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Most Popular Adult Nonfiction of 2025

These were the most popular works of nonfiction in print at Chicago Public Library in 2025 as measured by checkouts and hold requests. They are ranked from #1 to #25.

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  • The Let Them Theory

    a Life-changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About

    Robbins, Mel, 1968-
    #1
    Book, 2024Carlsbad, California : Hay House LLC, 2024. — BF637.S4R5758 2024
  • Careless People

    a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

    Wynn-Williams, Sarah,
    #2
    Book, 2025New York : Flatiron Books, [2025] — HM743.F33W95 2025
  • #3
    Paperback, 2021New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. — ML420.Z3913A3 2021
  • The Anxious Generation

    How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness

    Haidt, Jonathan,
    #4
    Book, 2024New York : Penguin Press, 2024. — HQ792.U5H23 2024
  • Everything Is Tuberculosis

    the History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

    Green, John, 1977-
    #6
    Book, 2025New York, New York : Crash Course Books, 2025. — RC311.G85 2025
  • Atomic Habits

    Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

    Clear, James,
    #7
    Book, 2018New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018] — BF335.C525 2018
  • #8
    Book, 2025New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025. — HC106.84.K65 2025
  • Maus

    a Survivor's Tale

    Spiegelman, Art
    #9
    Book, 2011New York : Pantheon Books, 2011. — D804.3.S66 2011
  • #10
    Paperback, 2000New York : Penguin Books, 2000. — BD438.G74 2000
  • The Serviceberry

    Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 1953-
    #11
    Book, 2024[New York, N.Y.] : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster LLC, [2024] — E98.B7K56 2024
  • The Demon of Unrest

    a Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

    Larson, Erik, 1954-
    #12
    Book, 2024New York : Crown, [2024] — E459.L265 2024
  • #13
    Book, 2024New York, NY : One World, [2024] — PN4874.C598A3 2024
  • The Book of Alchemy

    a Creative Practice for An Inspired Life /

    #14
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — PN4390.B66 2025
  • Don't Go

    Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It /

    Johnson, Tonika Lewis,
    #15
    Book, 2025Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2025. — F548.9.A1J64 2025
  • Say Nothing

    a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

    Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
    #16
    Paperback, 2019New York : Doubleday, [2019] — HV6574.G7K44 2019
  • The Devil in the White City

    Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

    Larson, Erik
    #17
    Paperback, 2004New York : Vintage Books, 2004, c2003. — HV6248.M8L37 2004
  • Original Sins

    the (mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

    Ewing, Eve L.,
    #18
    Book, 2025New York : One World, [2025] — LC212.2.E95 2025
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

    a Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

    Manson, Mark,
    #19
    Paperback, 2016New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016. — BJ1589.M259 2016
  • Who Is Government?

    the Untold Story of Public Service /

    #20
    Book, 2025New York : Riverhead Books, 2025. — JK681.W46 2025