BookTok Is Inspiring a New Home Design Trend: The Cozy Reading Retreat

If you love to read, #BookTok’s latest trend—a personal reading retreat—might be right up your alley. And with highly anticipated releases like Audrey Niffenegger's Life Out of Order and Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Splintered Harmony arriving this fall, there's no better time to bring it to life.Complete with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, a comfortable chair, soft lighting, and a cozy spot to curl up under a blanket with a pumpkin spice latte, it’ll encourage you to relax, unwind, and get lost in a good book this fall and beyond.“I'm thrilled about this trend. Reading retreats are practical, cozy, and such a great way to spend time in your home. And best of all, they’re easy to implement,” says Liz Swaminathan, founder and creative director at LSD Studio / Gallery in Austin, TX.Why reading retreats are taking offWhen you add a reading nook to your home, you create an intentional escape from everyday life.“If you establish a few rules for the space—like no phone or TV use—it becomes a place where your brain can actually shut off from everything else,” says Shandon Barrett, interior designer at Love vs. Design in Washington, UT.There’s also something really powerful about having a phy...