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Woman catches boyfriend using her $30 Redken shampoo without her consent. Why are people defending him all of a sudden?: ‘Lavender Soap Theory’

Another day, another relationship nearly ended by a $30 bottle of hair care. One woman logged onto TikTok expecting sympathy after catching her boyfriend absolutely mauling her Redken Extreme Length shampoo. It’s the kind someone buys for themself, not for freeloading scalps. But instead, she found herself knee-deep in something…

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Can you put a hold on items at Kohl’s? Woman tries with viral ‘spicy’ book blanket: ‘She asked her manager’

Few online communities are forces to be reckoned with quite as fiercely as BookTok. Famed for its buying power and proclivity toward impassioned fandom, BookTok has been driving literary pop culture for years now—particularly regarding the “romantasy” genre.

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‘I would love to kidnap you’: Booktok influencer flies woman out to Miami after barely talking to her. Then they watch his ‘comfort’ show ‘Dahmer’

A TikTok user has gone viral after sharing her weekend encounter with BookTok influencer and adult social media star Will Pyun.

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Luke Bateman’s Bachie Ex Ellie Rolfe Pens Scathing Post After Seeing Him On I’m A Celeb

"Don't believe everything you see on TV and on social media! People can curate a whole identity for their personal gain/ego."

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Want to get your teens reading books this summer? 7 teens share their favourite books in 2025

Around the world, young people are reading for pleasure less often, suggests a recent report. In Australia, 29% of high school students don’t read in their free time. So, how do we encourage our teenagers to read? There are some proven things you can do.

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Teens discover books on social media. What will the under-16s ban do to their reading?

In a video address to the nation, timed with Australia’s world-first teen social media ban, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese encouraged under-16-year-olds newly unable to access social media to “read that book”.

The Conversation

‘Turned my location off’: Phoenix woman tells her boyfriend she’s going for a drive at night. Then a car with no headlights starts following her

There’s the real world version of dating, and then there’s the BookTok version: dramatic, moody, and full of fantasy. A trend built around that idea has been circulating on TikTok, with creators staging the moment they “go for a drive” and someone follows behind.

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BookTok's Wild One Piece Guess: Sanji's Arlong Park Durability Linked to Whole Cake Island Abuse

A BookToker's startlingly accurate theory about One Piece's Sanji, made hundreds of chapters early, has veteran fans re-evaluating their understanding of the series.

International Business Times UK

Why the internet (and Gen Z) is still obsessed with Twilight, two decades on

Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the publication of Twilight, the first book in Stephanie Meyer’s teen vampire romance saga published between 2005 and 2020.

The Conversation

Young Finns snub their mother tongue by reading in English

Publishers fear for the future of translated literature as sales of foreign language books rise

The Guardian - UK

Thoughts about the afterlife sparked R.F. Kuang's newest novel, 'Katabasis'

Ruminating on the question of what happens after you die inspired R

The Independent UK

‘Richard Osman makes me feel better’: Meet the Thursday Murder Club’s Gen-Z superfans

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Think the bestselling mystery books – now adapted into a new Netflix film – are exclusively for readers as old as their crime-busting OAP heroes? Think again. Helen Coffey speaks to the twentysomething BookTokkers who can’t get enough of them

The Independent UK

Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading

Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok

The Guardian - UK

6 ‘God-Tier’ BookTok Books, According to a Writer (And no, there’s no ACOTAR)

A lot of the time, BookTok feels like one giant book club. And one content creator who is especially embracing these vibes is Katie Wu (@katiewuwrites), who rounded up her six favorite reads to an audience of 89,200.

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Insider Trading: How Eden Victoria Turned BookTok Hype Into a Publishing Deal

"My biggest tip is to write as much as you possibly can, but on top of that, get on TikTok."

The Guardian - AU

Marginalia mania: how ‘annotating’ books went from big no-no to BookTok’s next trend

Readers are sharing how they write their predictions into novels, colour-code their emotional responses and even gift annotated books to friends. Is it actually fun, or just a bit like homework?

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Who Gets A Book Deal? Luke Bateman’s Success Puts Publishing Inequality In The Spotlight

Luke Bateman’s book deal has sparked major debate on BookTok, raising questions about privilege and diversity in publishing.

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‘The Fyre Festival Of BookTok’: How A Book Festival Bombed So Hard, It Went Viral

A book festival in Baltimore has blown up on social media for how terribly it was organised, with many dubbing it the Fyre Festival of booktok.

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Marie Claire

Ana Huang Is Ready to Rule Over Romance

With the release of 'King of Envy,' the author, who started as a self-published BookTok favorite, is quickly becoming the queen of the genre.

The Conversation

A Sydney ‘dark romance’ author is charged with producing child sex abuse material. How do we police books in Australia?

After writing and selling a “dark romance” novel, a self-published author from Quaker’s Hill will appear before a Sydney magistrate on Monday, charged with producing, possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material. The Daily Telegraph reported police had “received multiple complaints”.

The Conversation

Ten years of A Little Life – what’s behind the enduring popularity of Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘trauma porn’ novel?

Hanya Yanagihara’s second novel A Little Life, released ten years ago, has become a contemporary classic – with notoriety and acclaim boosting its profile in equal measure.

The Guardian - US

Romantasy, Bridgerton, audio porn apps: it’s a great time for horny ladies

For fans, sexy, female-centered entertainment is a welcome escape from reality

The Conversation

Amazon’s Goodreads builds community, but breeds division. Indie rival StoryGraph is playing it safe – and gaining ground

Reading, once a largely private activity, has become more public and communal with the emergence of book-centred social media spaces. But while the “BookTok” and “Bookstagram” communities are often in the news, Goodreads, founded in 2006 and estimated to have 150 million users, was arguably the first digital network to…

The Guardian - UK

Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?

New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of ‘spicy’ romance?

Creative Bloq

We need to talk about those controversial new Jane Austen book covers

Is no author safe from the BookTok craze?

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