Tasmania's most loved books of 2025 have been identified.
Minister for Education, Jo Palmer, said Libraries Tasmania's Top 10 lists have been released and prove, once again, Tasmanians are passionate readers.
"Last year Tasmanians borrowed more than 3.2 million physical and digital items," Minister Palmer said.
"Tasmanian writers are going from strength to strength, with local authors of digital and physical books making the lists. This includes the growing popularity of children's titles by Tasmanian Aboriginal authors.
"In the Tasmanian adult fiction category, Claire van Ryn and Mary-Lou Stephens appear twice, with three new authors joining the list for the first time this year.
"Libraries Tasmania works with the Lifting Literacy initiative to provide the community with rich literacy environments and help foster lifelong learning across Tasmania.
"With 46 public libraries statewide, free membership gives you access to physical and digital collection items, also free activities and adult literacy support. Everyone should discover their library."
Digital resources continue to soar in popularity, with eBook and eAudiobook loans increasing by 6 per cent to nearly 1.2 million in 2025.
Tasmania's Favourite Reads showcases Libraries Tasmania's most-borrowed items across 10 categories, including adult fiction and non-fiction, junior and youth fiction, crime, romance, eBooks and eAudiobooks, Tasmanian authors, and children's books by Tasmanian authors.
Highlights from Tasmania's favourite reads 2025:
Top Tasmanian adult fiction
1. The jam maker by Mary-Lou Stephens
2. Dusk by Robbie Arnott
3. Where the birds call her name by Claire Van Ryn
4. The good losers by Meg Bignell
5. The chocolate factory by Mary-Lou Stephens
6. Heartsease by Kate Kruimink
7. The secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire Van Ryn
8. The whisky widow by Karen Brooks
9. Mole Creek by James Dunbar
10. Milking time by Rachael Treasure
Top eBooks and eAudiobooks
1. Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
2. The community by Christine Gregory
3. The chilling by Riley James
4. Leave the girls behind by Jacqueline Bublitz
5. The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins
6. The campers by Maryrose Cuskelly
7. The jam maker by Mary-Lou Stephens
8. The subtle art of not giving a f**k by Mark Manson
9. Thursday Murder Club (series) by Richard Osman
10. The angry women's choir by Meg Bignell
Top children's books by Tasmanian authors
1. We Love Country by Leanne Pelikan, Kylie Dickson and Nicole Smith
2. Here on Sea Country by Kylie Dickson, Leanne Pelikan (Briggs), Christina Schleich (Mansell), & Nicole Smith
3. Come over to my house by Eliza Hull & Sally Rippin
4. The stormy night by Adam Thompson
5. Saturday is pancake day by Bernadette Green
6. Sky Country by Patsy Cameron
7. Searching for treasure by Johanna Bell
8. Sea Country by Patsy Cameron
9. Dogs: a counting & comparing book by Frances Mackay
10. Cheer up, Blobfish! by Julie Murphy
Also popular in this category was the Little Tasmanians series that introduces children to four inspiring Tasmanians in board book format.
