BookTok trends here come from TikTok's search index, not from a feed. Each week this page runs 12 reading searches, from "booktok" and "romance books" to "romantasy" and "books to read", and lists every book topic TikTok returns with its 7-day search count, the number of videos matched to it and the fastest risers. For an author, a publisher or a creator, the useful column is videos matched: a genre or trope that thousands search for and few videos serve is where a recommendation video gets found.

Book topics people are searching on TikTok this week

Every row is a topic TikTok's search index returned for 12 book searches, ranked by TikTok's 7-day search figure. Topics with matched videos are ranked here; TikTok-generated topic clusters, which carry huge figures and no matched videos, are listed separately below as category signals.

#Search topic7-day searches7-day trendVideosCategory
1book praise and recommendations4.5M ▲ 498×461Personal Interests and Hobbies › Other Hobbies
2fantasy book series and titles4.5M ▲ 496×704Culture › Serious Literature
3book titles and recommendations4.3M ▲ 510×809Culture › Serious Literature
4Jax and Pomni dark romance4.3M ▲ 520×209ACGN › Animation and Comics
5romance and dark romance novels4.3M ▲ 518×847Culture › Serious Literature
6book and story reviews4.2M ▲ 526×435Relationship and Psychology › Relationship Knowledge
7romantic love expressions and intentions4.2M ▲ 528×300Relationship and Psychology › Relationship Knowledge
8romance novels and romantasy stories4.1M ▲ 536×615Culture › Serious Literature
9action and thriller books4.0M ▲ 547×684Culture › Serious Literature
10book and ebook reviews4.0M ▲ 551×714Culture › Serious Literature
11teen fantasy stories and books3.9M ▲ 562×569Sports › Physical Sports
12expressions of romantic love3.2M ▲ 683×598Relationship and Psychology › Relationship Knowledge
13crime and thriller book recommendations3.1M ▲ 720×366Culture › Serious Literature
14book editing and BookTok edits2.8M ▲ 828×958Culture › Serious Literature
15BookTok books and TikTok Shop2.6M ▲ 998×755Science and Technology › Software
16fantasy and thriller book titles2.6M ▲ 1,019×144Culture › Serious Literature
17Kindl315.3K ▲ 232%660Science and Technology › Software
18reading of the will285.9K ▲ 8%515Culture › Serious Literature
19Booktok mm269.1K ▲ 31%1.0KCulture › Serious Literature
20THE READING262.1K ▲ 656×835Culture › Serious Literature
21kindle font249.0K ▲ 311×433Science and Technology › Digital
22kindlecase219.0K ▲ 327%727Science and Technology › Digital
23kindle setup208.5K ▼ -22%677Science and Technology › Software
24what is a kindle207.0K ▲ 35%462Science and Technology › Digital

Data: TikTok Creator Search Insights via TokConnect, pulled 21 September 2026. Open the snapshot.

Fastest risers

Topics whose searches grew most across the seven days in the snapshot, from a non-zero start.

#Search topic7-day searches7-day trendCategory
1fantasy and thriller book titles2.6M ▲ 1,019×Culture › Serious Literature
2BookTok books and TikTok Shop2.6M ▲ 998×Science and Technology › Software
3book editing and BookTok edits2.8M ▲ 828×Culture › Serious Literature
4crime and thriller book recommendations3.1M ▲ 720×Culture › Serious Literature
5expressions of romantic love3.2M ▲ 683×Relationship and Psychology › Relationship Knowledge
6teen fantasy stories and books3.9M ▲ 562×Sports › Physical Sports
7book and ebook reviews4.0M ▲ 551×Culture › Serious Literature
8action and thriller books4.0M ▲ 547×Culture › Serious Literature

What TikTok returns for each seed search, top topics first.

booktok

  1. starting and joining BookTok · 4.7M searches · 838 videos
  2. BookTok books and FYP trends · 3.6M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  3. book editing and BookTok edits · 2.8M searches · 958 videos
  4. BookTok books and TikTok Shop · 2.6M searches · 755 videos
  5. Booktok mm · 269.1K searches · 1.0K videos

book recommendations

  1. best books and reading recommendations · 4.8M searches · 680 videos
  2. book buying recommendations and sources · 4.7M searches · 180 videos
  3. book praise and recommendations · 4.5M searches · 461 videos
  4. book tropes and recommendations · 4.4M searches · 578 videos
  5. book titles and recommendations · 4.3M searches · 809 videos

romance books

  1. dark romance book editions · 4.8M searches · 711 videos
  2. romance book titles and series · 4.7M searches · 276 videos
  3. romance books and novel titles · 4.7M searches · 429 videos
  4. romance books with side themes · 4.7M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  5. romance book series and titles · 4.7M searches · 624 videos

