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    <loc>https://www.culturalwatchlist.com/books/booktok-viral-power-literary-taste</loc>
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        <news:name>Cultural Watchlist</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-02T07:42:11.292Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>BookTok&apos;s Viral Power Is Rewriting Literary Taste</news:title>
      <news:keywords>BookTok, TikTok, viral recommendations, print book sales, literary taste</news:keywords>
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      <image:caption>A dynamic, cinematic illustration of a library where books are magically propelled by TikTok icons, with young readers engaged and illuminated by phone screens.</image:caption>
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