2025 Top Titles: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK

We recently posted the 2025 Top Titles for US Public libraries, based on the thousands of libraries that use Syndetics Unbound to add covers, summaries, recommendations and more.

Here are the top titles for Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Canada (Full List)

Australia (Full List)

New Zealand (Full List)

United Kingdom (Full List)

Canada

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The Canadian list contains many titles familiar from the US, UK and New Zealand, but Canada is the only country to put Robbins’ The Let Them Theory on top. Local authors include Louise Penny, with multiple titles. Carley Fortune and Ariel Lawhon also make the list.

1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
2. The Women by Kristin Hannah
3. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
4. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
5. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
7. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
8. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
9. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
10. Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
11. My Friends by Fredrik Backman
12. The Crash by Freida McFadden
13. The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
14. The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
15. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
17. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
18. One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
19. Atomic Habits by James Clear
20. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
21. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
22. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
23. The Tenant by Freida McFadden
24. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
25. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

Australia

Rebecca Yarros dominates the Australian list, with Onyx Storm, Fourth Wing, and Iron Flame all ranking highly. Australian and Australia-based authors remain well represented, including Liane Moriarty, Chris Hammer, and Geraldine Brooks. Clear’s Atomic Habits actually rose from #5 in 2024 to #4 in 2025.

1. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
2. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
3. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
4. Atomic Habits by James Clear
5. The Women by Kristin Hannah
6. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
7. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
8. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
9. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
10. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
11. The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
12. The Crash by Freida McFadden
13. The Valley by Chris Hammer
14. The Names by Florence Knapp
15. Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
16. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
17. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
18. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
19. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
20. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
21. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
22. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
23. Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks
24. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
25. Nightshade by Michael Connelly

New Zealand

New Zealand’s list balances international bestsellers with a strong local showing, including Jacinda Ardern, Damien Wilkins, Michael Bennett, Pippa Latour, Catherine Chidgey, and Olivia Spooner.

1. The Women by Kristin Hannah
2. A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir by Jacinda Ardern
3. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
4. Atomic Habits by James Clear
5. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
6. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
7. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
8. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
9. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
10. Delirious by Damien Wilkins
11. Carved in Blood by Michael Bennett
12. Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
13. My Friends by Fredrik Backman
14. The Names by Florence Knapp
15. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
16. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
17. The Last Secret Agent by Pippa Latour
18. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
19. See How They Fall by Rachel Paris
20. A Way Back to Happy by Olivia Spooner
21. The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
22. We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
23. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
24. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
25. The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

United Kingdom

The UK list is based on less data than some others, and the top titles are all within a few percent of each other–two are even tied. Crime and literary fiction dominate, and UK is apparently less interested in The Let Them Theory.

1. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
2. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki
3. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
4. The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
5. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (TIED)
7. The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman (TIED)
8. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
9. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
10. The Women by Kristin Hannah
11. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
12. Atomic Habits by James Clear
13. Precipice by Robert Harris
14. James by Percival Everett
15. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
16. You Are Here by David Nicholls
17. There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
18. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
19. The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
20. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
21. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
22. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
23. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
24. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
25. Slow Horses by Mick Herron

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