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* Raven of ''Series/TeenTitans''. The books she likes to read are probably ancient tomes filled to the brim with powerful magic spells that could [[BadassBookworm make her even more devastating in battle]].

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* ''{{Drowtales}}'': [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=70 Ariel]] is something of an avid reader as a small child but later becomes a BlackMagicianGirl. [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=162 Yafein]] looks the part, but it's not canon whether he loves books.
* Roddy [=McDowell=] as The Bookworm in the 1966 ''{{Batman}}'' TV series.
* The Bookworms in ''The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids'' (and the sequel, ''Skinny Malinky Leads the War for Kidness'').
* Klaus in ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' loves to read.
** Not just to read, but to ''research'', which often comes in handy because his EncyclopaedicKnowledge, combined with Violet's ability to improvise inventions and Sunny's teeth, allows them to escape from Count Olaf's clutches.
* An old educational PC game called ''Word Rescue'' had a character named Benny Bookworm. Yes, he had glasses. In the sequel, "Math Rescue", he became "Benny Butterfly" ([[DidNotDoTheResearch even though caterpillars become butterflies]]).

* RoaldDahl's {{Matilda}} loves to read books, much to the horror of her horrible parents.
* Belle from Disney's ''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty And the Beast]]''.
* [[TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]].
* Hermione Granger from ''HarryPotter''.
* Sophie from ''Child of the Hive'' spends a good portion of her time reading and, when not reading, tends to compare herself to characters from literature.

* Vivio Takamachi of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', which is the reason why she became a [[HotLibrarian title librarian]] of the [[TheLibraryOfBabel Infinity Library]] even though she's still in grade school.
* Any ''HarvestMoon'' girl who hangs out at a library will inevitably be one of these.
* Sheiska from ''FullMetalAlchemist'' is this to insane levels. Not only does she fit all the standard requirements for being a Bookworm, she also seems to like reading for the sake of reading. Including cookbooks. More importantly, she can even recall books perfectly, such that when she made a copy (From memory) of said cookbook for Ed, he was still able to decode the secret message in it.
* Raven of ''Series/TeenTitans''
** To be fair, most of them are probably ancient tomes filled to the brim with powerful magic spells that could make her even more devastating in battle.
* Jo of ''LittleWomen''
* Mary Bennett of ''PrideAndPrejudice''
* Rory Gilmore and Jess Mariano in ''GilmoreGirls''. Their initial friendship and eventual relationship is sparked off with a mutual love of literature, thanks to Jess secretly stealing her copy of Ginsburg's "Howl" and then returning it to her with his thoughts in the margins.
* See ''TheTwilightZone'' episode "Time Enough At Last"
* Mitsuru Kirijo from ''Persona 3'' is rarely seen without a book in hand when in the common room.

** The books may actually be a way to make her less noticable or give an excuse for her utter lack of apparent emotion - she was originally created to be a wallflower who would observe Haruhi's actions from afar, but accidentally wound up being a close friend of hers. Yuki literally sat in her apartment doing nothing with her life, waiting to go to the same school as Haruhi until high school, so presumably she can patiently wait for years doing nothing.
* Catherine Morland of ''NorthangerAbbey''.
* M. Mabeuf of ''LesMiserables'' is described as "not a monarchist, a constitutionalist, an anarchist, but an old-booksist". When he loses his source of income, he sells his books one by one and eventually goes to the barricades [[spoiler: and is martyred for the revolution.]]
* In an episode of the Czech animated series ''StaflikASpagetka'', one of the dog protagonists is made into this by a particularly fascinating book, filling the trope to a T.
* Vio, Link's "smart side" from the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZelda Legend of Zelda: Four Swords+ manga]]. Also something of a BadassBookworm because he's strong and skilled enough to beat the "original" green Link in a sparring match.
* Nita from YoungWizards. It's apparently very common for wizards.

