We've written before about the viral TikTok recipes people, respectfully, would rather drink their own sweat than try again. But you know what else TikTok has made viral? Books. Lots of books.
Universal Pictures / Focus Features, United International Pictures / Bac Films / Nickelodeon NPD Books told The New York Times that "no other form of social media has ever had this kind of impact on sales." Many bookstores have a table displaying copies that have gone viral on #booktok (the hashtag book lovers use to discuss titles on the app). But are they.
.. good? Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Well, according to TikToker and book enthusiast @lonesomeliv, not always.
"Me after being tricked by BookTok into reading the most heinous, badly-written book to exist on the face of the Earth after being told it was a literary masterpiece," a video she posted this February read. Her comments were filled with people naming and shaming their worst reads — here are just a few: @lonesomeliv i’ve read a lot of great books bc of tiktok but as a general rule of thumb if its revered by a majority of ppl on here its gonna be one of the worst book you’ll ever read #booktok #books #reading ♬ Big Foot x SCREAM - Saint Hoax Side note — taste is subjective, and just because someone on TikTok doesn't like a book doesn't mean it's bad. Most of these titles have sold hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions, of copies — none of these opinions take away from the fact that many, many people lov.
