An ever-growing community calling itself “BookTok,” on the popular social media app TikTok, has caused publishing industry sales and authors’ careers to sky rocket. Now, there is an increased demand ...

After struggling with addiction and depression, former professional rugby player Luke Bateman finally found a community where he belonged. The 30-year-old was a lifelong fantasy reader but "never saw ...

Growing up, I didn’t love books. Reading for fun seemed impossible. I would only read the books assigned in school, and even had to use Sparknotes to summarize the content I was reading. However, that ...

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As reading gets popular, there are a lot of opinions flying around. BookTok, a subculture of TikTok, boomed in 2020, right around the time of the pandemic. With an astounding 52 million hashtags, it’s ...

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 8:44 p.m. Social media made reading cool again, but is BookTok enough to fight the literacy crisis? Viral TikTok trends have encouraged teens and young adults to pick ...

Whether or not you're a casual reader or a distinguished bookworm, chances are you've heard of BookTok — TikTok's little corner of the internet where all things literature are discussed. Since 2020, ...

Horror hype is cheap. BookTok spits out a new “scariest book ever” every other week, and nine times out of ten, it’s all bark and no bite. But every so often, a title shows up that isn’t just shocking ...

Years of slowing sales and a decline in reading for pleasure should spell a grim future for the publishing industry. But BookTok, a widely popular subgenre of the Tiktok platform that's devoted to ...

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