There is a corner of the app TikTok known as BookTok; it is all about books and reading, and it is growing quickly! People known as “BookTokers” post videos recommending books, showing their book collections, making jokes about books, sharing their favorite authors, etc. These short videos have had a huge impact on the publishing industry, causing sales of books to skyrocket and often sell out in both stores and online. Sometimes the videos that go viral are showcasing older books, giving these authors and publishers an appreciated surge in popularity. Here are some of the most popular books on TikTok during the first week of May, and I have also included some read-alike titles that you might also enjoy. 

Young Adult Novels 

The Inheritance Games By Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Read-alike titles:

• Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson

• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

 They Both Die At The End By Adam Silvera

Read-alike titles:

• Release by Patrick Ness

• Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson

 We Were Liars By E. Lockhart

Read-alike titles:

• White Cat by Holly Black

• Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

 Anna And The French Kiss By Stephanie Perkins

Read-alike titles:

• Ditched: A Love Story by Robin Mellom

• Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson

 The Sun Is Also A Star By Nicola Yoon

Read-alike titles:

• Pride by Ibi Aanu Zoboi

• Crossing the Line by Simone Elkeles

 Crave By Tracy Wolff

Read-alike titles:

• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

• Half-Blood: The First Covenant  by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 Caraval By Stephanie Garber

Read-alike titles:

• Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

 Six Of Crows By Leigh Bardugo

Read-alike titles:

• Incarceron by Catheine Fisher

• Diamond City by Francesca Flores

 The Summer I Turned Pretty By Jenny Han

Read-alike titles:

• Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott

• Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo

 Legendborn By Tracy Deonn

Read-alike titles:

• Song Below Water  by Bethany C. Morrow

• The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider

 Adult Novels

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Read-alike titles:

• The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason

• Helen of Troy by Margaret George

 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Read-alike titles:

• Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley

• How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K.M. Jackson

 It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Read-alike titles:

• Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders

• Chasing Red by Isabelle Ronin

 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Read-alike titles:

• A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott

• The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Read-alike titles:

• How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

 A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Read-alike titles:

• Hunted by Meagan Spooner

• Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer

 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Read-alike titles:

• The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

• The Marriage Game by Sara Desai

 The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Read-alike titles:

• A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

• Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

 The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Read-alike titles:

• A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

• Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert