3 Dec 2025

What we borrowed from the library in 2025

From Nights, 9:25 pm on 3 December 2025

This year's most popular books at our major city libraries have been revealed today.

Auckland Library alone recorded 11 million physical checkouts - with a real life spy story the number one book borrowed this year.

The Last Secret Agent is about World War II spy Pippa Latour who died in West Auckland in 2023.

For more on the books that proved popular this year Emile Donovan speaks to Auckland Libraries Manager of Public Engagement Krissy Taylor.

Image of girl reading in a library

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