Don Martin
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killjoysmakesomenoise :
Booktok hasn't heard of it because it isn't romance/romantacy. Sorry someone had to say it.
2026-05-07 10:17:05
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Zoe Bell-Kanapaux, author :
Pulitzers aren’t the “Booktok’s most popular” award
2026-05-07 12:04:33
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ProKim :
things like the pulitzer used to be how you'd hear about books worth reading in the first place
2026-05-06 02:21:19
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Austin Moore :
People genuinely seem to think that BookTok is the end all be all of artistic merit when it comes to writing and the books they’re suggesting are Heated Rivalry (loved the book series but it’s not winning any awards any time soon)
2026-05-05 16:43:27
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Magpie :
people should read whatever they want, *but* be self aware enough to realize they're only seeing part of the whole picture.
2026-05-05 16:08:22
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timea | beauty journalist :
isn't... the Pulitzer list... one of the places to hear about this book for the first time? if they followed bookshops or prints I'm sure they'd hear about it? 😅
2026-05-06 05:01:23
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Kaity :
Following indie bookstores and libraries has been hands down the best way to get books recs that are a little outside the same 12 books that everyone is talking about online…
2026-05-05 20:57:34
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Bridget Toomey :
This is also why i genuinely like Goodreads reading challenges. It has me trying out books I wouldn’t have picked on my own
2026-05-08 12:41:31
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ambers.tbr.adventure :
This is why I love book clubs! I hear about so many different books, usually outside my preferred genre, and different perspectives.
2026-05-05 15:53:05
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Saxton T-J :
MY PROFESSOR IS THE REVIEW ON THE COVER WHAT
2026-05-08 03:12:58
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Shanna :
It was an interesting read. I loved their previous book Whalefall.
2026-05-06 03:27:28
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tinmanbooknerd :
I also helps when you read more than one genre. I get recommendations in every genre except biographies so I see more of a variety.
2026-05-07 02:28:22
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Randi Nicole :
I had a regular from our bookstore (she’s in indies WEEKLY) say she never saw Angel Down anywhere and I’m like “GIRL IT WAS ON OUR FRONT TABLE FOR A MONTH AND A HALF IN A BIG ASS STACK - WE HOSTED THAT MAN”
2026-05-06 00:50:10
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Dasonie :
The pulitzer has never been one of those awards that care about mainstream popularity
2026-05-06 16:10:42
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✨ L y d i a ✨ :
Also authors can submit themselves to the Pulitzer and it has nothing to do with popularity
2026-05-06 22:21:33
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Mel 📚🧶☕️ :
I work I'm Acquisitions at an academic library so I'm getting daily emails, and newsletters from publishers. I also attend many of their webinars, so a lot of the Pulitzer winners and finalists were on my radar, but not EVERYTHING. I really can't stress how many books get published every week and even when your job is to know what's new and popular, you're not going to know it all. I can also say that the majority of the nonfiction and literary fiction out there is not getting mainstream traction on booktok.
2026-05-05 21:06:36
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Sofia Antonia Milone :
It’s almost like people are cultivating themselves a sort of bubble…
2026-05-05 20:49:20
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tedward42 :
I gotta be honest I dont think I can recall a single Pulitzer winner that I knew abt prior to the award but every one I've ever read has been incredible
2026-05-06 02:40:23
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goose :
If you read literary fiction you probably heard about Angel Down late last summer or early fall at the latest. It was extremely buzzy bc it’s really unusual/ambitious AND just a good read.
2026-05-06 04:11:28
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Rachel :
How can I tap into the book world to get recommendations outside of booktok? I don’t have any connections to that world.
2026-05-05 22:51:13
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🔖 :
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus was selected as one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2025. It did not come from nowhere. It is a fever dream of a book though so is his other book whalefall that ironically to your marvel point is starring Josh Brolin and just got great reviews at a festival premiere. Find the lit fic side of booktok they are out there!
2026-05-05 23:15:33
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drew :
I won it as an advanced copy book last summer at a bar (lol). SO proud of myself for picking it.
2026-05-06 03:35:52
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Arthur Avalos || Author :
The reactions are upsetting. People are being too rude.
2026-05-06 00:36:52
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Christi-Khia :
I read it. It’s t was damn good!
2026-05-05 22:02:59
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ME-gan :
This is why I try to only post about books I haven’t seen enough talk about. And every time they barely get any views.
2026-05-05 20:54:49
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