When you analyze the list of Top 100 most downloaded ebooks, you see that two books were placed higher than usual. The books that are always on the list are Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. In April only, it was downloaded almost 66 thousand times. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is all time most downloaded Project Gutenberg book. For instance, in April 2019, the total number of downloads was 3,249,936. In April 2020, they were downloaded 7,914,647 times! Compare it to the average number of 3 million. Project Gutenberg’s catalog of free ebooks contains over 60 thousand titles. We used Wayback Machine to visit archived versions of this page and learn which books were most popular during the worst month of the coronavirus pandemic. The site provides useful stats about ebook downloads, Top 100 Ebooks This Month, where you can see the most popular titles based on how many times they were downloaded or read online. ▸ The best gifts for librarians and library supporters ▸ Most useful e-reader accessories to get this year
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