Someone asked: “Which BookTok books are actually worth it?”
BookTok books worth the hype.
BookTok has sold millions of books, and not all of them deserve it. These do. Some are for crying, some for swooning and some for staying up until 3 a.m.
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
The Iliad retold as a love story between Achilles and Patroclus. Lyrical, tender and famous for making people sob.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
The book that made BookTok. An old Hollywood icon, seven marriages and the love story she kept hidden.
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara · 2008
The one everyone films themselves crying over. Brutal and beautiful. Not for every moment of your life.
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros · 2023
A war college for dragon riders, a rival to hate and romance. Pure fun and the start of a very long series.
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus · 2022
A brilliant chemist in the 1960s ends up hosting a TV cooking show. Funny, angry and full of charm.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab · 2015
A woman makes a deal to live forever, but everyone forgets her. Romantic, melancholy and very quotable.
Verity
Colleen Hoover · 2018
A writer finds a manuscript that should never have been read. Dark, twisty and absolutely binge-able.
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover · 2012
A love story that turns into something much harder. It started conversations about abuse, and it's worth reading why.
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