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#BookTok has been taking over the FYP’s of book lovers around the world, creating an online community full of funny videos, honest book reviews, and loads of book recommendations! If you spend any time on TikTok at all, you may have found that your TBR list has been steadily growing the more time you spend on the app — but among the hundreds of books you see recommended, which ones are worth the read? While we strongly suggest getting your book recommendations from a wide variety of sources (titles without TikTok followings can be great too!), we want to help you make the most of the social media frenzy around reading right now with a detailed breakdown of what exactly these books are about.
So many books have skyrocketed to fame through BookTok — from fantasy romance to thrillers and more — and we’ve rounded up just a few of them to add to your TBR list right now!
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‘On Gin Lane’ by Brooke Lea Foster
Image Credit: Gallery Books. Everleigh “Lee” Farrows is a Manhattan socialite who believes her life is finally headed down the perfect path, her handsome fiancé being just one of the testaments to that. But when a surprise engagement gift of a hotel on the beach brings her to the Hamptons for the summer, Lee is suddenly bombarded by memories of a less-than-pleasant childhood. Despite her attempts to keep them at bay with cocktail hours and lounges by the pool, a horrible incident on the hotel’s opening weekend leaves her reeling and questioning the future she had been so set upon.
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‘For Butter or Worse’ by Erin La Rosa
Image Credit: HQN. Chef Nina Lyon has wanted nothing more than to rise to fame in the male-dominated culinary world and pave the way for other women to do the same and being the co-host of the competitive cooking show The Next Cooking Champ! is precisely how she’s going to achieve that. That is, unless, famous restaurateur, and Nina’s co-host, Leo O’Donnell doesn’t drive her absolutely crazy first. Things take a turn for the worst when Leo’s jokes accidentally cross a line and Nina quits on the spot. And, on top of it all, the two are caught in a seemingly compromising position by the paparazzi. Now, despite constantly being at each other’s throats, Nina and Leo must partake in a “secret romance” publicity stunt in order to save their careers.
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‘It Ends With Us’ by Colleen Hoover
Image Credit: Atria. Author Colleen Hoover has captured the attention of readers with this bold and heart-wrenching novel. Life hasn’t always been easy for Lily, but she hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dreams and starting her own business. And when she sparks up a romance with a dreamy neurosurgeon, Ryle Kincaid, her life seems almost too good to be true. But as Lily becomes more and more overwhelmed with questions about her new relationship, an old flame comes into the picture — her first love, Atlas Corrigan — and threatens everything she and Ryle have built.
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‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ by Casey McQuiston
Image Credit: St. Martin's Griffin. When First Son Alex Claremot-Diaz and Henry, the Prince of Wales, make front-page news after an altercation, the relations between their two countries take a turn for the worst. Now, they must follow along with a plan to rectify the situation: staging a truce and pretending to be friends. But what starts out as a fake friendship begins to turn into something much deeper and Alex and Henry soon find themselves in a secret romance that could end up derailing everything.
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‘You’ve Reached Sam’ by Dustin Thao
Image Credit: Wednesday Books. 17-year-old Julia Clarke believes she has her whole future planned out — that is, until her boyfriend Sam suddenly dies and everything changes. Devastated, Julie tries to forget about him but in a desperate attempt to hear his voice one last time, she calls his phone to listen to his voicemail. Instead, Sam picks up the phone. Though their connection is temporary, just hearing his voice makes Julie fall in love with him all over again. But with every call, it becomes harder and harder for Julie to move on.
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‘Every Summer After’ by Carley Fortune
Image Credit: Penguin Publishing Group. 10 years ago, Persephone Fraser made the biggest mistake of her life and hasn’t returned home since. That is, until she receives a call that immediately propels her back to her home in Barry’s Bay. There she reconnects with her old flame, Sam Florek, and the six years they spent together come rushing back to her. But before Persephone and Sam can rekindle their love, Persephone must come to terms with the decisions of her past and their consequences.
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‘Beach Read’ by Emily Henry
Image Credit: Penguin Publishing Group. Augustus Everett, literary fiction author, and January Andrews, romance novelist, couldn’t be more different. The only thing they have in common is that they’re living in neighboring beach houses, both are broke, and both have major writer’s block. But on one evening, when one thing leads to another, Augustus and January strike up a deal to switch genres in order to force themselves out of their creative ruts. Both will finish a book, and neither will fall in love. Or so they think.
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‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ Sarah J. Maas
Image Credit: Bloomsbury Publishing. In this fiery and breathtaking book, 19-year-old huntress Feyre has been captured by a terrifying creature and taken to a world that she’s only heard about in stories — the mystical land of the Fae. However, she soon discovers that the creature who captured her isn’t a beast at all; Tamlin is one of the immortal and lethal faeries that used to rule over Feyre’s own world. As Feyre adjusts to her new home, her once cold and hostile feelings for Tamlin morph into a fiery passion that contradicts everything she’s ever been told about the land of the Fae. But an ancient evil is growing and Feyre must find a way to defeat it before Tamlin and his world are doomed forever.
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‘The Invisible Life of Addie Larue’ by V.E. Schwab
Image Credit: Tor Books. After making a bargain in 1714 to live forever, Addie LaRue is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets — and thus begins the extraordinary adventure of her life. After nearly 300 years, Addie meets a young man who remembers her name, and everything changes.
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‘Things We Do in the Dark’ by Jennifer Hillier
Image Credit: Minotaur Books. After being arrested for supposedly murdering her celebrity husband, Paris Peralta knows she’s in trouble, and not just with the law. With the extensive media coverage following her husband’s death, Paris knows it’s just a matter of time before someone from her hidden past recognizes her and destroys everything she’s built. Meanwhile, Ruby Reyes, a woman convicted of a similar murder 25 years prior, has been unexpectedly released from prison and knows who Paris is, threatening to expose all of her secrets. Now Paris has no other choice than to confront her dark past once and for all.
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‘Nightcrawling’ by Leila Mottley
Image Credit: Knopf. Kiara and her brother Marcus are barely surviving as high school dropouts from a broken family. As Kiara is desperately looking for work in order to support herself, her brother, and the abandoned 9-year-old boy next door, she is presented with an opportunity that could change everything: nightcrawling. But things take a turn for the worse when Kiara’s name comes up during a police investigation and exposes her as a key witness to an insane scandal.
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