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Fantasy rules audio-book downloads
OverDrive, the leading global distributor of audio-books and eBooks to libraries, schools, and retailers, today announced the ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ for April 2009.
In juvenile fiction, the top 10 consists entirely of fantasy authors Stephenie Meyer, Christopher Paolini, Eoin Colfer and Cornelia Funke all proving that fantasy is still very much close to the heart of today’s youngsters:
Juvenile Fiction (audio-books)
- Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Listening Library)
- New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer (Listening Library)
- Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (Listening Library)
- Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Listening Library)
- Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini (Listening Library)
- Eragon, by Christopher Paolini (Listening Library)
- Eldest, by Christopher Paolini (Listening Library)
- Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer (Listening Library)
- Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke (Listening Library)
- The Arctic Incident, by Eoin Colfer (Listening Library)
The fantasy genre also performs strongly in eBook downloads:
Juvenile Fiction (eBooks)
- Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (HarperCollins)
- Prom Nights from Hell, by Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer, Kim Harrison, Lauren Myracle, Michele Jaffe (HarperCollins)
- School’s Out–Forever, by James Patterson (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Avalon High, by Meg Cabot (HarperCollins)
- Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini (Random House Children’s Books)
- The Alchemyst, by Michael Scott (Random House Children’s Books)
To see complete lists of the most downloaded books on OverDrive follow this link:
http://search.overdrive.com/Most-Downloaded-Audiobooks-eBooks-Library.asp
Posted: May 8th, 2009
Author: Floresiensis
Categories: Audio-books, Christopher Paolini, Cornelia Funke, Eoin Colfer, Stephenie Meyer
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