Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’ve cultivated an audience of readers for outlets like Variety, Vulture and Time, but in early 2021 I started my own BookTok (TikTok parlance for ...

BookTok creators highlighted the books currently popular on the platform alongside the titles experiencing a resurgence.

When Brynne Weaver first released her novel Butcher & Blackbird, she was on a fact finding mission in the self-publishing world. The author had started with fantasy, then moved into paranormal ...

When I was in seventh grade, I remember reading “The Giver” and “The Outsiders.” In eighth grade, I read “How To Kill A Mockingbird” and “The Diary of Anne Frank.” In my freshman year, ...

Despite its tendency towards mob behavior, Booktok succeeds in its most important goal: encouraging a greater audience to read. Through sharing and popularizing these recommendations, the community ...

Episode 3 of Cue the Commentary offers insight into the relationship between books and media. Stephanie talks with Caitlin ...

The China-based app, itself threatened with a demise in the U.S. before President Donald Trump intervened, has a rabid following of book lovers via its BookTok channel, which emerged in 2020 ...

( NewsNation) — After a decade spent closing retail locations, bookseller Barnes and Noble announced it plans to open at least 60 new stores in 2025. The chain also opened a record 57 stores in 2024 ...