A Year in Review
Top Fiction of 2025
What was Alameda County reading last year? Here's a list of the most checked-out Fiction eBooks and eAudiobooks from 2025.
Top Nonfiction of 2025
What was Alameda County reading last year? Here's a list of the most checked-out Nonfiction eBooks and eAudiobooks from 2025.
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Choose Your Aesthetic: Cottagecore Books
You've just come in from the garden? Go ahead and wash your hands, make a cup of tea, and enjoy one of these cozy titles.
I'll Drink to That: Beverage Histories
Like a bit of popular nonfiction? How about food history? Then why not try these books about the history of various beverages?
Choose your Aesthetic: Dark Academia
Books to listen to while you lurk in the shadowy corner of an old library.
Choose Your Aesthetic: Cottagecore Books
You've just come in from the garden? Go ahead and wash your hands, make a cup of tea, and enjoy one of these cozy titles.
I'll Drink to That: Beverage Histories
Like a bit of popular nonfiction? How about food history? Then why not try these books about the history of various beverages?
Choose your Aesthetic: Dark Academia
Books to listen to while you lurk in the shadowy corner of an old library.
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OverDrive Libby - eBooks and eAudiobooks
Get Kindle eBooks and more. Libby makes it easy to borrow and read eBooks and eAudiobooks—on Kindle, in the app, or in your browser.
Palace Project
Browse, borrow, and read eBooks and eAudiobooks in one app. Includes titles from OverDrive, Audible, and more—no switching between apps.
Naxos Spoken Word Library
Naxos Spoken Word Library offers eAudiobooks, including literature and poetry, and classics from medieval times to the twenty-first century.
O'Reilly for Public Libraries
O’Reilly for Public Libraries offers unlimited access to technology and business eBooks, videos, case studies, learning paths, and more.
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