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Wednesday, 2nd June 2010

The Most Downloaded eBooks and AudioBooks from OverDrive (May, 2010)

The monthly list of the most requested eBooks and Audiobooks (April, 2010) is now available from OverDrive.

The Top 10 in each category are listed on the actual document. Here, we only list the title in the number one spot.

Let's begin.

Download Audiobooks - Adult Fiction
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Books on Tape)

Download Audiobooks - Adult Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Books on Tape)

Download Audiobooks - Juvenile Fiction
1. Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Listening Library)

Download Audiobooks - Juvenile Nonfiction
1. Night, by Elie Wiesel (Audio Bookshelf,LLC)

Download eBooks - Adult Fiction
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Penguin USA, Inc.)

Download eBooks - Adult Nonfiction
1. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)

Download eBooks - Juvenile Fiction
1. Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

Download eBooks - Juvenile Nonfiction
1. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin USA, Inc.)
Note: This title is also on Audiobooks - Adult Nonfiction and the Audiobooks - Juvenile Nonfiction lists.

The complete list will provide you with the Top 10 in each category.

Note: The bottom of the rankings page now includes a "cloud" of popular search terms that were used on OverDrive in May.

Rankings are based on a formula that includes books checked out and/or on a waiting list for the month of May 2010 at more than 8,500 public, private and special libraries worldwide.

Source: OverDrive

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