Most Popular in 2025: eAudiobook 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 from Libby.
- A Different Kind of Power Jacinda Ardern [NZ]
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear
- This is the F#$%ing News Patrick Gower [NZ]
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Mark Manson
- Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work Sarah Wynn-Williams [NZ]
- Spare Prince Harry
- The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma Bessel A. Van der Kolk
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval N. Harari
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt,
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Becoming Michelle Obama
- The Salt Path Raynor Winn
- I Haven't Been Entirely Honest with You Miranda Hart
- Māori Made Easy: For Everyday Learners of the Māori Language Scotty Morrison [NZ]
- The Last Secret Agent Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson [NZ]
- The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery Brianna Wiest
- 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think Brianna Wiest
- Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown
- The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture Gabor Maté
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Donna's Best Fiction 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."
Donna's Best Fiction of 2025
A selection of faves - a dash of the dystopian, some warped and twisty tales, and a some modern classics.
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