There is a corner of the app TikTok known as BookTok; it is all about books and reading, and it is growing quickly! People known as “BookTokers” post videos recommending books, showing their book collections, making jokes about books, sharing their favorite authors, etc. These short videos have had a huge impact on the publishing industry, causing sales of books to skyrocket and often sell out in both stores and online. Sometimes the videos that go viral are showcasing older books, giving these authors and publishers an appreciated surge in popularity. Here are some of the most popular books on TikTok during the first week of May, and I have also included some read-alike titles that you might also enjoy.
Young Adult Novels
The Inheritance Games By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
They Both Die At The End By Adam Silvera
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Release by Patrick Ness
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Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson
We Were Liars By E. Lockhart
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White Cat by Holly Black
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Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
Anna And The French Kiss By Stephanie Perkins
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Ditched: A Love Story by Robin Mellom
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Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson
The Sun Is Also A Star By Nicola Yoon
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Pride by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
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Crossing the Line by Simone Elkeles
Crave By Tracy Wolff
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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
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Half-Blood: The First Covenant by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Caraval By Stephanie Garber
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Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
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Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Six Of Crows By Leigh Bardugo
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Incarceron by Catheine Fisher
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Diamond City by Francesca Flores
The Summer I Turned Pretty By Jenny Han
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Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott
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Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo
Legendborn By Tracy Deonn
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Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
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The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider
Adult Novels
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason
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Helen of Troy by Margaret George
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
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Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley
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How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K.M. Jackson
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
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Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders
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Chasing Red by Isabelle Ronin
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
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How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
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Hunted by Meagan Spooner
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Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
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The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian
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The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
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A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
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Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
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A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
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Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert