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Updated September 15, 2026 📬 Weekly Email
54
Titles Tracked
589
Mentions This Week
417.3M
Total Views
5.0%
Avg Engagement
📅 Most Anticipated ↓
Only categories with books in the current Top 20 appear active. Empty categories are shown faded.

🏆 This Week's #1

Week of September 15, 2026 — steady from last week
#1
Once Upon a Broken Heart
🔥 Most-Mentioned Book This Week
👑 Book of the Month 🔥 Summer's Hot Pick

Once Upon a Broken Heart

by Stephanie Garber
14
Mentions
329.7K
Views
5.0%
Engagement
💡 A BookTok hit with strong audience engagement.
Romantasy #1 This Week
📱 Platform mix: TikTok 50%IG 25%YouTube 25%

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📊 BookTok Top 20 This Week

Ranked by mentions • Updated daily
# Book Genre Mentions Views Eng. Trend 🛒 🎬
6 Powerless Powerless
Lauren Roberts
Romantasy 10 104,267 0.0% Buy
💡 Powerless holds #6 with just 10 mentions and 0.1M views because that tiny audience is hyper-engaged romantasy fans. It's not a viral spike; it's a dedicated niche pushing the enemies-to-lovers trope, keeping it steady.
7 Hopeless Hopeless
Elsie Silver
Romantasy 1 1,400 0.0% Buy
💡 That's a niche algorithm quirk, not a breakout—1 mention with zero views means a single creator's post triggered a localized spike, so it's holding steady on pure novelty, not momentum.
8 Beach Read Beach Read
Emily Henry
Romantasy 13 63,728 0.0% Buy
💡 With only 13 mentions and 0.1M views, Beach Read holds steady because it's the ultimate summer re-read. Its enemies-to-lovers trope keeps a loyal niche posting, even if it's not true romantasy.
9 Restore Me Restore Me
Tahereh Mafi
🏆 Yr
Romantasy 16 55,714,340 0.0% Buy
💡 The Shatter Me series is a BookTok evergreen, and Restore Me's 55.7M views show fans re-reading for Warner's redemption arc and the dark romantasy tension. It's holding steady because new readers are bingeing the series after the latest book's hype.
10 Shatter Me Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi
Romantasy 8 98,987 0.0% Buy
💡 Steady at #10 with 0.1M views but 8 solid mentions—it's a niche but rabid fanbase re-editing Warner's villain arc. The slow-burn enemies-to-lovers trope keeps it churning without blowing up.
11 Powerful Powerful
Lauren Roberts
Romantasy 19 51,056 0.0% Buy
💡 Powerful is holding steady at #11 because its feral FMC and morally grey MMC are pure catnip for romantasy readers, even if the 0.1M views show it's a slow-burn niche hit, not a viral explosion.
12 Heartless Heartless
Elsie Silver
Romantasy 18 2,433,202 0.0% Buy
💡 18 mentions pulling 2.4M views means each post is hitting hard, and holding steady at #12 shows a loyal fanbase re-reading for the romantasy angst. That engagement-per-post ratio is the real signal here.
13 Wild Side Wild Side
Elsie Silver
Romantasy 14 9,645,500 0.0% Buy
💡 14 posts pulling 9.6M views means each clip is going mega-viral. Fans are losing it over Silver's shift from small-town romance to romantasy, and the high view-per-post ratio shows the spicy, angsty scenes are hitting hard.
14 Happy Place Happy Place
Emily Henry
Romantasy 6 26,734 0.0% Buy
💡 A BookTok hit with strong audience engagement.
15 Keeping 13 Keeping 13
Chloe Walsh
Romantasy 1 25 0.0% Buy
💡 Even with just one mention and zero views, it's holding at #15 because the "Boys of Tommen" fandom is re-reading for the emotional payoff. Low engagement but steady rank means die-hard fans are driving the algorithm, not new discovery.
16 The Hunger Games The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Romantasy 3 28,394 0.0% Buy
💡 The Hunger Games is trending as the original romantasy blueprint—fans are re-reading for the Katniss/Peeta/Gale triangle. With just 3 mentions and zero views, it's a slow-burn nostalgia wave, not a viral spike.
17 King of Greed King of Greed
Ana Huang
Romantasy 2 5,800 0.0% Buy
💡 A BookTok hit with strong audience engagement.
18 A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas
Romantasy 32 23,074,818 0.0% Buy
💡 A BookTok hit with strong audience engagement.
19 Fearless Fearless
Elsie Silver
Romantasy 13 23,625,400 0.0% Buy
💡 23.6M views off just 13 mentions? That's a sleeper hit.
20 DAGGERMOUTH DAGGERMOUTH
Romantasy 1 931 0.0% Buy
💡 One mention, zero big views, yet it holds #20 — that's a micro-viral dark-romance pick. A single creator's "morally grey" edit is driving niche saves and searches, keeping it steady without a full blow-up.

