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 ...

Edward Holly (CAS ’25) inherited his love of reading from his mother, who passed down the novels from her book club to him. Holly now helps run Lattes and Lit, an on-campus book club at Georgetown ...

When people all across the globe finally flip their calendars to 2026, it won’t just be the start of a brand new year. For creators on BookTok, the section of TikTok obsessed with everything in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

TikTok took the world by storm during the COVID pandemic in 2020, becoming a place for people to communicate and interact while being locked in their homes. Under the hashtag “BookTok,” which has more ...

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 ...

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 ...

It doesn’t matter if you avoid social media or are chronically online enough to know what “faerie smut” is – if you’re a reader, you’ve probably heard of BookTok. Reader communities are nothing new.

Discover 6 captivating BookTok books that deserve an onscreen adaptation, offering complex stories and relatable themes for a ...

Several romance bookstore owners speak with PEOPLE about how the app’s reading community has impacted their businesses Courtesy of Steamy Lit BookTok, the reading community on TikTok, has steadily ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Jessica Mendoza: Hey, it's Jess. We're off on Memorial Day, but with summer ...