A List of Bookwords

A List of Bookwords

(to be added to as we create them)

RecommenDUD: A book you hate that everyone else loves.

CheckBook: A book that you find yourself checking to see how many more pages left, on every single page!

Memoread: A book that reminds you of another book you have already read, not necessarily in plot, but in tone and atmosphere.

Wait-listed: A book that continually gets moved to the 'next in the pile', but never gets read.

Marginally Challenged: a book with very little space between lines (likely, it's a public domain book/classic) giving deceivingly few pages to read

Misunderbook: A book that you LOVE, but everyone else (well, almost everyone) HATES.

A Flick Pick: A book you read after you've seen the movie

Oblibook: A book you read because you think you should in order to be well-read.

Whoopsabooksy: A book you buy that you forgot you already read/own.

TrueFiction: A non-fiction book which reads like fiction.

Reliascribe: An author you can always count on for a good read.

Throne Tome: A good book to read in the bathroom!

Midnight Special: A book with a plot makes you unable to go to sleep.

Aroma Tome: A book with a very distinctive smell.

Screen Plagued: A book with a character that you can only picture the movie actor who played the role.

A Lullabook: A book that makes you sleepy.

A Wanderlust Novel: A book that makes you want to travel to its setting.

A Crossover Book: A book you start in one year, and finish in the next.

A Mis-covered Book: A book with a bad cover.


A Boomerang Book: A library book that gets returned unread.


Title Block: A book that you can remember its plot, but not its title.


A Book Siren: A book that begs to be read immediately.


A History Mystery: A book where characters from the present are researching characters from the past.


A Firestarter Book: A book that inspires you to do research on the topic.


Anticipage: A book where the anticipation of it is part of the excitement of the book.


A Bookmate: A person who has the same taste in books as you do.


Book Crush: A book you totally fall in love with.


Screen-plagued: A book where you can only picture the actor from the movie as the character in the book.