bibliovore means someone or something that consumes books. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “bibliovore” is a great word
BIBLIOVORE — [Noun] A person who devours or consumes books, especially an avid and insatiable reader. From the combining form biblio- (from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, "book")) and -vore (from Latin -vorus, "devouring, eating"). Unlike "bibliophile," which treasures the book as a physical artifact, or "bookworm," which connotes studious quietude, a bibliovore is driven by a metabolic hunger to ingest the text itself. It is the midnight lamp burning down to its last inch of wick, the child under the covers with a dying flashlight, the quiet erosion of a paperback’s spine—a ceaseless feast where the true nourishment is the quiet sustenance of another page.
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- Someone or something that consumes books.“The book probably was at the bottom of a pile of 14 library books, accidentally got picked up and dumped in the bibliovore labeled “Return Books Here.” […] [Y]ou meekly approach the library to find out what they would do with a book that wasn’t theirs. […] [I]f the marking is on the inside, the marking that has your name or the name of the department on it, it disappears.”
- Synonym of bookworm (“avid book reader”).“Leisure asked a few Vancouver Sun writers and editors — arguably the city’s most voracious group of bibliovores — about their favorite browsing spots.”