If you have opinions about the best books of 2025, we want to hear them! Let us know what books you think should win this year’s Herrick District Library’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Vote in person at either library branch from January 2-January 31.
Here are this year's nominees:
Adult Picks:
Memoir
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
Awake by Jen Hatmaker
Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai
Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Nonfiction:
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
Strong Ground by Brené Brown
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
General Fiction:
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Mystery/Thriller:
Battle Mountain by CJ Box
The Tenant by Freida McFadden
The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Oseman
Historical Fiction:
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Circle of Days by Ken Follett
Inspiration:
Out of Time by Irene Hannon
The Keeper by Charles Martin
The Second Story Bookshop by Denise Hunter
The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White
Sci-Fi/Fantasy:
Katabasis by RF Kuang
The Strength of the Few by James Islington
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Romance:
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Beach Vibes by Susan Mallery
The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Teen Picks:
Manga:
Spy x Family, Volume 13 by Tatsuya Endo
Komi Can't Communicate Volume 32 by Tomohito Oda
My Hero Academia Team Up Missions Volume 5 by Kohei Horikoshi
Blue Lock, Volume 16 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
One Piece Volume 106 by Eiichiro Oda
Graphic Novel:
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin by Erin Hunter
Space Boy Volume 21 by Stephen McCranie
True Beauty Volume 6 by Yaongyi
The Cartoonists Club by Reina Telgemeier
A Wizard of Earthsea: The Graphic Novel by Ursula Le Guin
Sci-Fi/Fantasy:
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Fearless by Laruen Roberts
The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith
Oathbound by Tracey Deonn
Our Infinite Fates by Lauren Steven
Contemporary:
Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Fake Skating by Lynn Painter
While We're Young by KL Walther
No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally
Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
Tween:
The Elders' Quest by Erin Hunter
One Wrong Step by Jennifer Nielsen
London Calling by James Ponti
Never After: The End of the Story by Melissa de la Cruz
The Fight for the Hidden Realm by Siobhan McDermott
Kid Picks:
Picture Book:
Bluey: Grannies and Other Stories
My Dog Is Best by David Catrow
The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood
Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue By Sherri Rinker
Reader:
I Want to Be An Artist by Laura Driscoll
Pete the Kitty and the Mermaid's Sandcastle by Kim Dean
A Fairy Finds Her Song by Bea Jackson
Bunny Hop by Sarah Hwang
Biscuit's Puppy Sleepover by Alyssa Capucilli
Early Chapter:
One Last Thing by Aaron Blabey
The Emerald Egg by Kayla Whaley
Cheers-a-Lotl Blows up by CW Estes
Blizzard Rescue by Rekha Rajan
Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by AR Capetta
Junior Fiction:
Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
J Vs. K by Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
Serwa Boateng's Guide to Saving the World by Roseanne A. Brown
I Survived the Black Death, 1348 by Lauren Tarshis
A Wolf Called Fire by Roseanne Parry
Comic Book:
Dog Man: Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey
Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan [series] by Sasami Nitori
Best Christmas Ever! By Stephen Shaskan
Karen's Grandmothers by DK Yingst
Spy Ski School by Stuart Gibbs
Nonfiction:
How to Build Lego Robots by Hannah Dolan
Pokémon Timelines by Katherine Andreou
Best in Show by David Elliott
Who Is Ariana Grande? By Kirsten Anderson
Deadly Animal Atlas by Camilla De la Bédoyère
