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BookTok Made Me Buy It… But Did I Even Read It?

BookTok has become one of the most powerful forces in publishing. Viral videos showcasing popular titles have pushed backlist books onto bestseller lists and turned debut authors into overnight successes. Yet behind the glossy shelfies and color-coordinated stacks, one question persists. Are people buying these books to read them, or…

Monique SnymanAugust 20, 2025

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The Events Shaping Today’s Most Popular Book Genres

Literature reflects larger trends in society and vice versa: war, politics, television, technology and more play a role in shaping how and what people read, and what people read influences how they think about these issues. Data from The Folio Society identifies genre trends over the past few years that…

Joanna ReynoldsMarch 18, 2024

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10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

Dark academia lurks on the underside of academia — with a focus on the illicit, the murderous and the obsessive. When students become wildly fixated on their studies, they careen into forbidden territory, uncovering secrets that become the subject of the novel. This subgenre's appeal is not unlike the pull…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 23, 2022

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Study Sheds Light on How America Reads

How many books do Americans read, and how do they go about choosing what to read? Answers to those questions and a whole lot more can be found in a recently released study from myvision.org exploring the literary habits of 923 Americans ranging in age from 18 to 84, with…

BookTribOctober 28, 2022

BookTok Made Me Buy It… But Did I Even Read It?

The Events Shaping Today’s Most Popular Book Genres

10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

Study Sheds Light on How America Reads

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