BookTok is a sub-community on TikTok where users post under the hashtag #booktok, sharing book reviews, must-read recommendations, memes, and a variety of literary content. It has played a crucial role in bringing attention to new authors and helping them become bestsellers. But which books are the most popular?
The team at JPC has analyzed Google search volumes of the most popular books from #BookTok to determine the most popular titles. The study also analyzed a range of metrics such as the number of independent bookshops, the number of public libraries and the number of cafés to declare the best cities for bookworms.
The most popular #BookTok book in the US:
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros
- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins-Reid
- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- The Idea of You by Robin Lee
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yaros
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Twisted Love by Ana Huang
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins-Reid
- Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings
- Yellow Face by R. F. Kuang
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Key findings include:
- “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros is the most popular #BookTok book, attracting 368,000 monthly Google searches. It’s followed by “Daisy Jones and the Six” by Taylor Jenkins-Reid, “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover, and “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens.
- New York and Massachusetts are the most book-obsessed states with 77,690 and 25,960 Google searches for book-related terms respectively.
- New York is crowned the best city in the US for book lovers, boasting 131 libraries, 30 independent bookstores, and 2,879 cafés followed by Los Angeles and Chicago.
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