Data sourced from 54 tracked titles across BookTok, Bookstagram & BookTube

💎 Hidden Gems This Week

Under-the-radar books gaining quiet traction across our sources
SEA OF CHARMS
SEA OF CHARMS
THE UNKNOWN
THE UNKNOWN
THE BUTCHER LEGACY
THE BUTCHER LEGACY
BRAIN DAMAGE
BRAIN DAMAGE
Freida McFadden
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Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)
Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Splintered Harmony (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 6)
A Court of Splintered Harmony (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 6)
Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Forgotten Melody (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 7)
A Court of Forgotten Melody (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 7)
Sarah J. Maas
💎
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins

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📅 Most Anticipated Upcoming

The books generating the most buzz before they drop
#1
ACOTAR Book 6
by Sarah J. Maas
Romantasy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
41d until release
The romantasy event of the year. After a five-year wait, Maas returns to Prythian. Fan theories running wild about Elain, Azriel, Lucien, and the future of the Night Court.
#2
The Lion & the Deathless Dark
The Lion & the Deathless Dark
by Carissa Broadbent
Romantasy 🔥🔥🔥🔥
OUT NOW
Book 5 in the Crowns of Nyaxia universe. A vampire vengeance quest with enemies-to-lovers that early readers are already calling Broadbent's best work yet.
#3
Cassian Vael and the Court of Stolen Light
Cassian Vael and the Court of Stolen Light
by Mara Silveira
Romantasy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
OUT NOW
The most requested ARC of 2026. Morally gray fae general + cartographer heroine who can erase places from existence. Pre-order click-to-buy rate is double the category average.
#4
The Mirror of Infinite Endings
The Mirror of Infinite Endings
by Stephanie Garber
Romantasy 🔥🔥🔥🔥
6d until release
The next chapter in Garber's magical universe. Once Upon a Broken Heart fans have been counting down. Expect lavish world-building and signature twists.
#5
The Knave and the Moon
The Knave and the Moon
by Rachel Gillig
Romantasy 🔥🔥🔥🔥
OUT NOW
From the author of One Dark Window. Her signature atmospheric prose meets a new world of intrigue and slow-burn romance. Already generating serious early hype.
#6
The Ballad of Falling Dragons
The Ballad of Falling Dragons
by Sarah A. Parker
Romantasy 🔥🔥🔥🔥
OUT NOW
The sequel to When the Moon Hatched. Dragon riders, ancient magic, forbidden love. Parker's fandom is one of the most active in romantasy right now.
#7
Ravenous
Ravenous
by Kresley Cole
Paranormal Romance 🔥🔥🔥
OUT NOW
A new series in the Immortals After Dark world. Paranormal romance queen Cole returns with vampires, werewolves, and witches. The IAD fandom is ravenous.
#8
Fever Dream
Fever Dream
by Elsie Silver
Contemporary Romance 🔥🔥🔥🔥
OUT NOW
A new series from the queen of small-town romance. Rivals-to-lovers set in Emerald Lake. Elsie Silver's books consistently dominate BookTok rankings.
#9
King of Gluttony
King of Gluttony
by Ana Huang
Dark Romance 🔥🔥🔥🔥
12d until release
Book 6 in the Kings of Sin series. Dark obsession, billionaire romance, enemies-to-lovers. Ana Huang's Twisted series fans will swamp this immediately.
#10
The Night We Met
The Night We Met
by Abby Jimenez
Contemporary Romance 🔥🔥🔥
OUT NOW
Friends-to-lovers from the queen of emotional contemporary romance. Abby Jimenez books regularly top BookTok bestseller lists with tear-jerker appeal.

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📐 How BookTokAI Rankings Work

Our algorithm tracks 54 titles across BookTok, Bookstagram, and BookTube — analyzing mentions, views, engagement rates, and week-over-week velocity from 1,522 creators and 1M+ posts. Updated every 24 hours.

40%
Mention Volume — How many creators are talking about this book
25%
View Reach — Total views across all BookTok videos mentioning the title
20%
Engagement Rate — Likes, comments, shares relative to views
15%
Velocity — Week-over-week growth and acceleration signals

ℹ️ About BookTokAI

BookTokAI tracks the most-mentioned books across BookTok, Bookstagram, and BookTube — analyzing mentions, views, engagement rates, and week-over-week velocity from 1,522 creators and 1M+ posts. Updated every 24 hours.

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