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20 Cool Words Every Book Lover Should Know

For book lovers, words are the most beautiful things that existed in the world. They are the keys to magical worlds. It is the words that they love, the big and the small, the ones that make a way in their notebooks and in their vocabulary! Today, I am sharing some amazingly cool words that every book lover should know, for they are all about books and everything bookish.

1. Book-Bosomed

Someone who carries a book with her at all times

2. Bibliobibuli

People who read too much.

3. Bookarazzi

A book lover who excitedly takes photos of the books they read and posts them online.

4. Lectory

Refers to your reading place.

5. Librocubicularist

Refers to one whose lectory is the bed!

6. Logophile

A lover of words.

7. Tsundoku

The act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books

20 Cool Words Every Book Lover Should Know

8. Bibliosmia

The smell or aroma of a good book

9. Biblioklepts

Those who steal books

10. Readadultery

The act of being unfaithful to one book by reading another simultaneously.

11. Sentranced

The state of being captivated by a well-written sentence.

12. Perfictionist

A fiction reader with high expectations.

13. Bibliphagist

A devourer of books/a voracious reader

via GIPHY

14. Bibliotaph

A reader who hoards her books and protects them from others.

15. Princeps

First editions or first prints of books

16. Bookklempt

State of being resulting from the completion of the last book in a series for which there are no more books left, and you are not yet emotionally prepared to begin a new series.

17. Colophon

A publisher’s emblem or imprint, usually on the title page of a book

18. Libricide

The killing of, or total destruction of a book

19. Scrollmate

An author the reader feels a deep connection with.

20. Shelfrighteous

A feeling of superiority about one’s bookshelf.

Which of these words you can identify with? Which word did you like the most?

34 Responses

  1. Wow-what words, you simply raised my vocabulary.
    EXcept for 1, 3, 6, and 19 all are new to me, sure to get them in use. All book lovers should know them all…
    WordLove

  2. Wow, what a list! I didn’t know any of these Thank you for sharing this! A new list of words added to my dictionary.

  3. Interesting list. Nice pick up a few new words.
    In connection with Sundoku there is a saying that the moneyed is more interested in buying a book, the lover of knowledge in reading it.

  4. Hahaha I love bookklempt – that is a feeling I have often had! Now I wonder what the word is for someone that loves to read in the bath. That is my happy reading place – a hot bubble bath with a book. There is nothing better!

  5. Just love this!!! I am a Librocubicularist, Readadulterer, Bibliotaph and practice a bit of Tsundoku!! I am a bit embarrassed about practicing Tsundoku but I have so many books that others wanted to just throw away, that I would rather collect them and put them in my bookshelf, although I know I will never read them, than bear the thought of them being tossed out!

  6. Haha Shilpa! These words are amazing and quite a mouth full! But I have a feeling that you are know them all. I think I’m going to test people’s knowledge by asking them to define the words

  7. Loving all the words. Somehow, some of them remind me of the words babies say. Hehe. And yes, I am proud of being all that these words imply. Books are pure magic and I think we should all wear these words as a badge!

  8. I’m boo-bosomed and yes a complete Librocubicularist. And I’m guilty of most of them here.

    Nice list, Shilpa. Thank you. Will share with my book club.

  9. I’m book-bosomed and yes a complete Librocubicularist. And I’m guilty of most of them here.

    Nice list, Shilpa. Thank you. Will share with my book club.

  10. I am a Logophile for sure and a Bookklempt though it doesn’t have to be a series of books that would make me feel that way,. Any good book does that to me.

  11. Wow I have saved some of these to be used on my Book Insta for sure Shilpa. My fav is Bookarazzi and Bookklempt 🙂

    Brill idea for a bookish post- I really enjoyed going through this one.

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