Since 2020, BookTok has taken social media by storm with one specific genre standing out amongst users — romance. BookTok first saw its rise to fame during the COVID-19 pandemic with short videos on ...

Rebecca Ross' Divine Rivals duology was extremely popular in 2023, and while the original story has closed out, Ross isn't done exploring the world.

BookTok creators considered how content on the app changes as the seasons move from winter to spring and how BookTok works to ...

But most fiction ultimately does aim to create distinct, defined characters—not empty vessels for the reader to project onto.

“I have to credit BookTok a lot, because it provided that forum for people to start sharing what they were interested in,” Weaver tells Rolling Stone. “Even though dark romance is relatively ...

Look on any “As Seen on BookTok” table at your local bookstore, and you’re likely to find them: Romance books that seem demure with cursive fonts and illustrated couples on the cover but with pretty ...

Ali Hazelwood is a prolific contemporary romance writer, but this 2024 novel was her first foray into paranormal romance. It’s a “marriage of convenience” story in which Misery, the outcast daughter ...

Calling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Let’s not forget about the romance purists: BookTok gave romance a big boost. In 2020, there were only two romance-specific ...

With the rise of social media reading communities comes the rise of dark romance, a subgenre that remains controversial and problematic due to its depiction of messy, twisted, and often morally ...

This week, BookTok creators considered how content on ... This can be through romance, fantasy or even some motivational non-fiction.” Lighter evenings mean “people tend to have more time ...