Most Popular in 2025 - Non-Fiction for adults
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.
- A different kind of power : a memoir Jacinda Ardern [NZ]
- The last secret agent : my untold story of life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson [NZ]
- No words for this : a memoir Alison Mau [NZ]
- I haven't been entirely honest with you Miranda Hart
- The let them theory Mel Robbins
- Māori made easy. for everyday learners of the Māori language Scotty Morrison [NZ]
- Tasty Chelsea Winter [NZ]
- Careless people : a story of where I used to work Sarah Wynn-Williams [NZ]
- Did I ever tell you this?: a memoir Sam Neill [NZ]
- The official New Zealand road code. your guide to getting a learner licence. [NZ]
- A land of two halves Joe Bennett [NZ]
- More salad Two Raw Sisters Margo Flanagan and Rosa Power [NZ]
- The salt path Raynor Winn
- Unveiled : a story of surviving Gloriavale Theophila Pratt [NZ]
- A life less punishing : 13 ways to love the life you've got Matt Heath [NZ]
- Spare Prince Harry
- Woman interrupted Brodie Kane [NZ]
- The life of Dai Dai Henwood [NZ]
- A very French affair : a memoir of adventure, amour and a little madness Maria Hoyle [NZ]
- The long and winding road Lesley Pearse
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ma1co1m's Best Comics of 2025
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Donna's Best of the Best 2025
The absolute faves - there are the books I raved about the most. A mixture of fiction and non-fiction.
2025 Kirkus Reviews - Best Young Adult Books of the Year
Kirkus Reviews is an American book review magazine founded in 1933. Published twice a month, they review over 10,000 books a year.
2025 National Library of NZ - Best Children's & YA books
The Services to Schools' team shares the books that "spark curiosity, invite conversation and offer new ways of seeing."
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