Your top 10 e-books of 2025
What did our members take off the digital shelves this year?
Our Digital Library is home to books, journals and databases to support your CPD and studies throughout your career.
The 10 books below shine a light on the themes shaping occupational therapy right now – offering practical tools, clear frameworks and insight you can apply straight away. Delightfully, number one was co-written by our 2026 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecturer.
Every book on the list is available to borrow with your RCOT membership. Use it as a springboard for your own learning or spark a discussion in your team or on RCOT Communities.
Our e-books do have a limited number of licenses, so you may need to wait for another member to finish reading a book before you can access it. If there’s a title you’re waiting for, use your CPD portfolio to create a ‘To read’ list, and add your reflections later.
The top 10
#4
Occupational Therapy for Mental Health
Catana Brown, Jaime Phillip Muñoz and Virginia C Stoffel (2025)
#3
Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health
Barbara J Hemphill and Christine K Urish (2021)
#2
50 Studies Every Occupational Therapist Should Know
Elizabeth A Pyatak and Elissa S Lee (2023)
#1
A Guide to the Formulation of Plans and Goals in Occupational Therapy
Sue Parkinson and Rob Brooks (2021)
Rob Brooks and I are thrilled that our book was RCOT's most borrowed e-book this year. We worked hard to make it a good read, and as part of next year's Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture I'll be reflecting on the book's success, and how it captured the imagination of the occupational therapy profession.
Sue Parkinson, Retired Occupational Therapist/MOHO geek
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We currently use four platforms for managing access to our e-books. This list is based on Ebook Central, the platform with the most titles in 2025.