Which books are going to go TikTok famous this year
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- Marisa Brand, @marisa_elle on TikTok and @marisaelle on Storygraph
- Katherine Brink, @katiesbookobsession on TikTok
- Dakota Bossard, @dakotabossard on TikTok and Instagram
- Haley Graham, @whatshalesreading on TikTok and Instagram
- Cait Jacobs, @caitsbooks on Instagram and TikTok
- Kendra Keeter-Gray, @kendra.reads on TikTok and @kendra.readz on Instagram
- Alaina Leung, @alaina.wyl on TikTok and Instagram, and @awyl on GoodReads
- Meara McNitt, @mearaisreading on TikTok
- Moly Milosovic, @molysbookclub on TikTok and Instagram
- Sky Robinson, @booksplussky on TikTok, Instagram, and StoryGraph
- Maya Topiwala, @maya.reads on TikTok and @mnmbooks on Instagram
- Georgia Wilder, @georgialovestoread on TikTok, @georgiakwilder on Instagram, and Georgia Wilder on Goodreads
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So many books, not enough time. Most avid readers share this sentiment. With so much to choose from, it can be hard to determine what to read next.
Like Alaina Leung, a creator on TikTok and Instagram, said: “As with every bookworm, I suffer from having a never-ending list of books that I want to read.”
To help narrow your TBR list, I spoke to a dozen BookTok creators about the books they’re most looking forward to reading in 2024. Some of these titles are new releases — The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black was named more than once, as were multiple Elena Ferrante books — while others are decades, even centuries, old. A TBR shelf is a sacred space, but it’s also one we should play with, a kind of ongoing curation of our future selves.
“If you ask me tomorrow, my answer might change,” Haley Graham, otherwise known as @whatshalesreading on TikTok, said. “I’m a huge mood-reader, and I can never stick to a planned TBR… I’m drawn to character-driven stories, stories that are a little weird, [and] stories that are poetic or have dimensional characters.”
It’s easy to understand why TBR shelves are so varied. Creator Marisa Brand said she “honestly couldn’t tell you why I added [some of the TBR books] to my list… At some point, something piqued my interest about them — [it] could have been a BookTok review, a friend recommendation, or something I liked the sound of at a bookstore.”
Some of the books on your favorite creators’ TBRs are part of a series, meaning the upcoming books feel like automatic additions to their shelves. For instance, Kendra Keeter-Gray likes having a series on her TBR because “it’s nice knowing that I have [a finite] amount of books left in the universe to keep me entertained all year long.”
Then there are hybrid genres like romantasy, a genre of fiction combining romance and fantasy that often includes strong female characters and sex scenes with men with wings. I have not read a single romantasy book that wasn’t recommended to me by TikTok. I feel pretty confident about my taste and knowledge with regards to literary fiction, poetry, and other genres, but if I want a fun romantasy read, I turn to TikTok or Instagram book creators.
Same with Sky Robinson, a creator who said she finds “almost all” of her TBR recommendations on the app. Maya Topiwala, another creator, said, “BookTok is an exciting and fun way to learn about new releases and re-popularize books that came out in years past.” Creator Georgia Wilder also gets many of her recommendations from friends and mutuals on BookTok but likes to “branch out and find books I haven’t heard of at bookstores and online on book subscription companies’ websites.”
Among the TBR recommendations from creators listed below, most but not all were initially discovered on social media. Creator Cait Jacobs finds new books by looking through publishers’ updates, following authors on social media, and, of course, BookTok.
“I found BookTok is a great way to find authors and books I otherwise might never have discovered, as well as make me reconsider picking books I might have dismissed too quickly,” Jacobs said. “It also helps me keep up with what’s happening with series and authors I’ve loved for years.”
Their creator status also gives them early access to information and ARCs, or advanced reader copies. Like Dakota Bossard, a creator on TikTok and Instagram said, “As a BookTok creator I [learn] about upcoming releases directly from the authors and publishers I’ve connected with over the past two years.
“My platform has made it easy to stay on the pulse of what’s coming out and now I’m reading more new releases than ever before,” Bossard added. “It’s almost overwhelming, last year I received over 100 galleys, but as an avid reader it’s such a privilege.”
So what books are on your favorite BookTok creators’ TBRs? Some of the books on this list are new releases in 2024, some are classics, and some are just books that are getting a bit dusty on the shelf. You’ll see some repeats on this list, like The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo and The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black, which means both will surely take off online.
It’s hard to know what will become TikTok famous. But from romance and fantasy to literary fiction and classics, here are the books some of our favorite BookTok influencers will be reading this year:
Marisa Brand, @marisa_elle on TikTok and @marisaelle on Storygraph
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Cross the Line by Simone Soltani
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Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin
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The Bookbinder’s Guide to Love by Katherine Garbera
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Ana Takes Manhattan by Lisette Decos
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The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson
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The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead
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Katherine Brink, @katiesbookobsession on TikTok
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Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
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Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
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Babel by R.F. Kuang
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The Brown Sisters series
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Dakota Bossard, @dakotabossard on TikTok and Instagram
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Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon
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Worry by Alexandra Tanner
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All Fours by Miranda July
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We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parsons
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Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise by Lin Yi-Han
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Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg
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All of Elena Ferrante’s books
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The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
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Haley Graham, @whatshalesreading on TikTok and Instagram
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Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn
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Margos Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
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Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
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The Fury by Alex Michelides
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Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
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More of Toni Morrison’s work
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All of Heather O’Neill’s books
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These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
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Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
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Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
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Cait Jacobs, @caitsbooks on Instagram and TikTok
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So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
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To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X Chang
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The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields
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The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black
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A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
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The Celestial Kingdoms duology by Sue Lynn Tan
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Caraval by Stephanie Garber
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Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
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Kendra Keeter-Gray, @kendra.reads on TikTok and @kendra.readz on Instagram
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Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez
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Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher
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Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
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This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan
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Funny Story by Emily Henry
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The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black
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Alaina Leung, @alaina.wyl on TikTok and Instagram, and @awyl on GoodReads
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To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X Chang
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Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
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The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
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Spider by Azma Dar
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Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
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Meara McNitt, @mearaisreading on TikTok
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The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
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A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
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Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
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Wisteria by Adalyn Grace
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Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
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The Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna Bright
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The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
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Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
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A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown
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The Toll by Neal Shusterman
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Gone Wolf by Amber McBride
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Moly Milosovic, @molysbookclub on TikTok and Instagram
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Lady MacBeth by Ava Reid
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The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
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Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
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Sky Robinson, @booksplussky on TikTok, Instagram, and StoryGraph
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The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest
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This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan
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The Wild Love series by Elsie Silver
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The rest of the New Haven series by JL Seegars
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The Magnolia Parks Series by Jessa Hastings
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Losers Duet by Harley Laroux
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Maya Topiwala, @maya.reads on TikTok and @mnmbooks on Instagram
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Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel
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The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
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Bride by Ali Hazelwood
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The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala
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That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
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Georgia Wilder, @georgialovestoread on TikTok, @georgiakwilder on Instagram, and Georgia Wilder on Goodreads
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Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas.
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The Wild Love series by Elsie Silver
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Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood
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A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft
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A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
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Defy The Night by Brigid Kemmerer
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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass Series #5) by Sarah J. Maas
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Beach Read by Emily Henry
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Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
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