Best of 2025: Most Checked Out Adult TitlesLike this list

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• Nightshade

  Connelly, Michael, 1956-

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  #1 Adult Fiction: Michael Connelly's latest Bosch/Ballard mystery takes the top spot in our most checked out adult fiction books of 2025.

• Strangers in Time

  Baldacci, David,

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  #2 Adult Fiction: Baldacci's historical novel is a departure from his contemporary thrillers. It is the second most checked out adult fiction title of the year.

• Battle Mountain

  Box, C. J.,

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  #3 Adult Fiction: The latest entry of Box's popular Joe Pickett series was the third most checked out title of 2025.

• Blood Moon

  Brown, Sandra, 1948-

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  #4 Adult Fiction: Brown is the queen of romantic suspense, and Blood Moon took the fourth spot in adult fiction.

• Great Big Beautiful Life

  Henry, Emily,

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  #5 Adult Fiction: Emily Henry's latest romance was the fifth most checked out book of the year.

• Beautiful Ugly

  Feeney, Alice,

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  #6 Adult Fiction: Coming in sixth, we have Alice Feeney's Beautiful Ugly.

• Broken Country

  Hall, Clare Leslie,

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  #7 Adult Fiction: Broken Country was a Reese's Book Club Pick and the seventh most checked out adult fiction book of 2025 at MCPL.

• Nobody's Fool

  Coben, Harlan, 1962-

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  #8 Adult Fiction: Harlan Coben's Nobody's Fool took the eighth spot in our most checked out adult fiction list.

• The Crash

  McFadden, Freida,

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  #9 Adult Fiction: MCPL readers loved Freida McFadden in 2025. The Crash came in at #9, with The Tenant right behind in the 10th spot.

• Hidden Nature

  Roberts, Nora,

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  #11 Adult Fiction: Nora Roberts is a perennial favorite of readers and was our eleventh most checked out adult fiction book of the year.

• The House of My Mother

  a Daughter's Quest for Freedom

  Franke, Shari,

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  #1 Adult Nonfiction: The top circulating adult nonfiction book of 2025 was Franke's memoir.

• Everything Is Tuberculosis

  the History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

  Green, John, 1977-

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  #2 Adult Nonfiction: John Green takes the second spot with his book about tuberculosis.

• The Tell

  a Memoir

  Griffin, Amy (Businesswoman),

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  #3 Adult Nonfiction: Amy Griffin's memoir The Tell was an Oprah pick and our third most checked out adult nonfiction book in 2025.

• Big Dumb Eyes

  Stories From a Simpler Mind

  Bargatze, Nate,

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  #4 Adult Nonfiction: Comedian Bargatze takes the fourth spot in our Adult Nonfiction list.

• Mark Twain

  Chernow, Ron,

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  #5 Adult Nonfiction: Ron Chernow's biography of Missouri writer Twain comes in fifth.

• Who Is Government?

  the Untold Story of Public Service

  Lewis, Michael (Michael M.),

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  #6 Adult Nonfiction: Michael Lewis and other writers take us behind-the-scenes to see the people behind public service and was our sixth most checked out adult nonfiction book.

• We Can Do Hard Things

  Answers to Life's 20 Questions

  Doyle, Glennon, 1976-

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  #7 Adult Nonfiction: Taking the seventh spot is this book based on the authors' hit podcast of the same name.

• Careless People

  a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

  Wynn-Williams, Sarah,

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  #8 Adult Nonfiction: This whistleblower account of Facebook was the eighth most checked out adult nonfiction book of 2025.

• Abundance

  Klein, Ezra, 1984-

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  #9 Adult Nonfiction: A New York Times columnist and The Atlantic editor collaborate on our ninth most checked out adult nonfiction book.

• Original Sin

  President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again

  Tapper, Jake,

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  #10 Adult Nonfiction: CNN anchor Tapper and contributor Thompson collaborate on our tenth most checked out adult nonfiction book.