Go Set a Watchman breaks record for digital titles borrowed in debut month

 

CLEVELAND – August 6, 2015 – OverDrive, the leading eBook and audiobook platform for libraries and schools, announced the most borrowed digital books from public libraries for July 2015. Paula Hawkins’ hugely successful The Girl on the Train tops the most popular eBook and Audiobook titles at the library for July. Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, released mid-July, jumped into the top five and is the fourth most borrowed eBook. Additionally, Lee’s bestseller is breaking records at the library: The To Kill A Mockingbird prequel received the highest number of eBook and Audiobook checkouts in its debut month of any title, ever.

The most borrowed eBooks and Audiobooks at libraries is based on data from 34,000 libraries and schools worldwide that lend eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media via the OverDrive platform. In July, more than 15 million digital titles were borrowed from libraries across the globe. To read these popular titles and more at your local library, get started at overdrive.com.

TOP 5 MOST POPULAR EBOOK TITLES IN JULY

  1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Penguin Publishing Group)
  2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown/Archetype)
  3. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)
  4. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (HarperCollins)
  5. Eyes on You by Kate White (HarperCollins)

TOP 5 MOST POPULAR AUDIOBOOK TITLES IN JULY

  1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, (Books on Tape)
  2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group)
  3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, (Scholastic Audio)
  4. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  5. Memory Man by David Baldacci, (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

TOP 5 MOST POPULAR EBOOK TITLES (RELEASED IN JULY)

  1. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (HarperCollins)
  2. Nemesis by Catherine Coulter (Penguin Publishing Group)
  3. The English Spy by Daniel Silva (HarperCollins)
  4. Kiss Me by Susan Mallery (HQN Books)
  5. Code of Conduct by Brad Thor (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 

TOP 5 MOST POPULAR AUDIOBOOK TITLES (RELEASED IN JULY)

  1. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, (HarperCollins)
  2. Armada by Ernest Cline, (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group)
  3. Naked Greed by Stuart Woods, (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group)
  4. Code of Conduct by Brad Thor, (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  5. Earth Bound by Christine Feehan, (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group)

 

About OverDrive
OverDrive is the leading global digital distribution platform, supplying the industry’s largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, periodicals and streaming video to 34,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide. We support all major computers and devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Nook®, Android™ phones and tablets, Chromebook™, and Kindle® (U.S. only). OverDrive offers all digital media on a single platform, and offers APIs to streamline a seamless user experience. OverDrive Read, the breakthrough EPUB and HTML5 browser-based reading experience, now supports fixed layout and narrated eBooks. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, Ohio USA. www.overdrive.com

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