2025 Top 10 Non-Fiction Books on CD

The top 10 items checked out from our non-fiction physical audiobook collection

Updated December 18, 2025
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1

The Demon of Unrest : A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Larson, Erik/ Patton, Will (NRT)/ Larson, Erik (NRT)
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times). ...

2

The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning : how to free yourself and your family from a lifetime of clutter
Magnusson, Margareta, (Artist)
Paper Book
The original, official, bestselling guide to Swedish death cleaning--a charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called...

3

The year of magical thinking
Didion, Joan
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * A landmark work about grief, love, and survival from one of America's most iconic writers One of The New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century * One of The Guardian's 100 Best Books of the...

4

Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
Vance, J. D.
Audiobook

5

Andy and Don : the making of a friendship and a classic American TV show
De Vise , Daniel
Paper Book
A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs. Andy Griffith and Don Knotts met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy went to Hollywood to film a TV pilot about a...

6

Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Strayed, Cheryl
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century At...

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