 2019
1.0
Version: null
skylinewarrior
skylinewarrior
Jun 13, 2018
5.0
Jun 13, 2018
5.0
Version: null
Steinar-Helgesen
Steinar-Helgesen
Apr 27, 2015
4.0
Apr 27, 2015
4.0
Version: null
Sanchai
Sanchai
Apr 26, 2015
2.0
Apr 26, 2015
2.0
Version: null
Robertcoogan
Robertcoogan
Dec 29, 2014
4.0
Dec 29, 2014
4.0
Version: null
bhelmick
bhelmick
Oct 19, 2014
1.0
Oct 19, 2014
1.0
Version: null
johnagilleland
johnagilleland
Oct 2, 2014
3.0
Oct 2, 2014
3.0
Version: null
piquadratpi2
piquadratpi2
Sep 19, 2014
3.0
Sep 19, 2014
3.0
Version: null
Eat-A-Peach
Eat-A-Peach
Apr 19, 2014
3.5
Apr 19, 2014
3.5
Version: null
katlinquinn
katlinquinn
Aug 29, 2013
4.5
Aug 29, 2013
4.5
Version: null
foxhole99
foxhole99
Jul 30, 2013
4.0
Jul 30, 2013
4.0
Version: null
Sausalitodog
Sausalitodog
Jul 21, 2013
5.0
Jul 21, 2013
5.0
Version: null
ebook1911
ebook1911
Jun 25, 2013
5.0
Jun 25, 2013
5.0
Version: null
Vulcan-
Vulcan-
May 29, 2013
2.0
May 29, 2013
2.0
Version: null
jackout
jackout
Feb 16, 2013
5.0
Feb 16, 2013
5.0
Version: null
Ronnb
Ronnb
Sep 9, 2012
3.0
Sep 9, 2012
3.0
Version: null
Mistertoad17
Mistertoad17
May 6, 2012
4.5
May 6, 2012
4.5
Version: null
kristinks
kristinks
Apr 23, 2012
5.0
Apr 23, 2012
5.0
Version: null
JacobsIvan
JacobsIvan
Mar 19, 2012
3.0
Mar 19, 2012
3.0
Version: null
Ahmed-Hafeez
Ahmed-Hafeez
Feb 28, 2012
4.0
Feb 28, 2012
4.0
Version: null
Scubadoc
Scubadoc
Feb 3, 2012
4.5
Feb 3, 2012
4.5
Version: null
CloudB
CloudB
Jan 26, 2012
5.0
Jan 26, 2012
5.0
Version: null
Joeschisa
Joeschisa
Jan 25, 2012
4.5
Jan 25, 2012
4.5
Version: null
Pepelepugh
Pepelepugh
Jan 21, 2012
5.0
Jan 21, 2012
5.0
Version: null
hannahyoder
hannahyoder
Nov 19, 2011
2.5
Nov 19, 2011
2.5
Version: null
Mookzmom
Mookzmom
Oct 29, 2011
5.0
Oct 29, 2011
5.0
Version: null
Celtic-Witch
Celtic-Witch
Sep 27, 2011
5.0
Sep 27, 2011
5.0
Version: null
DaymonJ
DaymonJ
Sep 21, 2011
5.0
Sep 21, 2011
5.0
Version: null