We've written before about the viral TikTok recipes people, respectfully, would rather drink their own sweat than try again. But you know what else TikTok has made viral? Books. Lots of books.
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NPD Books told The New York Times that "no other form of social media has ever had this kind of impact on sales." Many bookstores have a table displaying copies that have gone viral on #booktok (the hashtag book lovers use to discuss titles on the app). But are they... good?
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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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"I’ll say it… I'LL SAY IT… 'A Court of Thorns and Roses.'"
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Bloomsbury Publishing
"I'm a victim of 'Haunting Adeline.'"
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Hailey Carlton
"I couldn't help but cringe every time I tried to read it."
"Haunting Adeline was physically painful to read. I cringed every time it was a 'Z' chapter."
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"'The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo.'"
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Simon & Schuster UK
"I got halfway through that one and returned it to the library. "
"'Twisted Love'…"
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Piatkus
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"'Throne of Glass.' Don’t come for me! I know how you girls like to tussle."
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Bloomsbury Publishing
"But it legitimately read like Wattpad. I barely got through it and can’t make myself read another one."
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"'Atlas Six.' There, I said it. Hated it."
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Tor
"THANK YOU OH MY GOD. I feel like it had so much potential but tried way too hard to be more than it was??"
"'Reminders of Him' made me realise there can indeed be an unbearable book."
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Montlake
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"'Powerless' is one of the worst books I’ve read. I had to hate-finish it."
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Simon & Schuster Children's UK
"I feel like the author could improve — it’s her first book and she started writing it when she was like 17."
"For everyone on here who told me to read 'Girl in Pieces,' we have a personal problem."
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