BookTok, TikTok’s book community, is a side of the video app that revels in the far reaches of what the reading world can offer. There’s a section for everyone: comedy, lit-fit, science fiction, celebrity memoir, body horror, smutty fantasy, sports romances, and even sexy stories about women falling in lust …
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Emily M., a 26-year-old Taylor Swift fan in Washington state, woke up early on Saturday morning to join the line at her local Target with one goal: secure a copy of The Official Taylor Swift — The Eras Tour Book, released exclusively by the Tortured Poets Department pop star in …
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It’s a tale as old as time —the heartwrenching, steam-inducing, bodice-clenching story of a woman falling head over heels in love with a man who’s more red flag than person. Except in the case of the best-selling book A Court Of Thorns And Roses and its subsequent series, author Sarah …
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Thelonious “Monk” Ellison has hit his breaking point. The students in his Southern-lit class at the prestigious university he teaches at are oversensitive snowflakes. His superiors think he needs a break from academia. Monk’s novels may still be in print, but you wouldn’t know it; they’ve all been relegated to …
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Zakiya Dalila Harris rarely saw another natural-haired Black woman in the office. But one time it did. She was an assistant editor at Knopf Doubleday, a publishing group within Penguin Random House, and a woman stepped into the bathroom. Instead of a serendipitous smile, though, Harris received the cold shoulder …
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Right now, one of the biggest hubs in the book world isn’t a city, or a Manhattan high-rise, or even one particular publishing house — it’s TikTok. BookTok, a TikTok community of readers, reviewers, and authors, has redefined publishing’s relationship with book content creators. Since its rise in popularity in …
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