book-lover

Devoted page-turner

A book-lover is someone who enjoys reading and collecting books.

The term suggests more than casual reading—an emotional attachment to books as objects and to the experience of reading them.

She's a true book-lover, always carrying a novel in her bag.

Also spelled booklover.

identity

bookworm

Voracious reader

collector · bookstagrammer · librarian · literati · well-read · literate · page-turner · rereader · annotator · dog-earer

passion

voracious

Extremely eager to consume

passionate · ardent · fervent · keen · eager · obsessed · dedicated · insatiable · ravenous · absorbed

genres

fiction

Imagined narrative work

poetry · prose · mystery · fantasy · romance · thriller · memoir · biography · historical-fiction · science-fiction

collection

bookshelf

Furniture for storing volumes

shelves · hoard · hardcover · paperback · tome · volume · spine · dust-jacket · bookmark

experience

reading

Interpreting written text

characters · immersion · escapism · imagination · world-building · rereading · annotation · highlighting · marginalia

community

bookclub

Group discussing assigned literature

Goodreads · bookstore · lending

Opposites
attitude toward books/reading

book-loverbook-burner

One who destroys literature

aliterate · anti-intellectual · philistine · illiterate · lowbrow

medium preference

book-loverscreenager

Device-obsessed young person

binge-watcher · phone zombie · digital native · couch potato

Family

book, lover, books, booked, booking, bookish, booklet, love, loves

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G