'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Audiobook Hits No. 1 on 'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' Lists

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy novels climb the charts; 'The Help' tops eBook list

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Jun 02, 2010, 08:45 ET

CLEVELAND, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 May 2010. For complete lists, visit www.overdrive.com/mostdownloaded.

Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" topped the adult fiction audiobook list for the first time, while the final Millennium Trilogy novel, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," made its debut at No. 7. Larsson's series also climbed the adult fiction eBook list, but Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" remained most downloaded adult fiction eBook for a second consecutive month. Lee Child's "61 Hours," Kitty Kelley's "Oprah," Charlaine Harris' "Dead Until Dark," and Gretchen Ruben's "The Happiness Project" were also among the most downloaded books from the library in May.

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 (May 2010)
Rank	Title	Author	Publisher	Months on List
1	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Stieg Larsson	Books on Tape	20
2	The 9th Judgment	James Patterson, Maxine Paetro	BBC Audiobooks America	2
3	The Help	Kathryn Stockett	Books on Tape	11
4	The Lost Symbol	Dan Brown	Books on Tape	9
5	The Girl Who Played with Fire	Stieg Larsson	Books on Tape	10
6	61 Hours	Lee Child	Books on Tape	1
7	The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest	Stieg Larsson	Books on Tape	1
8	Savor the Moment	Nora Roberts	Brilliance Audio	2
9	1st to Die	James Patterson	Hachette Audio	29
10	Caught	Harlen Coben	Books on Tape	3

Most Downloaded eBooks from the Library - Adult Fiction (May 2010)
Rank	Title	Author	Publisher	Months on List
1	The Help	Kathryn Stockett	Penguin USA, Inc.	11
2	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Stieg Larsson	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	9
3	The Lost Symbol	Dan Brown	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	9
4	The Girl Who Played with Fire	Stieg Larsson	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	9
5	Dead Until Dark	Charlaine Harris	Penguin USA, Inc.	7
6	Bed of Roses	Nora Roberts	Penguin USA, Inc.	8
7	The Last Song	Nicholas Sparks	Grand Central Publishing	9
8	Vision in White	Nora Roberts	Penguin USA, Inc.	13
9	Alex Cross's Trial	James Patterson, Richard DiLallo	Little, Brown and Company	10
10	Pirate Latitudes	Michael Crichton	HarperCollins	7

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'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' lists are developed based on a formula that includes books checked out and on a waiting list at OverDrive-powered libraries.

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