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 ...

The biggest problem with BookTok isn’t the books people are reading, but the way they consume them. The endless cycle of buying books to appeal to an aesthetic shifts the focus of being a “book lover” ...

Don’t get me wrong, I love them both, but while I’ve definitely been introduced to new favorites, I can’t help but wonder how many great books are getting lost outside the BookTok hype cycle. BookTok ...

If you’ve been online at any point since 2020, you’ve likely heard of “BookTok,” the literature-focused side of TikTok.

The current scenario of the literary world is such that if you have seen a particular book everywhere, BookTok is likely responsible. For the past five years, BookTok has significantly increased ...

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

But Daunt isn’t too worried about the impact of potentially losing BookTok's impact on brick-and-mortar stores. With or without it, book lovers have always ended up back in bookstores.

Book clubs have had a revival in recent years thanks to BookTok – a viral TikTok community where users review and recommend books. It’s what helped reignite Ella Ashenden’s passion for ...