ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Pack Memorial Library has released lists of the six most frequently checked-out books, movies and music from 2025 on their Facebook page.
The selections reflect a wide variety of taste among the Buncombe County library community. The top fiction books alone include a literary thriller, the latest volume in a popular “roman-tasy” series and a new historical romance novel.
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Read the Pack Library lists below:
Top fiction books
- “Wild Dark Shore” by Charlotte McConaghy
- “We Do Not Part” by Han Kang
- “James” by Percival Everett
- “Onyx Storm” by Rebecca Yarros
- “Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry
- “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman
Top nonfiction books
- “The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About” by Mel Robbins
- “Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts” by Oliver Burkeman
- “Be Ready When the Luck Happens” by Ina Garten
- “A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck” by Sophie Elmhirst
- “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by Sarah Wynn-Williams
- “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness” by Jonathan Haidt
Read our list of the best books of the year here.
Top movies
- “Dune: Part Two” (2024, directed by Denis Villeneuve)
- “Conclave” (2024, directed by Edward Berger)
- “Sasquatch Sunset” (2024, directed by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner)
- “Anora” (2024, directed by Sean Baker)
- “Mulholland Drive” (2001, directed by David Lynch)
- “Ran” (1985, directed by Akira Kurosawa)
Read our list of the 25 best movies of 2025 here.
Top albums
- “Highway Prayers” by Billy Strings
- “Bright Future” by Adrianne Lenker
- “MoonDial” by Pat Metheny
- “Indonesian City Sound (Panbers Psychedelic Rock and Funk 1971-1974)” by Panbers
- “A La Sala” by Khruangbin
- “Fearless Movement” by Kamasi Washington
Read our list of the best albums of the year here.
To find more books, movies and music available at Pack Library, visit www.nccardinal.org.