book reviewer
Reads, then judges
A book reviewer is someone who reads books and writes or speaks evaluations of them for publication or broadcast.
Professional book reviewers work for newspapers, magazines, literary journals, or websites, while amateur reviewers post opinions on platforms like Goodreads or Amazon.
The role involves summarizing content, assessing quality, and helping readers decide whether a book merits their time.
She worked as a book reviewer for the Sunday paper.
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- criticOne who judges merit
- New York TimesMajor American broadsheet
- literary criticAssesses written works professionally
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
editor · literary reviews · scathing · star rating · journalist · evaluation · galley · author interviews · pan · blurb · rave · advance copy · blog · Goodreads · magazine · cultural commentator · interpretation · rating
- Literary Criticsessayist, scholar, analyst, commentator, theorist
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- evaluatorsevaluator, assessor, appraiser, critic, rater
- newspaper jobsreporter, editor, journalist, columnist, photographer
- press writersjournalist, reporter, columnist, correspondent, editor
- readersreader, bookworm, bibliophile, voracious reader, early reader
book reviewerauthor
Creator of written works
book author · novelist · writer · fiction writer · creative writer