What did Arlington readers check out this year?
2025 was another excellent year for Arlington readers with over 3.6 million checkouts.
Arlington's reading choices span a wide array of genres, including cookbooks, romance novels, biographies and picture books. We listened to eAudiobooks, read on our phones and stacked paper books on our nightstands. Still, certain titles stood out as particularly popular.
Here is a breakdown of the most popular adult, kids and young adult titles.
Two titles had more than 4,000 checkouts this year:
- "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros
- "The Women" by Kristin Hannah
The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros was a big hit with all three titles in the top ten.
Emily Henry had two titles this year with "Funny Story" and "Great Big Beautiful Life."
"The Women," "Funny Story" and "Iron Flame" are on the list for the second year in a row while "Fourth Wing," "Remarkably Bright Creatures" and "Demon Copperhead" are in their third year of being one of Arlington’s most popular reads!
"Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas is one of the most popular teen reads for the third year in a row, but the rest of the top five are all books from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, with "Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" keeping its position at number one.
Just like last year, our younger readers couldn’t get enough of "Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney!
We’re excited to see what books Arlington will fall in love with in 2026.
Of course, there are always great books that don’t get the buzz and popularity and sometimes are overlooked.
Curious about the other excellent releases you might have missed this year? We have a curated list of Great Books You Missed in 2025 to help you find some hidden gems in our catalog.
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