{"id":419792,"date":"2025-12-02T15:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/419792\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:45:14","slug":"the-chicago-public-library-just-released-its-list-of-top-books-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/419792\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chicago Public Library just released its list of top books in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our 2025 reading list just got significantly longer, courtesy of Chicago\u2019s literary experts. Every year since 1999, the librarians at the Chicago Public Library (CPL) have sifted through a heap of\u00a0the year\u2019s most exciting new releases to curate their definitive Best Books of the Year ranking. The result is a highly selective and essential cultural syllabus that immediately places you on the city\u2019s literary cutting edge.<\/p>\n<p>The lists span three main categories\u2014kids, teens and adults\u2014that cover a swath of genres ranging from memoir and manga to sci-fi and books in Spanish.\u00a0All titles are available through the library\u2019s catalog, with many offered as e-books, audiobooks and accessible editions. These titles are already flying off the shelves, so place those holds now or pick up a copy of your own from one of Chicago&#8217;s many bookstores.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/shopping\/best-bookstores-in-chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The best bookstores in Chicago for new and used books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the best books of 2025 according to the\u00a0Chicago Public Library:<\/p>\n<p>10 best books for adults<\/p>\n<p>Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People\u00a0by Imani Perry<br \/>The Buffalo Hunter Hunter\u00a0by Stephen Graham Jones<br \/>Flashlight\u00a0by Susan Choi<br \/>Flesh by David Szalay<br \/>A Flower Traveled in My Blood by Haley Cohen Gilliland<br \/>Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane<br \/>A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst<br \/>Mother Mary Comes to Me by\u00a0Arundhati Roy<br \/>Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy<br \/>Woodworking by Emily St. James<\/p>\n<p>10 best fiction books for\u00a0teens<\/p>\n<p>All the Noise at Once\u00a0by\u00a0Davis, DeAndra<br \/>And the River Drags Her Down by\u00a0Jihyun Yun<br \/>Blood &amp; Breath by\u00a0Qurratulayn<br \/>Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee<br \/>Everything Is Poison by Joy McCullough<br \/>The Golden Boy&#8217;s Guide to Bipolar by\u00a0Sonora Reyes<br \/>Honeysuckle and Bone\u00a0by Trisha Tobias<br \/>I Am the Swarm\u00a0by Hayley Chewins<br \/>If I Could Go Back by Briana Johnson<br \/>The Leaving Room by Amber McBride<\/p>\n<p>10 best fiction books for\u00a0kids<\/p>\n<p>Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship by\u00a0Shifa Saltagi Safadi<br \/>Amina Banana and the Formula for Winning\u00a0by Shifa Saltagi Safadi<br \/>At Night, They Danced by Victoria Scott-Miller<br \/>Ava Lin, Super-duper Happy by Vicky Fang<br \/>The Big Mess and Other Stories by Greg Pizzoli<br \/>A Book of Maps for You by Lourdes Heuer<br \/>Earl &amp; Worm #1: The Bad Idea and Other Stories by Greg Pizzoli<br \/>Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day by Lana Button<br \/>The Face in the Mirror and Other Scary Stories by Max Brallier<br \/>A Fairy Finds Her Song by Bea Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Read more year-end rankings from the Chicago Public Library\u2014including CPL librarians\u2019 personal favorites of 2025 and the best libros en espa\u00f1ol\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chipublib.org\/news\/cpl-best-of-the-best-books-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our 2025 reading list just got significantly longer, courtesy of Chicago\u2019s literary experts. 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