Why BookTok Recs Still Rule in 2025
If you’re on BookTok, a reading aficionado, or even a introverted vixen that loves to loose yourself in the magic of literature, your wallet already knows the damage this lifestyle demands.
In 2025, the bookish side of TikTok is influencing everything from our TBR piles to our interior design dreams. It has even gotten to the point that it is more than reading.
It is a lifestyle that now controls all your hobbies. We no longer just talk about what to read next on our TBR list — it’s about creating a whole vibe.
So yes, BookTok made me buy it — and I’m not even mad. Here’s what’s trending this year on Amazon thanks to my bibliophile’s powerful grip on readers, romantics, and aesthetic-core like-minded people everywhere.
Trending Books Everyone’s Talking About in 2025
1. Funny Story by Emily Henry
Emily Henry’s 2025 release is spicy, snarky, and made for hopeless romantics. Roommate-to-lovers? Yes, please.
🛒 Grab it on Amazon
2. Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Hot vampire meets reluctant scientist bride. It’s Twilight x STEM girl — and the tension? Off the charts.
3. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Book three in the Crescent City series is back with the high-stakes romance and world-crossing chaos we’ve been dying for.
🛒 Snag it here
4. The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake
The conclusion to The Atlas Six trilogy is dark, academic, and emotionally exhausting in the best way.
🛒 Finish the trilogy
📚 Bookish Items BookTok Made Me Buy (No Regrets)
1. Spicy Book Sleeve – “I Like Them Thick and Spicy” Aesthetic Book Design
Perfect for keeping your spicy novels safe in public. (No judgment here.)
🛒 Shop on Amazon
2. TBR Journal BookTok Edition: 300 Pages
Write, add, erase, minimal, and totally on-brand for your “millennial girl meets chaotic reader” goals.
🛒 Add to cart
3. “Books Are My Love Language” Stainless Steel Insulated Tumbler
Every cozy reading spot needs a statement tumbler. Especially this one. It keeps your shit as hot as you put it in there and as cold as an ice queens heart.
🛒 Grab it here
🛋️ BookTok-Inspired Furniture & Decor
(Yes, You Need That Cozy Vibe)
1. Rounded Bouclé Reading Chair (Moody Aesthetic)
It’s the chair everyone wants in their “reading nook” because it is easy to film your TikTok’s in, curl up with your fur baby, or turn your back on your haters — soft, swoopy, and oh-so-comfy. (also comes in white but I am way to clumsy for that…)
🛒 Shop the look
2. 3-Tier Wooden Book Cart
If your TBR is a living thing and always getting added too or finishing with you having to end a relationship with the hot handyman, you need this wheeled cart to organize your chaos — color coded, of course.
Plus-Makes a great background for your video reviews depending on the lighting in the room. Super convenient. That way you can get on to your next read.
🛒 Organize your books
3. Fairy String Lights with Photo Clips
The go-to for romantasy vibes, mood lighting, and character art displays.
🛒 Add to your cart
4. KODAK Insta Print Printer and Sheets
Every book I read, I print off the cover of the book and have them as little book notches in my reading belt. I am quite the little book ho-let me tell you that much. And I have a whole wall to prove it.
📌 Pin & Shop This BookTok Life
You can shop everything from this post on Amazon, and yes — these are affiliate links that support this blog and my growing book hoard 💸 If you’re building your dream reading space or just want to fall for your next fictional boyfriend, this post has you covered.
Which BookTok item are you obsessing over this year? Let me know in the comments or tag me on TikTok @jenniwithasideofawkward!
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