INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Public Library has rounded up the top-circulating books of 2025, along with a selection of lesser-known favorites that staff members couldn’t stop recommending this year. Visit the Library to explore these top-circulating titles and discover a great new read.
• Adult Fiction: The Women, by Kristin Hannah; The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore; All the Colors of the Dark: A Novel, by Chris Whitaker
• Adult Nonfiction: A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them, by Timothy Egan; The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About, by Mel Robbins; Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, by John Green
• Adult Biographies: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, by Sarah Wynn-Williams; Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir, by Ina Garten; I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy
• Teen Fiction: Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins; The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
• Children’s Picture Books: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, by Mo Willems; The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!, by Mo Willems; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, by Mo Willems
• Children’s Fiction: Dog Man 13: Big Jim Begins, by Dav Pilkey; Hot Mess, by Jeff Kinney; Dog Man: Unleashed, by Dav Pilkey