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” ...

One big factor fueling the reading revival is BookTok, a TikTok community of avid readers that has become a popular segment ...

I’ve always been a reader. Even if I went through a long gap year of not reading a single book, I would always come back to them and read outside until the sun set. I also love talking about my latest ...

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 ...

then the bar is set high for you and not just any romance book will satisfy your craving. Well, the Booktok and Bookstagram community have solved this problem for us and given out loads of book ...

Fascinating fantasy steeped in East Asian folklore.

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 ...

With a ban looming, publishers are hoping to pivot to new platforms, but readers fear their community of book lovers will never be the same. By Alexandra Alter Two years ago, Jeneane O’Riley ...

At the beginning of the month, there was controversy on BookTok over Fable’s use of AI. Fable, a social media app for people to discuss books, used an AI programme to produce a reading year in ...

BookTok, a large TikTok category, can be thanked for bringing the store back from the dead. Barnes & Noble originated in 1873. Charles M. Barnes began his company by selling books out of his home ...

When Brynne Weaver first released her novel Butcher & Blackbird, she was on a fact finding mission in the self-publishing world. The author had started with fantasy, then moved into paranormal ...

Now is a good—if, perhaps, mind-boggling—time to be a reader. Especially one with a smartphone. At the start of every year, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and authors are ...