fantasy books

  1. MM romance fantasy books · 4.7M searches · 650 videos
  2. fantasy book series and titles · 4.5M searches · 704 videos
  3. fantasy book fan art · 3.9M searches · 413 videos
  4. teen fantasy stories and books · 3.9M searches · 569 videos
  5. fantasy and YA book information · 3.6M searches · 0 videos · cluster

books to read

  1. books and reading part two · 4.6M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  2. love of reading and books · 4.5M searches · 836 videos
  3. book reading and book memes · 4.2M searches · 727 videos
  4. May reading lists and books · 4.0M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  5. reading books to babies · 4.0M searches · 702 videos

dark romance

  1. dark romance book editions · 4.8M searches · 711 videos
  2. Jax and Pomni dark romance · 4.3M searches · 209 videos
  3. romance and dark romance novels · 4.3M searches · 847 videos
  4. romance and dark romance erotica · 3.8M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  5. dark romance story themes · 3.8M searches · 292 videos

thriller books

  1. crime thriller book plots and spoilers · 4.7M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  2. action and thriller books · 4.0M searches · 684 videos
  3. crime and betrayal thriller books · 3.9M searches · 318 videos
  4. crime and thriller book recommendations · 3.1M searches · 366 videos
  5. fantasy and thriller book titles · 2.6M searches · 144 videos

book review

  1. book and story reviews · 4.2M searches · 435 videos
  2. growing up books and reviews · 4.2M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  3. books and novel reviews · 4.0M searches · 461 videos
  4. book and ebook reviews · 4.0M searches · 714 videos
  5. book reviews and reading guides · 3.9M searches · 981 videos

kindle

  1. Kindl · 315.3K searches · 660 videos
  2. kindle font · 249.0K searches · 433 videos
  3. kindlecase · 219.0K searches · 727 videos
  4. kindle setup · 208.5K searches · 677 videos
  5. what is a kindle · 207.0K searches · 462 videos

romantasy

  1. romantic love phrases and expressions · 4.4M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  2. romantic love expressions and intentions · 4.2M searches · 300 videos
  3. romance novels and romantasy stories · 4.1M searches · 615 videos
  4. romantasy seaworld · 3.7M searches · 0 videos · cluster
  5. expressions of romantic love · 3.2M searches · 598 videos

ya books

  1. books about being alone · 4.8M searches · 839 videos
  2. books with five in titles · 4.8M searches · 116 videos
  3. books and bookstores · 4.7M searches · 971 videos
  4. books and media with CDs · 4.7M searches · 132 videos
  5. books with four in title · 4.7M searches · 257 videos

reading

  1. reading pages and text readers · 4.7M searches · 433 videos
  2. missing the habit of reading · 4.7M searches · 583 videos
  3. reading as escapism and coping · 4.7M searches · 606 videos
  4. reading of the will · 285.9K searches · 515 videos
  5. THE READING · 262.1K searches · 835 videos

TikTok-generated book clusters

These topic names are generated by TikTok: they carry very large figures, no matched videos and near-identical curves across variants, so the headline figure is best read as demand for the category, not proof that people type the phrase.

#Search topic7-day searchesVideosCategory
1books about being alone4.8M839Culture › Serious Literature
2dark romance book editions4.8M711Culture › Serious Literature
3books with five in titles4.8M116Culture › Serious Literature
4best books and reading recommendations4.8M680Education › School Education
5books and bookstores4.7M971Education › Education Supplies
6book buying recommendations and sources4.7M180Culture › Serious Literature
7romance book titles and series4.7M276Culture › Serious Literature
8romance books and novel titles4.7M429Culture › Serious Literature
9books and media with CDs4.7M132Personal Interests and Hobbies › Other Hobbies
10reading pages and text readers4.7M433Culture › Serious Literature
11books with four in title4.7M257Culture › Serious Literature
12starting and joining BookTok4.7M838Culture › Serious Literature
13MM romance fantasy books4.7M650Culture › Serious Literature
14romance books with side themes4.7M0Culture › Serious Literature
15romance book series and titles4.7M624Culture › Serious Literature

Frequently asked questions

What is trending on BookTok right now?

The first table lists the book and reading topics TikTok's search index returns for 12 searches such as "booktok", "romance books" and "books to read", ranked by 7-day searches. The fastest risers table shows what grew most over the seven days in the snapshot.

How can an author or publisher use this?

Match the wording. TikTok matches searches against captions, on-screen text and speech, so a video titled with the topic wording people search for ranks for it. Topics with few matched videos are the openings. The slideshow ideas guide covers the book-recommendation formats that rank.

Where does the data come from?

TikTok's Creator Search Insights, pulled through TokConnect and saved as a snapshot linked under each table. Search counts are TikTok's own figure for the last seven days, global.

Sources and data