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Children exposed to ‘spicy’ adult fiction by BookTok influencers

Reading is cool again, but publishers and parents fear that new TikTok trend promoting erotic titles goes too far

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024

Sexily ever after: how romance bookstores took over America

Five years ago, there was just one. Now bookshops exclusively stocking romance novels are everywhere – aiming to ‘undo generations of shame’

The Guardian - US · Feb 14, 2024

Mills & Boon launch ‘spicy’ Afterglow series to woo TikTok book lovers

Romance publisher to launch two ‘trend-led books’ a month, with ‘generous dose of spice in every story’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

‘It’s like comfort eating’: why readers are hungry for Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover’s novels took the top six places on last year’s New York Times bestseller list, while in the UK she rivals Richard Osman as the biggest author in recent times. How has she done it?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023

Red, White & Royal Blue review – Think Meghan and Harry: The Movie… but gay

Tale of an English prince and the US president’s son is wry and witty at first, but then becomes unstuck as it enters into soap opera mode

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Movie Review: The movie version of a beach read arrives in Amazon's ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’

“Red, White & Royal Blue," a new rom-com arriving on Prime Video on Friday, is based on a popular novel by Casey McQuiston that quickly became a New York Times bestseller upon its debut in 2019 about the son of the American president and a British prince who start a…

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

Red, White & Royal Blue review – Think Meghan and Harry: The Movie… but gay

Tale of an English prince and the US president’s son is wry and witty at first, but then becomes unstuck as it enters into soap opera mode

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

Report finds YouTube more popular than TikTok for young book buyers

Despite recent stories about the popularity of BookTok, Neilsen’s survey found more of those aged between 14-25 searched YouTube for new reads

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023

‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers

TikTok recommendations are driving sales and launching authors’ careers as the social media app continues to reshape the industry

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023

TikTok Is Becoming a Publisher. Will It Ruin the Book Industry?

BookTok is beloved as a guerrilla democratizing force, but the platform’s pivot risks killing the thing that makes it great

The Walrus · Jul 28, 2023