Trending For Good Reason - Booktok Recommendations

TikTok has become a powerful platform for sharing and discovering great reads, and these trending books are just the tip of the iceberg. We appreciate every aspect of a book lover’s journey to our bookshop and we think that highlighting these three is a must.

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
”This Is How You Lose the Time War” is a stunning science fiction novella that has been captivating readers on TikTok. In this epistolary novel, two time-traveling agents, Red and Blue, from rival futures, leave letters for each other across time and space, slowly falling in love even as they are pitted against each other in a war for the fate of the universe. With its poetic prose and innovative storytelling, "This Is How You Lose the Time War" is a book that will leave you feeling like you’ve run a marathon.

Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
In this haunting and atmospheric novel, Jo arrives in a new city to attend university, where she meets a girl named Carral, and they quickly fall into a passionate, consuming relationship. As Jo becomes increasingly enmeshed in Carral's world, she finds herself drawn into a strange, dreamlike existence that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. With its lush, evocative prose and its exploration of love, desire, and the boundaries between self and other, "Paradise Rot" is a book that will linger in your mind long after you've finished reading it.

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
A powerful exploration of love, desire, and identity that has been gaining momentum on TikTok. This novel follows the journey of a Palestinian-American woman as she grapples with coming of age, queerness, and the complexities of love and family. heartwrenching and raw, this is something to read in one held breath.

All the above books can be ordered for home delivery or collection from the shop.