The Best BookTok Books To Read Now
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Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a 2015 novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, with a story that focuses on a Tokyo café offering time travel to its patrons – provided they return before their coffee cools. Originally written in Japanese, the English translation has become an instant hit, especially on TikTok. It's short and sweet, but it asks deep questions about time's passage and its significance in our lives.
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The Club by Ellery Lloyd
Need a good beach-read this summer? This is it. Think White Lotus meets Clique with a dash of Succession, The Club tells the story of an ultra-exclusive private members' club, The Home Group,. The unveiling of its grandest project yet, Island Home, promises to be the event of the decade. However, as guests arrive, the weekend turns deadly, unveiling the dark secrets concealed behind the island’s beauty and reputation. In a world where image is paramount, individuals will go to extreme lengths to protect their status.
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Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
Xochitl Gonzales’s debut, Olga Lies Dreaming, was a New York Times bestseller and received the thumbs up on TikTok as well. Her new novel is set to be another hit and has already received Reese Witherspoon’s nod of approval through her book club. It explores the tale of a first-generation Ivy League student who unravels the mysterious legacy of a forgotten female artist. Set in 1985 in New York, Anita de Monte's promising art career is overshadowed by her untimely death, fading into obscurity by 1998. Meanwhile, Raquel, a third-year art history student, grapples with her outsider status at College Hill, where privileged peers dominate. Raquel's journey intertwines with Anita's story, prompting reflections on power, love, and the selective memory of the elite.
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If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin
Loved Netflix’s One Day? Here’s another tearjerker for you. In this companion novel to If He Had Been With Me, Laura Nowlin delivers an intensely emotional and gripping tale about love's ability to both break and heal the heart. Finn and Autumn are lifelong friends and star-crossed lovers, held apart by relationships and circumstance, but pushed together by an undeniable connection. Told from three altering perspectives, this poignant romance is filled with tragedy and enduring bonds – if you devoured Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us, you’ll love this.
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Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
Ava Reid’s A Study In Drowning was all over TikTok last year, so if you’re into dark academia and gothic fiction, you’re bound to love her new book, due out this summer. This time Reid is reimagining Shakespeare’s most famous villainess by giving the misunderstood character a new backstory and new agency. It’s dark, dangerous, loaded with witchcraft – and full of feminist rhetoric.
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The House In The Pines by Ana Reyes
While it has all the elements of your favourite thrillers – an unreliable narrator, addiction, misdirection, buried secrets, and a quest for justice – this isn't your typical whodunit. It’s more about how he did it and how he got away with it. Two young women have tragically died under mysterious circumstances while in the company of one man, Frank. Seven years ago, Frank was the captivating older boy whom Maya loved, until suspicions arose about his interest in her childhood best friend, Aubrey. Maya harbours a gut feeling that Frank was involved in Aubrey's death, yet she struggles to piece together the how due to gaps and black holes in her memory, rendering her an unreliable witness to the police. As well as being a great thriller, this book also serves as a gripping, intricately plotted tale of female friendship, loyalty, maternal love, and the relentless pursuit of truth, even in the face of darkness.
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Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
While not strictly out until the summer, Little Rot is the latest novel from bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi. Five friends navigate a treacherous underground world in a Nigerian city until a breakup sparks a weekend of chaos, deceit, and corruption, intertwining the lives of Aima, Kalu, Ahmed, Ola, and Souraya. As they grapple with loss and danger, they're drawn deeper into the city's dark underbelly, facing power struggles, violence and betrayal. Emezi masterfully weaves a tale of desperation and survival, testing the limits of friendship and morality.
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The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller
If Homer’s Iliad feels too intimidating, The Song Of Achilles is a great entry point to the world of Greek myths. It is a gripping piece of historical fiction, with a moving queer romance threading throughout. Achilles, famed for his strength and charm, encounters Patroclus, a prince in exile. Despite the gods' threats, their bond thrives, influencing the tumultuous events of Troy's downfall, crafting a tale brimming with love amid warfare and sacrifice.
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