‘Wicker’ Has the Internet Thirsting: These BookTok-Favorites Will Hold You Over Until Its Theatrical Release

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Audiences got their first look at Alexander Skarsgård playing a man made entirely of wicker, and, naturally, the internet immediately had questions. Mostly about sex.

In Black Bear’s Wicker , Skarsgård plays a husband crafted from wicker after a lonely fisherwoman, played by Olivia Colman , asks a local basketmaker, played by Peter Dinklage , to create her a husband. When he arrives in the village, his presence quickly sparks fascination, jealousy, and chaos as the locals realize that the unusual new man is, somehow, exactly their type.

After premiering at Sundance earlier this year, Wicker recently introduced itself to the wider public with its first trailer, and the response has been especially enthusiastic on TikTok . Fandango’s trailer post has surpassed 14 million views, with users fixating on everything from the film’s unusual premise to the logistics of, well, a wicker man’s anatomy.

The trailer has also inspired a wave of comedic TikToks, including jokes about “when the gynecologist finds a wicker splinter during the exam” and videos imagining “how I’ll be pulling up to Wicker ” when the movie hits theaters. Even the official 4DX TikTok account joined the conversation after fans began requesting a 4DX release for the film.

If Wicker has you curious about unconventional fictional husbands, meet one of BookTok’s most beloved fantasy boyfriends in Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses . The first book may have you thinking you know who Feyre’s love interest is, but keep reading — the series’ true fan-favorite boyfriend makes his big entrance in the second installment.

The enthusiasm feels particularly fitting for the BookTok crowd , where the definition of a “book boyfriend” has expanded well beyond the realm of the merely handsome. Romantasy readers have spent years falling for faerie kings, dragon riders, vampires, witches, mythical creatures, and morally gray men with complicated pasts and even more complicated romantic lives. A wicker husband may be an unusual addition to the roster, but the fantasy is familiar: Give readers a mysterious, otherworldly man and a little romance, and they are going to want to know more.

For anyone already counting down to Wicker ’s theatrical release, the following romantasy books offer plenty of mythical men, magical worlds, sweeping romances, and spicy scenes to keep you occupied in the meantime. Whether your preferred book boyfriend is a powerful fae, a supernatural heartthrob, or simply a man who would burn the world down for his love interest, there is a fictional crush waiting for you.

For anyone still debating which fictional man would make the best boyfriend, Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas has plenty of contenders. The series has sparked endless BookTok discourse over its various love interests, but that’s part of the fun: Whether you like your book boyfriends charming, brooding, loyal, or morally gray, there’s a favorite waiting for you.

Brooding? Check. Dangerous? Absolutely. Dragon rider? Even better.