Your Most Checked Out Books, Authors, Movies, Albums & More
With the year coming to a close, we are looking back at what items in our collection garnered the most interest in 2025. This year alone, Lawrence Public Library patrons checked out items more than 975,000 times! Check out the breakdown below to see how the majority* of those checkouts stacked up.
Board Games, opens a new window: 1,764
Magazines, opens a new window: 6,852
Video Games, opens a new window: 23,010
Albums:, opens a new window 25,769
Movies: , opens a new window103,935
Books:, opens a new window 638,907
*Note: For the sake of clarity, we didn't include the many smaller categories of items available for check out that contribute to our total, including Bird Watching Backpacks, opens a new window, Book Club Kits, opens a new window, Button Makers, opens a new window, Audio-Visual Tools, opens a new window, SAD Lamps, opens a new window, and more.
Top Artists & Authors
Let's celebrate the creative people behind all the amazing books and albums that captured your attention this year! Here are the most checked out musical artists and authors of the year:
Top 10 Music Artists
1. Bob Dylan, opens a new window
2. Taylor Swift, opens a new window
3. Neil Young, opens a new window
4. Wilco, opens a new window
5. Radiohead, opens a new window
6. Kendrick Lamar, opens a new window
7. David Bowie, opens a new window
8. Pink Floyd, opens a new window
9. Willie Nelson, opens a new window
10. Primus, opens a new window
Top 10 Children's Authors
1. Mo Willems, opens a new window
2. Dav Pilkey, opens a new window
3. Stan & Jan Berenstain, opens a new window
4. Kim Dean, opens a new window
5. Raina Telgemeier, opens a new window
6. Jeff Kinney, opens a new window
7. Mary Pope Osborne, opens a new window
8. Tui Sutherland, opens a new window
9. James Dean, opens a new window
10. Dr. Seuss, opens a new window
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Top 10 Teen Authors
1. Eiichirō Oda, opens a new window
2. Sarah J. Maas, opens a new window
3. Mizuho Kusanagi, opens a new window
4. Tomohito Oda, opens a new window
5. Jennifer Lynn Barnes, opens a new window
The Same Backward as Forward, opens a new window
6. Masashi Kishimoto, opens a new window
7. Kōhei Horikoshi, opens a new window
8. Koyoharu Gotōge, opens a new window
9. Gege Akutami, opens a new window
10. Scott Cawthon, opens a new window
Top 10 Adult Authors
1. James Patterson
2. Freida McFadden
3. Danielle Steel
4. Stephen King
5. David Baldacci
6. Emily Henry
7. Michael Connelly, opens a new window
8. Kristin Hannah
9. Agatha Christie
10. John Grisham
Top Books, Movies, Video Games & Albums
And finally, we can reveal what titles in our collection made the biggest impression in 2025. Here are the most checked out albums, video games, movies, and books of the year:
Although contemporary pop dominates the top of our list, don't be surprised to find rock, country, and folk sprinkled into the mix. These are the Top 10 Music Albums of 2025, based on the number of times each album was checked out this year.
Nintendo's absolute domination of this list is to be expected, but surprisingly, they weren't able to secure that top spot. These are the Top 10 Video Games of 2025, based on the number of times each game was checked out this year.
With sci-fi, musical, historical, superhero, horror, and more represented on this list, it is clear that our taste in films knows no genre! These are the Top 10 Movies of 2025, based on the number of times each film was checked out this year.
Mysteries, historical fiction, a retold classic, and more make up this eclectic list of popular titles! These are the Top 10 Books of 2025, based on the number of times each title was checked out this year.
The #1 most checked out book of 2025. Kristin Hannah's historical fiction novel set during the Vietnam War follows nursing student Frankie McGrath as she enlists in the Army Nurse Corps after her brother ships out to serve. With a thoughtful eye toward the complexities of the time period, Hannah has clearly captured our attention claiming the top spot for the second year in a row!