Booktok: The TikTok Book Awards 2025 will be presented tomorrow - all nominees
Booktok is the connection between social media and literature, which has sparked a real hype in recent years. Launched to celebrate books, authors, and book communities, the TikTok Book Awards particularly reflect the dynamics of the #BookTok community—that is, all those users on TikTok who recommend, review, or discuss books.
The format has been further developed for 2025: a new category, live broadcast for the first time, a prominent jury, and alignment with the Frankfurt Book Fair.
- Date: October 18, 2025 , as part of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
- Venue: Harmonie Hall, Congress Center, Messe Frankfurt.
- Time: expected to begin at 6:30 p.m.; media reports say it will last until about 8:30 p.m.
- Premiere: For the first time, the awards ceremony will be broadcast live on TikTok . Viewers can follow along via @tiktoklive_de .
In 2025, six categories will be awarded – one of which is new:
- #BookTok Author of the Year
- #BookTok Creator of the Year
- #BookTok Publisher of the Year (sponsored by Thalia)
- #BookTok Indie Bookstore or Library of the Year
- #BookTok Bestseller of the Year
- New: Best #BookTok Film Adaptation of the Year (for the first time in 2025)
The new “Best Film Adaptation” category honors film adaptations based on BookTok bestsellers that have already been published.
All awards come with prize money of 2,500 euros each .
The shortlists were compiled by a select jury, including:
- Tahsim Durgun (author and creator) – Jury member for #BookTok Creator of the Year
- Hosts of the public broadcasting channel BookTok (@br_literally) – when selecting bookstores/libraries
- Pia Lüschen (Paid Social Media Manager at Thalia) – for Publisher of the Year
- Ulrike Altig (Media Control) – in the category Bestseller of the Year
- Melo Nsuka (Creator) – for new category Film Adaptation of the Year
#BookTok Author of the Year
#BookTok Creator of the Year
#BookTok Bestseller of the Year
- Culpa Mía (My Fault) - Mercedes Ron,
- The child in you must find a home - Stefanie Stahl,
- Icebreaker - Hannah Grace,
- Ikigai - Ken Mogi
#BookTok Publisher of the Year
#BookTok Indie Bookstore & Library of the Year
Best #BookTok film adaptation
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (Author: Holly Jackson; Series: ZDFneo)
- It Ends with Us (Writer: Colleen Hoover; Film: Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures)
- The Summer I Turned Pretty (Author: Jenny Hahn; Series: Amazon Prime)
- We Were Liars (Author: E. Lockhart; Series: Amazon Prime)
The TikTok Book Awards are a community-focused ceremony, so the final decision rests with users, who can vote for their favorites.
- Voting period: October 1st (9:00 a.m.) to October 8th (11:59 p.m.) via in-app voting on TikTok.
- Users tap a banner in the live feed to participate in the vote.
- Exception: There is no voting for the “Bestseller of the Year” category – here Media Control decides based on sales figures and data analyses.
The voting phase has now ended.
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