21 popular BookTok books and why they went viral

Before perusing bookstore shelves for the book to break your reading slump, you may just want to scroll through TikTok first. Turns out all the recommendations you need could be right at your fingertips. Fittingly called BookTok (short for “Book TikTok”), the subcommunity of the social media platform is self-described as “the biggest book club on the planet.” Enthusiastic readers connect with one another to share book reviews, reactions and curated lists of recommended must reads.