100+ Booktube Video Ideas

Created by Elizabeth Green

Booktube Channel: http://youtube.com/user/elizabethreads0312
Twitter/ Instagram: @Lizzardreads

I made this list because I know a lot of peoples goals is to either start a channel or become more consistent. I
find that I am most consistent when I have a general plan for the month. Sometimes the hardest part about
coming up with a plan is coming up with video Ideas so I created this resource for anyone you would like to
use it.

This is not an exhaustive list. I am sure they're are many wonderful video Ideas that I didn’t add to this list.
Some of theses Ideas are variations of one another. I did variations to hopefully inspire you to make your
channel and content work best for you. I hope you find these ideas helpful.

Readathons Discussion
• TBR • How you rate books
• Progress Update • What you look for in a 5 star book
• Review of Books you have completed • DNFing Books
• Daily Reading vlogs • Why do you read
• Multiple Days Reading vlogs • Your reading history
• Weekly Reading vlogs • Your reading Taste
• Video Challenge(s) • Why you would like to change about your reading
• Wrap-up • How booktube has affected your reading
• Why you choose or choose not to use Goodreads
Vlogs • How you find out about books
• Weekly Reading Vlog • Buzzwords that make you want to read a book
• Biweekly Reading Vlog • Buzzwords that make you not want to read a
• Weekend Reading Vlog book
• Monthly Reading Vlog • Book Hype
• As I read Vlog (Vlog showing your thoughts as you • How to read more
read a specific Book) • How to read more critically
• Snap Vlogs • How has your reading taste changed over time?
• Instagram Stories Reading Vlogs • What makes a book impactful
• What makes a book enjoyable
• What kinds of books or content to you wish there
Hauls/ Unhauls was more of
• Books you are preordering
• Your thoughts on buying books
• Monthly book haul
• Your thoughts on having a physical TBR
• Library Book Haul
• How do you choose which books to unhaul
• Monthly unhaul
• How to you decide what book to read next.
• Read or unhaul
• Seasonal reading
• Fandom Haul
• Physical/ books
• Bookish items Haul (bookmarks, candles, clothing
• Audiobooks
ect.)
• Reading for fun, to learn, or relax
• Book buying habits
Reading/ read • How do you treat your books (annotate, like new
• TBR conditions, dog ear pages, bookmarks, ect.)
• Currently reading • Why You Started Booktube
• Friday or weekend reads
• Recently DNFed books
Video Series
• Weekly Wrap Up
• Bookish outfits
• Bimonthly Wrap Up
• Bookish Makeup looks
• Monthly Wrap Up
• Book character instagram feed
• Wrap up for a specific number of books (i.e. 3, 5,
• Bookish recipes
10 etc.)
• Ideal adaption (pick the cast, set location,
• Read 5 before you buy director, company, etc. for a book you’d like to
see adapted
Tags List Videos
***Tip: to find newer tags or tags that are currently • Auto Buy Authors
being done search “book tag” or “reading tag” in • Next Books you want to buy
the YouTube search and then filter for videos • Books on your goodreads TBR you never plan on
uploaded “this month, this week, or today” reading
• Booktube Newbie Tag (great first video idea) • Books you own that you never plan on reading
• Make Up Your Own Tag • Favorite female characters
• Favorite x genre books
Reoccurring Tags • All time Favorite Books
• Try a Chapter • Genres you want to read more from
• Try a Chapter Unhaul edition • Authors you’ve never read that you want to read
• Try a issue (Originated by: Honey Books) from
• 5 star book predictions (Originated by Mercy’s • Books you didn’t like
bookish musings) • Books you liked that a lot of people didn’t
• What your actually thoughts were of your 5 star • Books you didn’t like that a lot of people did
predictions • Favorite Childhood Books
• Trash my TBR (originated by: Drinking by my • Favorite Quotes
shelf)
• Playlist Book Tag (lip sync, or tell us about songs Reviews / Book Discussion
you think embodied specific books) • Single Book Review
• Top 5 Wednesday • 5 reasons you liked a book
• Tuesday Talks • 5 reasons you liked a book and 5 things you
didn’t like about it
Recommendations • Star rating Review (for a 1 star book it would be 1
• If you like (x Book) then you might like (y book). thing you liked and 4 you didn’t, if you use half
• Book recommendations based on tv shows or stars using 2.5 stars as an example you could do
movies 3 things you liked and 7 things you didn’t like)
• Book recommendations based on songs • Themed review mashup (review of 2-5 books
• Book to adaptation review sharing something in common)
• Recommend books for a character • 2, 3, 5 ect. Books review
• Recommend books you think a celebrity might • Spoiler Discussion for a book
like • Rant about a book you didn’t like
• Book recommendations for specific events, • Gush about a book you loved
holidays, or seasons • 10,15, 20 ect. Thoughts while reading x book
• Short Book recommendations • Worth the hype?
• Large Book Recommendations • Book to adaptation Review/ discussion
• Books for reading Slumps • Episodes of an adaption review
• Books for Readathons • Book to graphic novel adaptation discussion
• Books with a particular representations • Comparing a Retelling to the original
• Discussing different retellings or adaptations of
the same story
Bookish Videos
• Bookshelf tour
• Bookshelf organization/ reorganization
• Where you like to read
• Reading routine
• Filming Routine
• Booktuber Shoutouts
• Booksgramer Shoutouts
• Book blogs you like
• Books releases you are anticipating
• All of the books on your physical TBR
• Your reading playlist
• Reactions to an adaption trailer
• Bookish Gift guide
• Bookish items haul
• Bookish Games
• Fandom things you own
• Fictional Bucket List
• Playlist for a specific book