Have you read the 2025 most checked out books at the Worcester Public Library?

Adam Bass

Tue, December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM UTC

2 min read

The Worcester Public Library this week revealed the top 10 books for kids, teenagers and adults that were the most checked out in 2025.

Of the top 10 kids books checked out this year, the most popular series were Dav Pilkey's "Dog Man" and Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."

For teenagers, manga series such as "Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Spy X Family" made up the top 10.

More than 600,000 items were loaned from the library in 2025, including more than 278,000 ebooks and audiobooks this year, according to the library.

The top 10 most checked out kids' books in 2025 were:

1. "Dog Man: Big Jim Begins" by Dav Pilkey

2. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer" by Jeff Kinney

3. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess" by Jeff Kinney

4. "Dog Man: Grime and Punishment" by Dav Pilkey

5. "Dog Man: Mothering Heights" by Dav Pilkey

6. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde" by Jeff Kinney

7. "Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers" by Dav Pilkey

8. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal" by Jeff Kinney

9. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End" by Jeff Kinney

10. "Dog Man" by Dav Pilkey

1. "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

2. "Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1" by Gege Akutami

3. "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy, Vol. 1" by Natsuki Hokami

4. "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins

5. "Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 2" by Gege Akutami

6. "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1" by Koyoharu Gotouge

7. "Blue Lock, Vol. 1" by Muneyuki Kaneshiro

8. "Spy x Family, Vol. 1" by Tatsuya Endō

9. "Solo" by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess

10. "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy, Vol. 2" by Natsuki Hokami

1. "The Women" by Kristin Hannah

2. "Great Big Beautiful Life" by Emily Henry

3. "We All Live Here: A Novel" by Jojo Moyes

4. "Strangers in Time" by David Baldacci

5. "The Waiting" by Michael Connelly

6. "The God of the Woods" by Liz Moore

7. "Nightshade: A Novel" by Michael Connelly

8. "Lies He Told Me" by James Patterson and David Ellis

9. "The Writer" by James Patterson and JD Barker

10. "Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel" by Shelby Van Pelt