Drum Roll please!! It is that time of the year, where we evaluate how our year went, when our Spotify Wrapped is revealed (the place where your guilty songs on repeat are exposed!) and the amount of books we’ve read for the year is tallied. However, the number of books you’ve read this year does NOT matter – what matters is that you are reading and you are enjoying yourself while doing so. As a librarian, my main passion is to pair our patrons with their next favorite read – and I love seeing that books and reading are thriving. We often forget that it is not a race to see who finished the most books; it’s about how many books we read and enjoyed – quality over quantity!
While you are reading this, I want you to take a moment and reflect on what you’ve read this year. Which book(s) did you absolutely adore? And also, which books you did not enjoy, or DNF (Did Not Finish)? Did any of your favorite authors make a comeback this year, or did any disappoint you?
Below are the TOP 20 most popular titles of 2025 at the Oceanside Library, taken from our circulation statistics:
1. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
2. The Tenant by Freida McFadden
3. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
4. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
5. The Crash by Freida McFadden
6. The Women by Kristin Hannah
7. The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
8. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
9. The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
10. The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden
11. My Friends by Fredrik Backman
12. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
13. The Teacher by Freida McFadden
14. On Fire Island by Jane L. Rosen
15. The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel
16. The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden
17. The Perfect Sister by Stephanie DeCarolis
18. Strangers in Time by David Baldacci
19. The God of The Woods by Liz Moore
20. Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben
Need a good recommendation? Here are a few 2025 reading favorites from our Adult Services staff:
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December blog written by Adult Librarian Emily Van Allen
