Publication year 2025
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Gender Identity, Self Discovery, Good & Evil, Power & Greed
Tags Romance, Fantasy
BookTok Books
If you're looking for a book that makes you cry, this might be the list. TikTok has increasingly become a platform for sharing the kind of reading experience that sticks with you. This Collection presents popular BookTok selections, with accompanying Study Guides to help you gain an even deeper understanding of the stories you can't put down.
The Night Prince
The Nineties
The Poppy War
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Rachel Incident
The Reckoning
The Ruins
The Sacrifice
The School for Good Mothers
The Selection
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
These Violent Delights
The Silent Patient
The Silent Sister
The Song of Achilles
The Spanish Love Deception
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sweetest Oblivion
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Things We Leave Unfinished
Publication year 2025
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Gender Identity, Self Discovery, Good & Evil, Power & Greed
Tags Romance, Fantasy
Publication year 2022
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Tags World History, Music, US History, Arts & Culture, Politics & Government, Sociology, Humor, Internet & Social Media
Publication year 2018
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Revenge, Hate & Anger, Social Class, War, Colonialism, Good & Evil
Tags Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Military & War, Race & Racism, World History
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Gender Identity, Love, Hate & Anger
Tags Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance
Publication year 2023
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Coming of Age, Love, Sexual Identity, Friendship, Self Discovery
Tags Irish Literature, LGBTQ+, Romance
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Fear, Hate & Anger, Love, Memory, Shame & Pride, Masculinity, Nature Versus Nurture, Family, Fathers, Friendship, Siblings, Self Discovery, Social Class, War, Power & Greed
Tags Fantasy, Romance
Published in 2019, The Reckoning is a dark-fantasy romance novel by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. It’s the third installment in their popular Zodiac Academy series, which belongs to the subgenres of dark academia and bully romance, and follows Ruthless Fae (2019). Peckham and Valenti are #1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling authors known for their interconnected fantasy worlds, with the Zodiac Academy series gaining significant popularity with reader communities on social-media platforms... Read The Reckoning Summary
Publication year 2006
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fear, Appearance & Reality, Plants, Safety & Danger
Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy
Publication year 2023
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Revenge, Sexual Identity, Loyalty & Betrayal
Shantel Tessier’s 2023 novel, The Sacrifice, is a dark revenge romance set in a violent fantasy world where patriarchal power and wealth are inherited, and loyalty is forged through brutality. The story follows Laikyn Minson, who on her wedding day is forced into an arranged marriage with the ruthless Tyson Crawford, a powerful member of an organization known as the Lords. Tyson’s motives are not love but a long-simmering revenge plot against Laikyn’s family. He... Read The Sacrifice Summary
Publication year 2022
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Mothers, Mental Health, Science & Technology
Tags Science Fiction, Fantasy, Parenting, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 2012
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Love, Power & Greed
Tags Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
The Selection is the first book in the titular romance trilogy by American author Kiera Cass. First published in 2012, The Selection was pitched as a dystopian interpretation of the hit television show The Bachelor, and as Publisher’s Weekly stated in their review, the Selection is “[a] cross between ‘The Hunger Games’ (minus the blood sport) and ‘The Bachelor’ (minus the blood sport).” In a future set in the land of Illéa (formerly the United... Read The Selection Summary
Publication year 2017
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fame
Tags Historical Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, World History, LGBTQ+
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017) is a work of historical fiction by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The novel follows Monique, a journalist struggling to make a name for herself until she receives an offer to interview the mysterious and reclusive 1960s Hollywood starlet, Evelyn Hugo, about fame, scandal, and love. The novel is a study of human nature that explores The Cost of Fame, The Oversexualization and Commodification of Women’s Bodies, and the difficulty... Read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary
Publication year 2020
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fear, Hate & Anger, Love, Revenge, Good & Evil, Loyalty & Betrayal, Power & Greed, Family
Tags Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Chinese Literature, World History
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Loyalty & Betrayal
Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction
The Silent Patient (2019) is a contemporary psychological thriller from author Alex Michaelides. It tells the story of Alicia, who killed her husband, Gabriel, six years earlier—and hasn’t spoken since. The bulk of the novel takes place in the present-day, narrated by Theo Faber, a forensic psychoanalyst who recently began working with Alicia at The Grove, the psychiatric hospital where she resides following Gabriel’s murder. The novel uses the epistolary technique, interspersing Theo’s narrative with... Read The Silent Patient Summary
Publication year 2014
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense
Publication year 2011
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fate
Tags Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, European History, Mythology, World History, Fantasy, Romance
The Song of Achilles, author Madeline Miller’s bestselling novel, retells the events of Homer’s Iliad. Published in 2012, the book reimagines the relationship between ancient Greek Trojan war heroes Achilles and Patroclus. Narrated in the first person by Patroclus, the narrative explores themes central to ancient Greek mythology, notably the immutability of fate and the pursuit of glory.The novel begins with Patroclus narrating his birth and early childhood. Son of King Menoitius, the undersized and... Read The Song of Achilles Summary
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Love, Marriage, Trust & Doubt
Tags Romance, Gender & Feminism, Love & Sexuality, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 2016
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Realistic Fiction, Afro-Caribbean Literature, Modern Classic Fiction, Romance
Published in 2016, Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star is a young-adult novel and National Book Award Finalist. Told from multiple character perspectives, the novel tells the story of the romance that transpires over one day between two young people, Natasha Katherine Kingsley and Daniel Jae Ho Bae, and the impact they have on the people around them. Natasha and Daniel come from different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Natasha is an undocumented... Read The Sun Is Also a Star Summary
Publication year 2018
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Family, Marriage, Self Discovery, Truth & Lies, Trust & Doubt, Loyalty & Betrayal, Conflict
Tags Romance, Love & Sexuality
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Historical Fiction, World History, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Action & Adventure
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) is a fantasy novel by Alix E. Harrow. In this coming-of-age story, Harrow uses her background as a historian to recreate early 20th-century America, particularly its ways of thinking and societal rules. She employs magical realism to create new worlds alongside those of her eponymous main character, January, and to point out the relativity of societal laws and expectations. Harrow’s commentary on the past century’s political ideologies such... Read The Ten Thousand Doors of January Summary
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Sexual Identity, Loyalty & Betrayal, Art, Trust & Doubt
Tags Romance, Military & War, Modern Classic Fiction, World History, Historical Fiction