Edward Holly (CAS ’25) inherited his love of reading from his mother, who passed down the novels from her book club to him. ...
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 ...
Author Brynne Weaver chats with Rolling Stone about her new book Scythe & Sparrow and why so many people seem to be flocking ...
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 ...
If you’ve been online at any point since 2020, you’ve likely heard of “BookTok,” the literature-focused side of TikTok.
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” ...
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, ...
Barnes & Noble recently announced it will open 60 new stores in 2025. BookTok, a large TikTok category, can be thanked for ...
While that stigma can sometimes mean dark romance books are maligned in non-BookTok spaces ... she invites people to look into the dark romance genre more before they write it off all together.