Book Jokes!

Q: What do you get when you combine Agatha Christy and caffeine?
A: Murder on the Orient Expresso

Q: What do you call an author with a cold?

A: Ernest Flemingway

The Book Lover’s Dictonary

Abibliophobia (n.) the fear of running out of reading material

Ballycumber (n.) one of six half-finished books sitting on your bed

Bibliobibuli (n.) one who is drunk on books – one who reads too much

Bibliomania (n.) extreme passion for collecting books

Bibliophagist (n.) one who devours books

Bibliophile (n.) lover of books

Bibliosmia (n.) the smell of a good book

Bibliothecary (n.) one who collects books

Book-bosomed (n.) one who carries a book with them everywhere

Booklore (n.) facts about books; facts about authors and publications

Daiper (n.) diamond pattern on book bindings

Endpaper (n.) papers glued to the inside covers of a hardback book

Epeolatry (n.) worship of words

Florilegium (n.) collection of literature; anthology

Foxing (v.) yellow-brown color found in pages of old books

Goya (n.) suspension of disbelief that occurs when reading a good book

Half-Title (n.) leaf in front of the title page

Headpiece (n.) ornament at the beginning of a new chapter or section

Librocubicularist (n.) one who reads in bed

Logophile (n.) lover of words

Nonbook (n.) book with no literary or artistic merit

Signatures (n.) pages chronologically divided into sets of sixteen to be assembled into a book

Vade mecum (n.) a favorite book carried everywhere

Vellichor (n.) the strange wistfulness of used bookstores