TikTok’s BookTok Community Crown Their Favorite Books of 2024
In recent years, TikTok has had a significant impact on book sales, and 2024 is no exception. The platform’s book-focused community, known as BookTok, has the power to make or break a bestseller, with its own display tables at bookstores and authors turning into superstars. Despite the constant debates over how to track reads, whether audiobooks count as reading, and how to adapt books into films, BookTok remains an integral part of the literary world.
Six months into the year, the BookTok community has already crowned their favorite books. At the top of the list is "Where Sleeping Girls Lie" by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, a novel that follows a young woman at a boarding school as she uncovers dark secrets and navigates friendships and politics. BookTok creator @earlgreypls praised the book’s focus on character development, saying, "The author did a great job creating the characters in this story, in my opinion."
Other notable mentions include "Funny Story" by Emily Henry, a romance novel that follows a woman who moves in with her ex’s new partner and pretends to date to keep up appearances. BookTokker @edensarchives raved about the book, saying, "This is some of Emily Henry’s best work, and I can say that confidently."
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, a fantasy novel set in 1600s Spain, also received praise from BookTok creators. While some reviewers found the book’s pace slow, @greekchoir noted that Bardugo’s writing style is "rich, dark, and luscious," and that the story redeems itself in the end.
Other popular books on the list include "The Husbands" by Holly Gramazio, a speculative fiction novel about a woman with a magical attic that generates husbands, and "Blue Sisters" by Coco Mellors, a multi-point-of-view novel about three sisters dealing with grief and heartbreak.
These books have captured the hearts of BookTok creators and readers alike, and it’s clear that the platform’s influence on the literary world will only continue to grow.
