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Bookworm

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The Bookworm, 1850, by Carl Spitzweg.
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The Bookworm, 1850, by Carl Spitzweg.

A bookworm, or bibliophile, is an avid reader and lover of books.

Bookworm may also refer to:

  • Bookworm (insect), a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bores through books
  • Bookworm (comics), a comic strip in the Whoopee!, and later Whizzer and Chips, comic books
  • Bookworm (game), word-forming puzzle video game by PopCap Games
  • Bookworm, a radio show on literature hosted by Michael Silverblatt on KCRW
  • The Bookworm, a painting by German painter Carl Spitzweg
  • .303 Bookworm, a fictional Discworld creature
  • Bookworm, a puppet on the Australian kids TV programme The Book Place

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