Calling all bookworms. Nashville Public Library just dropped a list of its most-checked-out books of 2024. If you’re building your TBR (to be read) pile for 2025, consider these trending titles:

“The Women” by Kristin Hannah
"Funny Story" by Emily Henry
"First Lie Wins" by Ashley Eliston
"Tom Lake" by Ann Patchett
"Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros
"Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros
"Camino Ghosts" by John Grisham
"Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt
"The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride
"Just for the Summer" by Abby Jimenez

If you’re looking for more titles, explore our City Guide featuring books by Nashville authors. Pro tip: The East Branch library will be closed for ~two weeks for window repairs. Holds can be picked up at the Inglewood Branch beginning Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Take things a page further

We've welcomed 2025, which means The Bookshop's sixth annual reading challenge is back. To participate, purchase a book from the store that falls within each of the monthly categories. (January's theme is "cozy, cozy, cozy.") The Bookshop will track your purchases on a challenge card, and participants with completed cards at the end of the year will receive "exclusive, bookish prizes." Psst: Some of 2024's top-shelf reads might satisfy monthly requirements.