As the new year begins, I love looking back at all the books our patrons read over the course of the previous year. In 2025, Cole Library patrons checked out nearly 14,000 items from the public library’s collections. Our most utilized collections were picture books, fiction for adults, and children’s nonfiction books. Summer was our busiest time, with the most material going out in the months of June and July. Below are the highest circulating titles from 2025:

Most checked out fiction books for adults:

• The Wedding People by Alison Espach

• Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

• Bad Liar by Tami Hoag

• The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

• Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Nonfiction books for adults:

• The Mix-and-Match Lunch Box by Cherie Schetselaar

• A Monster in Mount Pleasant by C. J. Willaims

• Best Lunch Box Ever by Katie Sullivan Morford

• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

• The Tell by Amy Griffin

Children’s Fiction:

• Rubylicious by Victoria Kann

• Ocean: A Photicular Book by Dan Kainen

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal

by Jeff Kinney

• Trucks by Jennifer Schiavello

• Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Schertle

Children Nonfiction:

• Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi

• Minecraft Essential Handbook by Stephanie Milton

• Dog Man by Dav Pilkey

• Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder by Dav Pilkey

• Smile by Raina Telgemeier