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BookTok: The Essential Reading List
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items This isn't just a list of bestsellers—it's a collection of the books that have created a cultural moment. These are the stories that dominate your "For You" page, from heart-shattering romances and epic fantasies to addictive thrillers and found-fami...
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Obsessed with These Romances
Fantasy with a Side of Spice
Growing Pains & High Stakes
Mysteries & Morally Gray Academia
Obsessed with These Romances
Ready to fall in love with your next book? This list contains all the romance reads that have become viral sensations for their unforgettable characters, witty banter, and steamy scenes. You'll be obsessed, too.
This book is a raw, brave, and heartbreaking novel that will dig its claws into you and won't let go. It follows a young woman who has built the life she always wanted, only to have it challenged by a new love interest and a haunting connection to he...
It Ends with Us
This isn't your typical romance. It's a dark, twisted psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat and questioning everything you think you know. When a struggling writer is hired to finish the books of a bestselling author who ...
Verity: Hoover, Colleen: 9781538724736
This is the book that took the "fake dating" trope and gave it a scientific makeover. Olive Smith, a Ph.D. candidate, finds herself in a bind and impulsively kisses the first man she sees, who just so happens to be Adam Carlsen—a brilliant, "grumpy" ...
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Get ready to fall head over heels for the ultimate "enemies to lovers" and "fake dating" slow burn. Catalina Martín is desperate for a date to her sister's wedding in Spain to save face, and her detestable, six-and-a-half-foot tall coworker, Aaron Bl...
The Spanish Love Deception
Prepare for a summer romance that will have you aching for more. This is a nostalgic and deeply emotional "second chance" love story about two people who fell in love as teenagers and then drifted apart. Through a beautiful dual timeline, you'll foll...
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
This is not your average romance. It's a dark, captivating, and utterly addictive tale of forbidden love and obsession. When Ava Chen's brother asks his best friend, the cold and possessive billionaire Alex Volkov, to watch over her, an undeniable an...
Twisted Love (Twisted, #1) by Ana Huang
Lace up your skates and get ready for a deliciously spicy sports romance. When a rink mix-up forces a grumpy, hot-headed hockey captain to share ice time with a bubbly, talented figure skater, sparks begin to fly—and not just from the ice. Nathan Haw...
Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) by Hannah Grace
This isn't just a book; it's a peek behind the curtain of Old Hollywood's most scandalous life. Aging and reclusive movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell her story, but she chooses a completely unknown journalist to do it. As Evelyn recount...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
Fantasy with a Side of Spice
Welcome to the section for epic quests, found family, and love stories that will set your heart on fire. This is where fantasy meets romance in the most exhilarating way possible. Get ready to be swept away to magical worlds with fierce heroines, mor...
Enter the world of Prythian, where a human huntress named Feyre is dragged into a dangerous fae land after killing a wolf. What follows is a breathtaking retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," but with a modern, darker twist. This series is the ultimat...
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Get ready to soar into the most viral book of the year. This is a thrilling, high-stakes romantasy that follows Violet Sorrengail, a fragile young woman who is forced into the brutal, dragon-riding War College. Against all odds, she must fight to sur...
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros
Prepare to be completely captivated by the most brilliant heist in fantasy. This is a story about a crew of six dangerous outcasts who are offered a chance to pull off an impossible heist that could make them all rich—if they can survive each other a...
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Step into the dark and devious world of Faerie, where humans are little more than pawns. Jude Duarte has lived in the treacherous High Court of Faerie for ten years, but despite her desire to belong, the fae despise mortals. Above all others, Prince ...
The Cruel Prince (Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black
Get ready to meet your next obsession: an assassin with a heart of gold. This epic series introduces you to Celaena Sardothien, a young and deadly assassin who is offered her freedom from a brutal prison if she agrees to serve as the king's champion ...
Throne of Glass
What if you could live forever, but no one would ever remember you? This is the haunting premise of this breathtaking historical fantasy. In 1714, a young woman named Adeline LaRue makes a desperate deal with the devil to live forever, but is cursed ...
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Prepare for a fantasy with a unique, magical twist. Iris Winnow is a young journalist in a war-torn world where ancient gods have awakened and gone to battle. In a desperate attempt to help her missing brother, she begins to write letters to him, sli...
Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1)
Growing Pains & High Stakes
Welcome to the section for coming-of-age stories with a twist. These books are packed with relatable characters navigating the chaos of adolescence while also trying to solve murders, save kingdoms, or outsmart their enemies. This is where you'll fin...
Don't let the title fool you; this isn't just a book about death—it's about life. On September 5th, a service called Death-Cast calls Mateo and Rufus to inform them they are both going to die today. These two strangers, for different reasons, decide ...
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Prepare to be your own detective. Five years ago, Andie Bell was murdered, and everyone knows who did it: her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. But when smart and driven high schooler Pip Fitz-Amobi chooses the closed case as her senior ...
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Prepare to have your mind completely blown. This is a haunting and atmospheric thriller about the privileged, beautiful Sinclair family who spends every summer on their private island. But something terrible happened two summers ago, and the main cha...
We Were Liars: 8601410599324: Lockhart, E.: Books
Juliette Ferrars is a young woman whose touch is lethal. Locked away for a crime she didn't commit, she's a prisoner in a dystopian world crumbling under the rule of an oppressive government. But when her old enemy, the ruthless Warner, offers her a ...
Shatter Me: Riveting YA Romantasy Romance
Imagine if you suddenly inherited a billionaire's fortune, but there's a catch: you have no idea who he is or why you're his heir. This is the wild premise of The Inheritance Games, a puzzle box of a book that follows Avery Grambs, a teenage girl who...
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, 1)
Mysteries & Morally Gray Academia
Welcome to the section for readers who love a book that makes them think. These are the stories that peel back the layers of dark academia, intellectual ambition, and hidden secrets. From shocking literary mysteries to haunting tales of obsession and...
Prepare to have your heart completely shattered. This breathtakingly beautiful retelling of the Trojan War focuses not on the hero Achilles, but on his best friend and companion, Patroclus. From their secret childhood friendship to their forbidden, e...
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Welcome to the secretive world of the Alexandrian Society, an elite group of the most powerful magicians in the world. Every decade, six of the best young magical theorists are invited to a deadly initiation—only five of them will make it in. This bo...
The Atlas Six (Atlas Series, 1) by Blake
This is not an easy book to read, but it's one you will never forget. It's a profound, devastating, and ultimately beautiful story about four friends who move to New York City to chase their dreams, with their bond centering on the brilliant but deep...
A Little Life: A Novel - Yanagihara, Hanya: Books
This is the anti-heroine story you didn't know you needed. A beautiful, privileged, recent college graduate living in New York City decides to embark on a year-long, medically-induced sleep. With the help of a very questionable psychiatrist and a coc...
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
This isn't a book—it's an experience. Written in the style of an oral history, this story chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary 1970s rock band and its two iconic, troubled lead singers. As the band members, producers, and family all recount th...
Daisy Jones & The Six: Reese's Book Club Novel