Ever wondered which health books got checked out the most this year? To answer this question, we looked at the titles in the 610s with the highest number of checkouts for 2025 and created a list of the top 5, revealing areas important to library patrons this year.. Two of the five titles deal with the science of longevity and leading longer and healthier lives. Additional areas on the list include healthcare inequality, coping with menopause, and protecting our children from the dangers of a digital life.
Quick Dewey note: The 610s section of the library (specifically 610-619), is devoted to medicine and health, and contains information on anatomy, physiology, personal health, and more.
In true count-down fashion, our list starts out with number five and counts down from there. Click on the title or picture to follow the link in the library catalog. When available, additional formats are also listed. Clicking on the desired format will also take you to the library catalog.
5) Super agers: an evidence-based approach to longevity
Additional formats: large print, ebook & audiobook
Celebrated and influential medical researcher Dr. Eric Topol, gives a guided tour of longevity science, describing recent medical breakthroughs and tools in fighting the aging process. He reveals a new understanding of how our personal genomes work, and what AI can see in our health data. Topol also discusses how preventing the development of chronic diseases like obesity and heart disease is changing what it means to age. He gives strategies on dealing with chronic conditions and details an expanded definition of a healthy lifestyle, relating inspiring stories from the 90+.
4) The New Menopause: navigating your path through hormonal change with purpose, power, and facts
Additional formats: ebook & audiobook
Women’s health advocate Dr. Mary Claire Haver gives empowering advice in this guide for women in the midst of hormonal change. With science-backed information, including the latest information on hormone-replacement therapy, Dr. Haver discusses how to cope with the various symptoms of menopause. She also talks about how to mediate the risks for certain conditions, such as diabetes, dementia, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease. The guide also includes important advice on interacting with your doctor and how to deal with midlife wellness visits, including questions for your doctor and how to insist on whole life care.
3) Everything is Tuberculosis: the history and persistence of our deadliest infection
Additional formats: eBook and audiobook
Author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient in Sierra Leone, in 2019. Ever since they met, John has been a vocal advocate for increased access to tuberculosis treatment and a wider awareness of the healthcare inequalities that have allowed this infectious disease to flourish. John tells Henry’s story, along with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world.
2) Outlive: the science & art of longevity
Additional formats: eBook & audiobook
Dr. Peter Attia gives insight into nutrition, exercise, sleep, and tools for mental health in this manual for longevity. Readers will learn why exercise is so important, how to focus on nutritional biochemistry, and why ignoring your emotional health can lead to trouble. Dr. Attia discusses how to create a roadmap for yourself to outlive your genes, and why aging and longevity are more malleable than we think.
And finally, at number 1 … the title from the 610s with the highest number of checkouts in 2025 is . . .
The Anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
Additional formats: eBook & audiobook
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt writes about the epidemic of teen mental illness and investigates the nature of childhood in this call to action to protect our children. Haidt presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development. He also describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end this epidemic of mental illness and protect our children and ourselves from the psychological damage of a phone-based life.
