Your 2025 Library Wrapped 

Written by Mackenzie Manley, Content Specialist, Downtown Main Library 

 As 2025 winds down, we’re looking back at how you — our customers — used the Library across all 41 branches. Spoiler: We’re impressed! For starters, we welcomed 50,437 new Library cardholders.  

 Stats cited were collected from January through November 2025 by Caitlin Tracey-Miller, data analyst.  

Events, MakerSpace Sessions, Meeting Rooms, Oh My!  

From enjoying storytimes and discussing reads with fellow bibliophiles to getting creative, you used the Library in countless ways this year. Here are a few highlights:  

• 167,511 attendees at Library storytimes  
• 18,078 attendees at Library book clubs 
• 73,683 meeting or study room reservations  
• 5,492,031 Libby checkouts  
• 26,393 MakerSpace sessions  

Top Print Books Checked Out 

Take a look at the top five books per age group checked out from our physical collection!  

Print for Adults 

Top print titles for adults feature the return of popular print authors like James Patterson and David Baldacci. Scroll down and look at the top digital titles, which feature popular romance, fantasy, and thriller titles with female protagonists.  

1. The Women by Kristin Hannah 
2. Strangers in Time by David Baldacci 
3. To Die For by David Baldacci 
4. James by Percival Everett 
5. Paranoia by James Patterson  

Print for Teens 

Based on this year’s top five spots, it looks like our teens are gearing up for the Sunrise on the Reaping film adaptation next year! The book is a prequel to Suzanne Collins’ popular Hunger Games series.  

1. One Piece by Eiichio Oda 
2. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins 
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 
4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 
5. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson  

Print for Kids 

Dav Pilkey’s graphic novel series Dog Mansecured nearly every top spot this year! 

1. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey 
2. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shredder by Dav Pilkey 
3. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown 
4. Dog Man: Twenty-Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey 
5. Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey 

Top Digital Titles  

This year’s most checked out digital titles were dominated by the romance and fantasy genres, but Mel Robbins’ self-help book ran away with the top spot.  

1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins 
2. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros 
3. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 
4. The Women by Kristin Hannah 
5. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 

Top Audiobooks on OverDrive 

Top audiobooks include romantic fantasy epics, thrillers, and romance. 

1. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros 
2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 
3. The Tenant by Freida McFadden 
4. The Crash by Freida McFadden 
5. The Women by Kristin Hannah 

 Top Streaming Titles on Kanopy 

British mysteries and dramas took the top spots this year on Kanopy!  

1. Pride and Prejudice (BBC) 
2. Blackshore 
3. Miss Marple: Season One 
4. Death in Paradise: Season One 
5. The Last Enemy  

Top DVDS 

From family-favorites to last year’s Academy Award Best Picture winner, you all got cozy with DVDs for all ages and across genres this year.  

1. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie 
2. Outlander  
3. Oppenheimer 
4. Ted Lasso 
5. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 

And that’s a wrap on 2025! Cheers to the New Year; we can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2026 at the Library.