Book Tok has become the internet's go-to book club in record time, with romance sitting firmly as its undisputed queen. From sentimental rom-coms to dark, passionate love tales, the platform is defining world reading culture. Most of these favorite books have already been adapted into films like Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue, and Jenny Han's To All The Boys I've Loved Before and The Summer I Turned Pretty and 2025 has only brought the bar higher. Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy enchanted viewers on February 13, Julia Whelan's My Oxford Year was released on Netflix on August 1, and Colleen Hoover's Regretting You is soon to be released on October 24. Some additional adaptations those are coming our way include Ana Huang's Twisted Love series, Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing, and Elle Kennedy's The Deal.
Steamy hockey romances, fake dating, and twisted love
Ana Huang's Twisted series takes over Book Tok, with four connected novels featuring best friends Ava, Bridget, Jules, and Stella. The novels explore tropes such as billionaire obsession, enemies-to-lovers, and forbidden love, making them impossible to put down for high drama romance lovers.
Other favorites of the Book Tok are Lynn Painter's Better Than the Movies. It’s a clean rom-com about Liz Buxbaum who is hopeless romantic and falls in love where she would never expect, right next door. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood has also won hearts with its slow-burn professor-student romance, interspersed with clever science puns.
For readers who love a sports twist, Elle Kennedy’s The Deal and Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker bring sizzling chemistry, fake dating, and college hockey drama to life.
Dark twists, fairy-tale retellings and Book Tok’s spiciest picks
Outside of rom-coms, Book Tok is also in love with darker, grittier romances. H.D. Carlton's Cat and Mouse series (Haunting Adeline and Hunting Adeline) goes deep into stalker fixation and morally ambiguous characters, while Emily McIntire's Hooked reworks Peter Pan's bad guy in a sinfully twisted adult reimagining.
Tessa Bailey's, It Happened One Summer, sparked by Schitt's Creek, provides a grumpy-sunshine romance between a glamorous influencer and a rough sea captain. Ann Liang's, I Hope This Doesn't Find You, a Jenny Han-esque sweet YA, combines high school drama, secret confessions, and unexpected love.
Whether you're a slow-burn academic, spicy thriller, or fairytale re-telling kind of person, Book Tok has got a romance recommendation for you demonstrating once again why it is the go-to place for readers of today.
