Most Popular in 2025: eBooks for teens
Library staff have compiled reports to discover 2025's popular items at Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi. The books are listed in order of how many times they were borrowed from Libby.
Fiction
- Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Court of Thorns and Roses series, Book 1 Sarah J. Maas
- Throne of Glass, Throne of Glass series, Book 1 Sarah J. Maas
- Lightlark, Book 1 Alex Aster
- Crown of Midnight, Throne of Glass series, Book 3 Sarah J. Maas
- Powerless, Book 1 Lauren Roberts
- If He Had Been with Me Jenny Han
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Hunger Games Prequel Suzanne Collins
- Five Total Strangers Natalie D. Richards
- The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel Molly Ostertag
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson
- Queen of Shadows, Throne of Glass series, Book 5 Sarah J. Maas
- If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin
- We All Fall Down Natalie D. Richards
- Empire of Storms Sarah J. Maas
- The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Prequel Novellas Sarah J. Maas
- Heir of Fire Sarah J. Maas
- Skyshade Alex Aster
- Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross
- The Summer I Turned Pretty, Book 1 Jenny Han
Non-Fiction
- The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World's Most Famous Diary Anne Frank
- Girls in Tears
- You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things
- Twentieth Century
- Five Nights at Freddy's Official Character Encyclopedia
- Five Nights at Freddy's Ultimate Guide
- The Official Five Nights at Freddy's Cookbook
- Clean Break
- Maybe an Artist: A Graphic Memoir
- The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures, A Graphic Memoir
- The Security Breach Files: An AFK Book
- They Called Us Enemy
- Barmy British Empire
- Cruel Kings and Mean Queens
- Girl Stuff 8–12: from the number one go-to advisor for Australian girl's and women's health issues
- How to Draw Kawaii Manga Fashion
- Star Wars the Visual Encyclopedia
- Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
- The Mum-Minder
- Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out
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