Library And Information Science Terminology

noun a person who loves or collects books

• The bibliophile spent hours browsing through rare books at the antique bookstore.
• My friend is such a bibliophile, she has a huge collection of books in her room.
• I'm a total bookworm, a real bibliophile at heart.
• She devoured novels like a true bibliophile, always hungry for the next great story.

noun a large, heavy book, especially one dealing with a serious or scholarly topic

• The professor assigned a hefty tome for us to read over the break.
• I borrowed a massive tome from the library for some light reading.
• Dude, check out this epic tome I found at the bookstore.
• Her life story could fill a tome with all its twists and turns.

noun a stack of unread books that you own

• Tsundoku is a Japanese term that refers to the habit of buying books and letting them pile up without reading them.
• My friend has a serious case of tsundoku - her bookshelf is overflowing with unread books.
• I need to stop tsundoku-ing so much or I'll run out of space for new books!
• Tsundoku can also apply to other things besides books, like collecting items and never using them.