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Andover Public Library staff read some good books, watched some good movies, and played fun games in 2025. Take a look at our 2025 favorites!

Alexandra

Books

Jake

Movies & TV

Superman (2025)

Jessica

Books

Lasagna means I love you by Kate O’Shaughnessy/ How to Talk to Your Succulent by Zoe Perico/We could be magic by Marissa Meyer and Joelle Murray / Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town by Li Chen/ Pocket bear by Katherine Applegate/ The Forest in the Sky by Pari Thomson

Games

Umamusume Pretty Derby/ Slime Rancher

Kathy

Books

One by One by Freida McFadden/ 2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson

Movies & TV

Fire Country/ Holiday Baking Championship 2025

Games

Slap Jack/ Exploding kittens/ Minecraft Chess

Kendra

Books

My West Side Story: A Memoir by George Chakiris/ The Bodyguard by Katherine Center/ Hour of the Pumpkin Queen Sheperd Megan / Rosie Frost: Ice on Fire by Geri Horner-Halliwell / Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan /Summer in the City by Alex Aster/ Emma M. Lion Volume 1 & 2 by Beth Brower /The Kew Gardens Girls by Posy Lovell /Chef’s Secret by Kelly Yang /Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Movies & TV

The Life List/ My Oxford Year /The Wrong Paris/ Freakier Friday / How to Train Your Dragon (Live Action)/ Superman (2025)/ Lilo and Stitch (Live Action)/ Halloweentown

Sheri

Books

Anxious for Nothing

Movies & TV

The Crown/ Amazing Race

Games

Sequence

Tessa

Books

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow/ The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

Movies & TV

The Poldark / Sanditon Series

Toby

Books

The Tainted Cup by Robert Bennett/ The Curse of Chalion by Lois Bujold/ Penric and Desdemona series (Audiobooks) by Lois Bujold

Insomniacs After School by Makoto Ojiro /Akane-Banashi by Yuki Suenaga/ Medalist by Tsurumaikada/ Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

Movies & TV

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End/ Play it Cool, Guys

Superman (2025)/ Tokyo Godfathers

Tom

Books

The Stalin affair : the impossible alliance that won the war /Why we love baseball : a history in 50 moments / Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia (Libby)/ Stone and Sky (Libby)/War Lord (Saxon Stories #13)

Movies & TV

Superman (2025)

Games

College football 26

Books coming to big and small screens this Dember!

Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw / Jeff Kinney

Greg must impress Holly Hills at an upcoming talent show. His father, Frank, plans to send him to military school. The central issue is Greg’s effort to prove to Frank that he does not need military schooling by participating in the show.

Dec 5th/ Disney/ Put on hold

The Twelve Dates of Christmas/ Jenny Bayliss

(The Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas)

Kate, a textile pattern designer, cares for her separated father Mac in Blexford, England. Laura introduces her to The 12 Dates of Christmas, a matchmaking program that rekindles her life and leads her to new adventures.

Dec 5th/ Hallmark/ Put on hold

Hamnet / Maggie O’Farrell

A powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Dec 5th/ Theaters/ Put on hold

The one hundred nights of Hero/ Isabel Greenberg

When a charming house guest (Galitzine) arrives at a remote castle, the delicate dynamic between a neglectful husband, his innocent bride Cherry (Monroe), and their devoted maid Hero (Corrin), is thrown into chaos.

Dec 5th/ Theaters/ Put on hold

Percy Jackson and the Olympians/ Rick Riordan

(Season 2)

Demigod Percy Jackson leads a quest across America to prevent a war among the Olympian gods.

Dec 10th/ Disney/ Put on hold

The Housemaid / Freida McFadden

Follows a struggling woman who is happy to start over as a housemaid for an affluent, elite couple.

Dec 19th/ Theaters/ Put on hold