Top Borrows of 2025 at the Cedar Rapids Public Library

Dec. 23, 2025 – As 2025 draws to a close, we're looking back on the most popular books of the year at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. In several categories, here's what was borrowed most often. You all couldn't get enough of Freida McFadden, and "The Women" by Kristin Hannah was the number 1 borrow for the second year in a row.

Fiction

1. "The Women" by Kristin Hannah
2. "The God of the Woods" by Liz Moore
3. "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach
4. "The Crash" by Freida McFadden
5. "The Teacher" by Freida McFadden
6. "Beautiful Ugly" by Alice Feeney
7. "The Boyfriend" by Freida McFadden
8. "Say You'll Remember Me" by Abby Jimenez
9. "Broken Country" by Clare Leslie Hall
10. "The Housemaid is Watching" by Freida McFadden

Mystery

1. "Battle Mountain" by C.J. Box
2. "Now or Never: Thirty-One on the Run" by Janet Evanovich
3. "Listen for the Lie" by Amy Tintera
4. "Nobody's Fool" by Harlan Coben
5. "In Too Deep" by Lee & Andrew Child
6. "Return to Sender" by Craig Johnson
7. "The Waiting" by Michael Connelly
8. "Open Season" by Jonathan Kellerman
9. "The Grey Wolf" by Louise Penny
10. "Bonded in Death" by J.D. Robb

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

1. "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros
2. "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros
3. "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas
4. "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros
5. "A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas
6. "House of Earth and Blood" by Sarah J. Maas
7. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
8. "A Court of Silver Flames" by Sarah J. Maas
9. "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
10. "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by TJ Klune

Nonfiction & Biography

1. "The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt
2. "The Let Them Theory" by Mel Robbins
3. "Framed" by John Grisham & Jim McCloskey
4. "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jenette McCurdy
5. "Hilbilly Elegy" by J.D. Vance
6. "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
7. "The Demon of Unrest" by Erik Larson
8. "The Serviceberry" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
9. "Everything is Tuberculosis" by John Green
10. "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Young Adult Fiction

1. "A Good Girls Guide to Murder" by Holly Jackson
2. "One of Us is Lying" by Karen M. McManus
3. "Better than the Movies" by Lynn Painter
4. "The Inheritance Games" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
5. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
6. "If Only I Had Told Her" by Laura Nowlin
7. "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
8. "The Reappearance of Rachel Price" by Holly Jackson
9. "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
10. (tied) "Divergent" by Vernoica Roth and "If He Had Been With Me" by Laura Nowlin

Children's Books & Graphic Novels

1. "Amulet" by Kazu Kubuishi
2. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
3. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode" by Jeff Kinney
4. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel" by Jeff Kinney
5. "Pokemon: Sword & Shield" by Hidenori Kasaka
6. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" by Jeff Kinney
7. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer" by Jeff Kinney
8. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" by Jeff Kinney
9. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" by Jeff Kinney
10. "Pokemon Adventures" by Hidenori Kasaka

Manga

1. "One Piece" by Eiichiro Oda
2. "My Hero Academia" Kohei Horikoshi
3. "Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba" by Koyoharu Gotoge
4. "Jujutsu Kaisen" by Gege Akutami
5. "Fullmetal Alchemist" by Hiromu Arakawa
6. "One-Punch Man" by ONE
7. "Delicious in Dungeon" by Ryoko Kui
8. "Naruto" by Masashi Kishimoto
9. "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" by Kanehito Yamada
10. "Kaiju No. 8" by Naoya Matsumoto

Movies

1. "The Wild Robot"
2. "Twisters"
3. "Deadpool & Wolverine"
4. "Wicked"
5. "Despicable Me 4"
6. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
7. "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One"
8. "Red One"
9. "Moana 2"
10. "Inside Out 2"