Imagine this: You’re 16, mindlessly scrolling through your TikTok feed, expecting the usual mix of memes and music, when suddenly, amidst the tranquil flow of curated content, your mother appears in a TikTok video. You let out a scream — the horror!

I, the Libby social media specialist, gave my teenage son the jump scare of a lifetime when I disrupted his regularly scheduled algorithm, appearing in a TikTok video for Libby. While TikTok may seem like it’s reserved for “younger” demographics, I’m here to tell you, you’re wrong.

From insightful tutorials to hilarious happenstances, TikTok has become a place for crowdsourced information and recommendations. As a bookish girlie, my number one trusted source for book recs are other bookish girlies, and you can find them on BookTok, the book-centered subcommunity of TikTok, and right here on Libby Life.

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So, what’s everybody reading these days, thanks to the savvy recommendations of the BookTok community? We’ve compiled a few of the latest social media sensations. As with TikTok, these hot reads are constantly changing, so keep tabs on what’s trending and you’ll never find yourself in a reading slump again.

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