From the Director, December 2025
The Best Books You May Have Missed in 2025 December is a great time to relax with a book, and book clubs, blogs, celebrities and newspapers are releasing their Best […]
Best Books of 2025
We've handpicked the most captivating titles of the year. Dive into stories that will inspire, entertain, and surprise you.
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Best Books of 2025: Adult
As chairs of the Adult Book List committee, we are excited to share with you how the committee was formed, how the books were reviewed, and how the list you […]
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Best Books of 2025: Youth
This year marked an exciting first for our library: the creation of our Best Books list for babies, children, and young adults! Two of us had the privilege of leading […]
Best of 2025 Adult
The raven scholar / Antonia Hodgson.
Hodgson, Antonia, author.
Shield of sparrows / Devney Perry.
Perry, Devney, author.
Say everything : a memoir / Ione Skye.
Skye, Ione, author.
Raising hare : a memoir / Chloe Dalton.
Dalton, Chloe, author.
Josephine Baker’s secret war : the African American star who fought for France and freedom / Hanna Diamond.
Diamond, Hanna, 1962- author.
You deserve to know / Aggie Blum Thompson.
Thompson, Aggie Blum, author.
Kate & Frida : a novel of friendship, food, and books / Kim Fay.
Fay, Kim, author.
The book club for troublesome women : a novel / Marie Bostwick.
Bostwick, Marie, author.
Deep cuts : a novel / Holly Brickley.
Brickley, Holly, author.
Pony confidential / Christina Lynch.
Lynch, Christina, author.
The heart of winter : a novel / Jonathan Evison.
Evison, Jonathan, author.
Blue sky through the window of a moving car : comics for beautiful, awful and ordinary days / Jordan Bolton.
Bolton, Jordan, author, artist.
When the wolf comes home / Nat Cassidy.
Cassidy, Nat, 1981-
Night watcher / Daphne Woolsoncroft.
Woolsoncroft, Daphne, author.
Shift : managing your emotions–so they don’t manage you / Ethan Kross.
Kross, Ethan, author.
Savvy Summers and the sweet potato crimes / Sandra Jackson-Opoku.
Jackson-Opoku, Sandra, author.
Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre / story, art & letters by Tom Scioli.
Scioli, Tom, author, artist.
Best of 2025 Youth
Zebra and Yak : the backwards alphabet book / Paul Friedrich.
Friedrich, Paul (Cartoonist), author, illustrator.
Who meows? : a book of animal sounds / Robin Page.
Page, Robin, 1957- author, illustrator.
Tuck me in! / by Nathan W Pyle.
Pyle, Nathan W., author, illustrator.
Norman and the smell of adventure / by Ryan T. Higgins.
Higgins, Ryan T., author, illustrator.
Fix-it familia / by Latin Grammy winner Lucky Diaz illustrated by Micah Player.
Diaz, Lucky, author.
Cats in construction hats / written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen illustrated by Leeza Hernandez.
Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta, author.
Millie Fleur saves the night / Christy Mandin.
Mandin, Christy, author, illustrator.
The interrupted plans of Mango and Nan / Hala Tahboub.
Tahboub, Hala, author, illustrator.
J vs. K / Kwame Alexander & Jerry Craft.
Alexander, Kwame, author.
How to talk to your succulent / Zoe Persico.
Persico, Zoe, 1993- artist, author.
Cruise life. Queen of the sea / Reese Eschmann.
Eschmann, Reese, author.
The story spinners : a sisterly tale of danger, a princess, and her crew of lady pirates / written and illustrated by Cassandra Federman.
Federman, Cassandra, author, illustrator.
Silence. 1 / Yoann Vornière.
Vornière, Yoann, author, illustrator.
Wings of starlight / Allison Saft.
Saft, Allison, author.
We could be magic / Marissa Meyer illustrated by Joelle Murray.
Meyer, Marissa, author.
We’ve handpicked the most captivating titles of the year. Dive into stories that will inspire, entertain, and surprise you.
- Best Books of 2025: Adult – Discover unforgettable fiction, compelling nonfiction, and hidden gems curated by our expert librarians.
- Best Books of 2025: Youth – Explore imaginative tales, graphic novels, and empowering reads for babies, kids, and teens.