BookTok and the Destruction of Literature

BookTok and the Destruction of Literature

The decline in reading in America is a troubling fact, so a social media trend that encourages people to frequent bookstores and read well into the night

‘BookTok’ has fueled a literary comeback

By: OLIVIA BORGULACapital News ServiceGianna Traina read “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” because it soared in popularity online.Then she picked up “Daisy Jones & The Six” by the same author, which led her to “Malibu Rising” — her favorite book.Traina, a University of Maryland student, keeps up with “#BookTok”, a viral trend made up of book reviews and reading content that regularly garners millions of views and has thrusted authors into the …