diff --git a/src/litdata/CHANGELOG.md b/src/litdata/CHANGELOG.md
index fd392861..0af1eead 100644
--- a/src/litdata/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/litdata/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Added
 
 - Introduced `CHANGELOG.md` to track changes across releases ([#733](https://github.com/lightning-ai/litdata/pull/733))
+- Added `configure_logging` to `src/litdata/debugger.py` ([#685](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/litData/issues/685))
+- Added necessary test for `configure_logging` at `tests/test_debugger.py` ([#685](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/litData/issues/685))
+- Added `configure_logging` import to `src/litdata/__init__.py` ([#685](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/litData/issues/685))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/litdata/debugger.py b/src/litdata/debugger.py
index bc2b1e6c..321dd004 100644
--- a/src/litdata/debugger.py
+++ b/src/litdata/debugger.py
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import threading
 import time
 from functools import lru_cache
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TextIO, Union
 
 from litdata.utilities.env import _DistributedEnv, _is_in_dataloader_worker, _WorkerEnv
 
+_DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT = (
+    "%(asctime)s - %(processName)s[%(process)d] - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(filename)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s"
+)
 
 class TimedFlushFileHandler(logging.FileHandler):
     """FileHandler that flushes every N seconds in a background thread."""
@@ -79,6 +84,57 @@ def get_logger_level(level: str) -> int:
     raise ValueError(f"Invalid log level: {level}")
 
 
+def _get_default_handler(stream, format):
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(format)
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    return handler
+
+
+def configure_logging(
+    level: Union[str, int] = logging.INFO,
+    format: str = _DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT,
+    stream: TextIO = sys.stdout,
+    use_rich: bool = False,
+):
+    """Configure logging for the entire library with sensible defaults.
+
+    Args:
+        level (int): Logging level (default: logging.INFO)
+        format (str): Log message format string
+        stream (file-like): Output stream for logs
+        use_rich (bool): Makes the logs more readable by using rich, useful for debugging. Defaults to False.
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(level, str):
+        level = level.upper()
+        level = getattr(logging, level)
+
+    # Clear any existing handlers to prevent duplicates
+    library_logger = logging.getLogger("litdata")
+    for handler in library_logger.handlers[:]:
+        library_logger.removeHandler(handler)
+
+    if use_rich:
+        try:
+            from rich.logging import RichHandler
+            from rich.traceback import install
+
+            install(show_locals=True)
+            handler = RichHandler(rich_tracebacks=True, show_time=True, show_path=True)
+        except ImportError:
+            logging.warning("Rich is not installed, using default logging")
+            handler = _get_default_handler(stream, format)
+    else:
+        handler = _get_default_handler(stream, format)
+
+    # Configure library logger
+    library_logger.setLevel(level)
+    library_logger.addHandler(handler)
+    library_logger.propagate = False
+    pass
+
+
 class LitDataLogger:
     _instance = None
     _lock = threading.Lock()
diff --git a/tests/test_debugger.py b/tests/test_debugger.py
index d90303bd..fa43f1ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_debugger.py
+++ b/tests/test_debugger.py
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+import io
 import logging
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 
+from litdata.debugger import configure_logging
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def log_stream():
+    return io.StringIO()
+
 
 def test_get_logger_level():
     from litdata.debugger import get_logger_level
@@ -13,3 +22,31 @@ def test_get_logger_level():
     assert get_logger_level("CRITICAL") == logging.CRITICAL
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid log level"):
         get_logger_level("INVALID")
+
+
+def test_configure_logging(log_stream):
+    # Configure logging with test stream
+    configure_logging(level=logging.DEBUG, stream=log_stream)
+
+    # Get logger and log a test message
+    logger = logging.getLogger("litdata")
+    test_message = "Test debug message"
+    logger.debug(test_message)
+
+    # Verify log output
+    log_contents = log_stream.getvalue()
+    assert test_message in log_contents
+    assert "DEBUG" in log_contents
+    assert logger.propagate is False
+
+
+def test_configure_logging_2():
+    configure_logging(use_rich=False)
+    assert logging.getLogger("litdata").handlers[0].__class__.__name__ == "StreamHandler"
+
+
+def test_configure_logging_rich_not_installed():
+    # patch builtins.__import__ to raise ImportError
+    with mock.patch("builtins.__import__", side_effect=ImportError):
+        configure_logging(use_rich=True)
+        assert logging.getLogger("litdata").handlers[0].__class__.__name__ == "StreamHandler"