2025 Staff Favorite Books of the Year

Library staff are delighted to share the best books they read this year! Access the 2025 Staff Picks in the catalog to check out all our favorite titles or watch our YouTube video with additional details!

Karen Ballinger All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

Mariah Froehlich Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Gabe Garcia Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

Jennifer Gotcher The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson

Nicholle Halprin The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Nina Harris Sandwich by Catherine Newman

Mary Jahns Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino

Linden Joiner All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Raj Kamat A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J. Penner

Jenna Kurz The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

Morgan McMillian The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Sunny Reed When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Karen Scott Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Isabel Valderes Alchemised by SenLinYu

Danielle Wilson Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

Michelle Woicyk History Matters by David McCullough

Beth Yoder The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

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