As much as TikTok’s critics argue that the platform has made Americans “dumber and slower,” TikTok also catalyzed a renaissance in reading for pleasure.

Million, the average customer cannot help but notice the tables laid out with modern, sleek books under the sign “BookTok.” Coming onto the literary scene only recently, BookTok is a subsection of the ...

It started after the election, as political chatter bled into BookTok. On one side of the app, readers begged users to refrain from connecting politics and novels. On the other, readers argued ...