Top Circulating Adult Non-Fiction in 2025

As we kick off 2026, we’re taking a look at the adult nonfiction books Livingston Public Library readers checked out the most last year. From compelling memoirs to books that explore the world around us, these titles were clear favorites. If you’re looking for your next great read, these reader favorites are a great place to start.

Rank	Title	Author	Call#
1.	The Let Them Theory : A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About	Robbins, Mel	158.1 ROBBIN
2.	Educated : A Memoir	Westover, Tara	BIOG WESTOVER
3.	Revenge of the Tipping Point : Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering	Gladwell, Malcolm	302 GLADWELL
4.	All the Way to the River : Love, Loss, and Liberation	Gilbert, Elizabeth	NEW BIOG GILBERT
5.	The Many Lives of Mama Love : A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing	Hardin, Lara Love	365.43 HARDIN
6.	Fodor’s 2025 Paris		914.4361 PARIS +MAP 2025
7.	Source Code : My Beginnings	Gates, Bill	BIOG GATES
8.	Challenger Adult Reading Series	Murphy, Corea	ESL 428.6 MUR 2010 V.1
9.	Fodor’s Essential Italy 2025	Andrews, Robert,	914.5 ITALY +MAP 2025
10.	Fodor’s Rome 2025	Firpo, Erica	914.5632 ROME +MAP 2025
11.	How to Win Friends and Influence People	Carnegie, Dale	158.1 CARNEGIE
12.	Fodor’s Essential France	Gauldie, Robin	914.4 FRANCE 2024
13.	Mark Twain	Chernow, Ron	BIOG TWAIN
14.	Original Sin : President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again	Tapper, Jake	973.934 TAPPER
15.	Atomic Habits : Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones	Clear, James	155.24 CLEAR
16.	Fodor’s 2025 Essential Spain	Askham, Gemma	914.6 SPAIN +MAP 2025
17.	Fodor’s London 2025	Jemil, Nori	914.21 LONDON +MAP 2025
18.	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change	Covey, Stephen R.	158 COVEY
19.	The 48 Laws of Power	Greene, Robert	303.3 GREENE
20.	Fodor’s Essential Portugal	Bryson, Lucy	914.69 PORTUGAL 2023
21.	Life-Changing Salads : 100 Plant-Based Salads and Dressings Beyond Your Wildest Greens	Brown, Danielle	641.83 BROWN
22.	Fodor’s 2024 Essential Spain	Askham, Gemma	914.6 SPAIN +MAP 2024
23.	Fodor’s Alaska	Ballas, Teeka	917.98 ALASKA +MAP 2025
24.	Fodor’s London 2024	Caird, Jo	914.21 LONDON +MAP 2024
25.	Half Baked Harvest: Quick & Cozy	Gerard, Tieghan	641.512 GERARD
26.	The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück : How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp	Olson, Lynne	940.53185 OLSON
27.	What Goes With What : 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities	Turshen, Julia	641.5 TURSHEN
28.	Winning Pickleball : Expert Strategies for Next Level Play	Satka, David	796.348 SATKA
29.	Confronting Evil : Assessing the Worst of the Worst	O’Reilly, Bill,	170 O’REILLY
30.	Don’t Believe Everything You Think : Why Your Thinking is the Beginning & End of Suffering	Nguyen, Joseph,	153.4 NGUYEN
31.	ISC2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Practice Tests	Chapple, Mike	005.8 CHAPPLE
32.	Notorious : Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech	Dowd, Maureen	920.02 DOWD
33.	One Pot One Portion : 100 Simple Recipes Just for You	Wilkinson, Eleanor	641.82 WILKINSON
34	Preppy Kitchen Super Easy : 100 Simple and Versatile Recipes	Kanell, John	641.555 KANELL
35.	The Tell	Griffin, Amy	BIOG GRIFFIN
36.	Woody Allen : A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham	McGilligan, Patrick	BIOG ALLEN
37.	The Protein Playbook : Build Strength, Boost Metabolism & Feel Energized		641.5638 PROTEIN PL
38.	Chinese Enough : Homestyle Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Stir-Fries, and More	Cho, Kristina	641.5951 CHO
39.	The Demon of Unrest : A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War	Larson, Erik	973.711 LARSON
40.	Fodor’s Essential Italy	Andrews, Robert	914.5 ITALY +MAP 2024

—Hongmei, Adult Services & Acquisitions

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