bookaholics
Addicted to reading
Bookaholics is the plural of bookaholic—someone addicted to books, whether buying, collecting, or reading them compulsively.
The word playfully borrows the -aholic suffix from alcoholic: My wife is a bookaholic who can't pass a used bookstore without going in.
The term is lighthearted, treating an excess of reading as an endearing vice rather than a genuine problem.
Retail outlets for literature
- librariesPublic book lending institutions
- independent bookstoresPrivately owned book retailers
- thrift storesStores selling donated goods
- AmazonGreek warrior women
Devoted collectors of books
- bookwormsVoracious readers, or page-eating larvae
- page-turnersIrresistibly engrossing books
- literatiEducated, cultured class
Pull or carry laboriously
- impulse purchasesUnplanned spur-of-moment acquisitions
- preordersPurchases before launch
- wishlistCatalog of desired items
- speed readingFast text absorption technique
rereading · annotating · dog-earing · highlighting · bookmarking · browsing · hoarding · stockpiling
Book cataloging platform
- reading challengesStructured literacy incentives
- online forumsWebsites for group discussions
- literary festivalsEvents honoring authors and writing
- booktubersVideo reviewers of literature
bookstores
Retail outlets for literature
- librariesPublic book lending institutions
- independent bookstoresPrivately owned book retailers
- thrift storesStores selling donated goods
bibliophiles
Devoted collectors of books
- bookwormsVoracious readers, or page-eating larvae
- page-turnersIrresistibly engrossing books
- literatiEducated, cultured class
haul
Pull or carry laboriously
- impulse purchasesUnplanned spur-of-moment acquisitions
- preordersPurchases before launch
- wishlistCatalog of desired items
speed reading · rereading · annotating · dog-earing · highlighting · bookmarking · browsing · hoarding · stockpiling · splurging
Goodreads
Book cataloging platform
- reading challengesStructured literacy incentives
- online forumsWebsites for group discussions
- literary festivalsEvents honoring authors and writing
booktubers · reading groups · library programs · beta readers
bookaholicsanti-intellectuals
Those opposing learned discourse
philistines · book-burners · couch potatoes · social media addicts