ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) officials announced its 10 most checked out adult fiction and nonfiction books in 2025. The following publications have been checked out a total of 5,763 times by library cardholders this year:
Adult Fiction
- The Women
- By Kristin Hannah
- Number of checkouts: 1165
- This publication was also the most checked out book of 2024 by AACPL customers.
- James: A Novel
- By Percival Everett
- Number of checkouts: 833
- Great Big Beautiful Life
- By Emily Henry
- Number of checkouts: 806
- Here One Moment
- By Liane Moriarty
- Number of checkouts: 795
- We All Live Here
- By JoJo Moyes
- Number of checkouts: 761
Adult Non-Fiction
- Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
- By Antonia Hylton
- Number of checkouts: 459
- The Demon of Unrest
- By Erik Larson
- Number of checkouts: 367
- The Let Them Theory
- By Mel Robbins
- Number of checkouts: 358
- The Anxious Generation
- By Jonathan Haidt
- Number of checkouts: 310
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- By David Grann
- Number of checkouts: 267
View our Best of 2025 Staff Picks here.