Read books in Books on Mac
Once you get books from the Book Store or download books you purchased on other devices, you can start reading and enjoying them.
If you’d rather have a book read to you, you might enjoy listening to audiobooks.
Open and move around in a book
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Books in the sidebar, then double-click a book to open it.Note: If the book has an iCloud status icon
, you can double-click it to download the book from iCloud (you might need to sign in first).Move around the book:
See the table of contents: Move the pointer to the top of the book, then click the Table of Contents button
or the Thumbnails button 
, depending on the book.Go to the next or previous page: Move the pointer to the right or left edge of the book, then click the arrow that appears.
You can also swipe right or left across a trackpad or Magic Mouse, use the Touch Bar or use the arrow keys on the keyboard. See Use trackpad and mouse gestures.
See pages you already viewed: Click the “Back to page” link at the bottom-left corner of the page (or use the Touch Bar). This is useful if you’re viewing search results or different sections in the book’s table of contents.
You can always click the “Go to page” link in the bottom-right corner to return to the page you started on.
Save your place with a bookmark
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Books in the sidebar, then double-click a book to open it.On the page you want to bookmark, move the pointer to the top of the page, then click the Bookmark button
(or use the Touch Bar).If the page is already bookmarked, the Bookmark button is red.
To see all the bookmarks in a book, click the arrow next to the Bookmark button . If you want to delete a bookmark, move the pointer over it, then click 
.
Have a book read to you
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Books in the sidebar, then double-click a book to open it.Do one of the following:
For books that include the Read Aloud feature: Click the Speaker button
in the toolbar at the top of the book, then click Start Reading (or use the Touch Bar).For any book: Go to the page you want, then choose Edit > Speech > Start Speaking. See Hear your Mac read documents.