OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content to libraries, today announced the ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ for?March 2010. For complete lists, visit?www.overdrive.com/mostdownloaded.Nicholas Sparks’ “The Last Song” and?Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” moved up on both the adult fiction audiobook and eBook charts, while?Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” remained the most downloaded adult fiction title for the seventh consecutive month. Digital books by?Sue Grafton,?Rick Riordan, and?Malcolm Gladwell?were also among the most downloaded books from the library in March.
The ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ lists are organized by subject and format, and compiled based on activity at more than 10,000 libraries in the OverDrive global network. Complete lists for audiobooks and eBooks in adult fiction, adult nonfiction, juvenile fiction, and juvenile nonfiction are available at?www.overdrive.com/mostdownloaded.
| Most Downloaded Audiobooks from the Library – Adult Fiction (March 2010) | ||||
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | Months on List |
| 1 | The Lost Symbol | Dan Brown | Books on Tape | 7 |
| 2 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett | Books on Tape | 9 |
| 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Stieg Larsson | Books on Tape | 18 |
| 4 | The Last Song | Nicholas Sparks | BBC Audiobooks America | 6 |
| 5 | “U” is for Undertow | Sue Grafton | Books on Tape | 4 |
| 6 | 1st to Die | James Patterson | Hachette Audio | 27 |
| 7 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | HighBridge Company | 10 |
| 8 | Bed of Roses | Nora Roberts | Brilliance Audio | 6 |
| 9 | The 8th Confession | James Patterson, Maxine Paetro |
Books on Tape | 12 |
| 10 | 13 1/2 | Nevada Barr | Brilliance Audio | 7 |
| Most Downloaded eBooks from the Library – Adult Fiction (March 2010) | ||||
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | Months on List |
| 1 | The Lost Symbol | Dan Brown | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
7 |
| 2 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett | Penguin USA, Inc. | 9 |
| 3 | The Last Song | Nicholas Sparks | Grand Central Publishing | 7 |
| 4 | Pirate Latitudes | Michael Crichton | HarperCollins | 5 |
| 5 | I, Alex Cross | James Patterson | Little, Brown and Company |
5 |
| 6 | Alex Cross’s Trial | James Patterson, Richard DiLallo |
Little, Brown and Company |
8 |
| 7 | Bed of Roses | Nora Roberts | Penguin USA, Inc. | 6 |
| 8 | Vision in White | Nora Roberts | Penguin USA, Inc. | 11 |
| 9 | The Lovely Bones | Alice Sebold | Little, Brown and Company |
8 |
| 10 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Stieg Larsson | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
7 |
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