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 ...

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” ...

If you’ve been online at any point since 2020, you’ve likely heard of “BookTok,” the literature-focused side of TikTok.

Don’t get me wrong, I love them both, but while I’ve definitely been introduced to new favorites, I can’t help but wonder how many great books are getting lost outside the BookTok hype cycle. BookTok ...

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 ...

The China-based app, itself threatened with a demise in the U.S. before President Donald Trump intervened, has a rabid following of book lovers via its BookTok channel, which emerged in 2020 ...

The BookTok phenomenon is helping revive bookstore sales, and a Colorado author has become one of the most popular in the trend. A University of Colorado professor shares why this trend is popular.

Episode 3 of Cue the Commentary offers insight into the relationship between books and media. Stephanie talks with Caitlin ...