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BookTok: A Collection of Recommended Books
New releases and old classics alike have found wide audiences thanks to the community of readers known as BookTok.
Love it or hate it, the social media platform Tiktok is an undeniable culture maker. And it’s not just dance moves going viral on the app. Readers use Tiktok to share their enthusiasm for their favorite books. New releases and old classics alike have found wide audiences thanks to the community of readers known as BookTok. This list includes some of their most hyped titles.
Digital book (DB), braille (BR), large print (LT), and audio described videos (DVD) copies of these titles are available from the Perkins Library or the Worcester Talking Book Library. Please contact the library to order any of these books.
Prepared by Chelsea Wood
Senior Reader Advisor
Perkins Library
Black Sun
by Rebecca Roanhorse
DB101429, LT029677, Available as BARD Download
In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice celebration is coinciding with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event the Sun Priest believes will lead to an unbalancing of the world. As the priests prepare, a ship heads towards Tova with a seemingly harmless passenger. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
Book Lovers
by Emily Henry
BR024476, DB107926, LT031729, Available as BARD Download
Cutthroat literary agent Nora Stephens agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina, when her sister Libby begs her to accompany her on vacation. Surprisingly, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish, brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute, if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2022.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas
BR021862, DB081722, LT034971, Available as BARD Download
Dragged to a treacherous magical land, nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. Her feelings for him become complicated. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2015.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
by Sue Lynn Tan
BR024494, DB109445, Available as BARD Download
Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and th