BOOKS – Library system releases lists of top items borrowed during past year

The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) has tallied up all the titles borrowed from its 14 library locations last year, and has released the Top 10 Most Borrowed Titles from 2025.

There are romantasies and dystopian societies, detectives solving cold cases and 21st Century wildfires, sci-fi robots, and middle school dramas. DVDs and video games have been added to the lists.

Top Kids Titles

3. Big Shot, by Jeff Kinney

2. Hot Mess, by Jeff Kinney

1. The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown

Top Young Adult Titles

3. Two Degrees, by Alan Gratz

2. A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

1. Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins

Top Adult Non-Fiction Titles

3. Revenge of the Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell

2. The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt

1. The Let Them Theory, by Mel Robbins

Top Adult Fiction Titles

3. The Grey Wolf, by Louise Penny

2. The Women, by Kristin Hannah

1. The Waiting, by Michael Connelly

Top DVDs

3. The Wild Robot

2. Deadpool & Wolverine

1. Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 1

Top Video Games

3. Super Mario 3D World & Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo Switch)

2. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)

1. Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo Switch)

The most borrowed title for the year was: Michael Connelly’s The Waiting.

The full top 10 lists can be found at tnrl.ca.