* Estelle from ''TalesOfVesperia'' is a GeniusDitz with a lot of knowledge in things that help the others in the party understand just what the heck is going on sometimes. When she isn't being the bookworm, then Rita is, given her background as a genius mage who's been studying blastia since she was 10!
* Canas in ''FireEmblem Rekka'', who is shown reading books that aren't dark magics on the battlefield. He's even surprised when Nino says she doesn't know how to read yet is practicing magic. (And is potentially [[MagikarpPower one of the most powerful spellcasters next to Athos if not THE most powerful]] if one invests time into developing her.)
* OprahWinfrey was like this when she was young. She actually taught ''herself'' to read when she was two or three. (Something that is uncommon but not ''unheard'' of.)

* In ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'', Marquis d'Apcher (his first name is Thomas) is a self-proclaimed book worm (but he also likes to read other things than books, magazines about theatre scene in Paris, for example).
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Supertrope of CuteBookworm, BadassBookworm, and HotLibrarian . Examples of the subtrope are to be added to the subtrope page. Not this one.

Possesses the CharlesAtlasSuperpower of being able to not only read and walk at the same time but to read and navigate through a maze of disaster and mayhem (car wrecks, floods, runaway rabid dogs, the debris of a ChaseScene such as a flying FruitCart, falling meteors) without a scratch.

** Not just to read, but to ''research'', which often comes in handy because his encyclopedic knowledge, combined with Violet's ability to improvise inventions and Sunny's teeth, allows them to escape from Count Olaf's clutches.

* Sheiska from FullMetalAlchemist is this to insane levels. Not only does she fit all the standard requirements for being a Bookworm, she also seems to like reading for the sake of reading. Including cookbooks. More importantly, she can even recall books perfectly, such that when she made a copy (From memory) of said cookbook for Ed, he was still able to decode the secret message in it.
* Raven of ''TeenTitans''

* Brick from [[The Middle]].

Supertrope of CuteBookworm. Examples of the subtrope are to be added to the subtrope page. Not this one.

May be a HotLibrarian or a BadassBookworm. Often the victim of a UsefulBook gag but, sadly, ''not'' of a PortalBook plot.

[[caption-width-right:348:[[MeaningfulName Yomiko Readman]] loooves her books.]]]]

[[ReadOrDie http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yomiko-readman-books_199.jpg]]
[[caption-width:440:[[MeaningfulName Yomiko Readman]] loooves her books.]]

This is often ''VERY'' TruthInTelevision. You yourself probably knew at least one.

* Nagato Yuki from SuzumiyaHaruhi seems addicted to books. In the light novels, Kyon wonders what would happen if she wasn't allowed to read.

* As can be guessed by the name of both the series and the main character, Yomiko Readman of ''ReadOrDie'' (pictured above) may be the MostTriumphantExample of this. She has a drug-like addiction to reading, and her apartment is literally packed wall-to-wall (and floor) with books. Give her a book and she'll be lost in her own little world.

* The titular character of ''{{Arthur}}'' was a Book Worm to a tee ([[NerdGlasses He even wears glasses!]]), but pretty much all of the kids loved to read. Not only is the show {{Anvilicious}} about it, they also don't seem to recognise the hypocrisy.

* ''TouhouProject'' has Patchouli Knowledge, who lives in her own personal LibraryOfBabel, filled with fire-and-waterproof books ''many of which she authored herself'' during her hundred-year-long bout with being a hikkikomori. While the most extreme, she isn't the only bookworm, but being a total SquishyWizard, Patchouli is most identified with books.

-> I cannot live without books.
-->--'''Thomas Jefferson'''

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[[caption-width-right:440:[[MeaningfulName Yomiko Readman]] looooves her books.]]

* As can be guessed by the name of both the series and the main character, Yomiko Readman of ''ReadOrDie'', who has a drug-like addiction to reading. Give her a book and she'll be lost in her own little world.

[[caption-width-right:[[MeaningfunName Yomiko Readman]] looooves her books.]]