History Main / Bookworm

** When Davos refuses the book she offers him, Shireen gives a look that screams, "How could anyone refuse a book? Books are awesome!" She says in Season 5 that she learned to read when she was ''three years old''. Even bookworm Samwell Tarly was surprised at this. She explains that given her IllGirl status, confined indoors all the time, reading was the main activity she had. Since it's all she seems to do, she's probably more well-read as a teen than half the nobility of Westeros.

* This is one of Ba Nee's main character traits in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. She's introduced as a book-loving IllGirl who needs eye surgery or else she'll go blind. After her eyes recover, her characterization switches to focusing on finding the whereabouts of her DisappearedDad, but her passion for reading isn't completely ignored. She encourages the [[NeverLearnedToRead illiterate]] Roxy to learn to read.

** In "Amending Fences", Moondancer is shown to be very much like Twilight growing up, always with her head in books, but in the time since Twilight left Canterlot, she's become [[UpToEleven even more so]], to the point of becoming a [[{{Hikikomori}} total recluse]], all because [[spoiler: Twilight inadvertently snubbed her by missing her party and moving to Ponyville]].

* Shindou Manabe from ''Amano Megumi wa Suki Darake!'' does nothing but study very hard to get into a great university. Too bad his childhood friend, [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Megumi Amano]] keeps distracting him, much to his frustration!

* Yuki Nagato from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' seems addicted to books. In the light novels, Kyon wonders what would happen if she wasn't allowed to read.
** The books may actually be a way to make her less noticeable 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.
** In the anime of Remote Island Syndrome, Yuki demonstrates her CharlesAtlasSuperpower by reading while waterskiing.
* [[NationsAsPeople England]] from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has literature listed as one of his hobbies. According to ''Manga/Hetaween2011'', Literature/SherlockHolmes is his favorite.
** Latvia is said to love reading poetry and romance novels.

* Yukino Yukinoshita from ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'' is usually reading in the club room if left to her own devices.

* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'': This is the Flugel's hat. They don't care about gambling for territory or resources and only puruse books. It's possible to make them drool and bet their freedom if tempted with sufficient quantities of books.

* Lucy (abbrv) in ''Manga/ServantXService''. Her mother warned her about neglecting daily life in favor of books, and a conversation with Saya revealed that she pursued a 2-year college term so she can immediately find work and earn money to ''buy more books''. Personality-wise she sits somewhere between CuteBookworm and HotLibrarian; she's already a young adult (20), looks like a HotLibrarian, and is hardly a ShrinkingViolet, but she is very naive, especially on sexual matters.
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': Kaneki, Rize, Hinami, Tsukiyama, and Eto (Sen Takatsuki). The first three are fans of Takatsuki, Tsukiyama likes elegant and interesting reads most notably books about gourmet food, and Eto and Kaneki are shown in the calendar to bemoan not having anybody to talk with about books. Kaneki, being a HurtingHero tries to cope by keeping his nose buried in books.
* The title character from ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'' loves reading and books. While most of her reading in the series is on pharmaceutical research and herbalist plant uses she's also noted to just enjoy reading and [[spoiler:when she moves into the castle]] one of the first things Zen points out for her is the shortest route to the nearest library which he promises she'll enjoy due to its varied and large selection.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': As a child, Jason Todd was an avid reader, and even as a homeless orphan before being taken in by Bruce most of his belongings were his treasured books.
** In several versions of the Scarecrow's backstory, he would rather have a new book to read than new clothes, to the point his colleagues called him "Scarecrow Crane" because of his raggedy suits. The 2005 Scarecrow: Year One miniseries ups it even more: as a child, Jonathan Crane was threatened by bullies when he was just trying to read. One of them holds up a match and makes him choose: [[SadisticChoice him or the book]]. He chooses to spare the book.
* Would you believe that ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]]'' was one of these as a child? The one-shot story ''The Tyger'' depicts him as a quiet yet bright child who preferred spending the Summer immersing himself in countless books over playing outside. Favoring poems in particular.
* The UK comic ''ComicBook/WhizzerAndChips'' featured a character called Bookworm, who had various adventures based on solving problems with books, trying to get peace to read, or taking what he read too seriously.
* Harry Vanderspeigle, protagonist of ''ComicBook/ResidentAlien'', is a huge one, especially since books comprise a great majority of his belongings.

* ''[[ComicBook/WonderWomanInfiniteFrontier Young Diana]]'': Clio is an Amazon scribe, who prefers the quite nature of working in Themyscira's library. Diana notes she rarely sees her at any of Themyscira's outdoors activities or contests.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': [[YamatoNadeshiko Japan]] is ''very'' smart and happens to have quite the interest in both literature and manga among other things as pointed out by Italy.

* In ''Fanfic/ToAMerryChristmas'', both Aurora and Belle are fond of books. Aurora spent her childhood reading because there's only so much for a child to do alone in the forest.
* Princess Zelda in ''Webcomic/TheArrangement'' is fond of reading. She's even reading when she meets her [[ArrangedMarriage future husband]] Ganondorf as a child.
* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Twilight Sparkle, hands-down, is one of the biggest in canon and here. In the sequel ''Diplomat at Large'', she refers to a lawbook dating back to over a thousand years ago as "a little light bedtime reading", which amuses Luna when she hears it.
* ''Fanfic/HarryIsADragonAndThatsOk'' and he's classified as a "Black-Backed Bookwyrm". His chosen hoard is a pile of books and letters, and he's constantly on the lookout for new fantasy novels, especially ones containing dragons.

* Yuki Nagato from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' seems addicted to books. In the light novels, Kyon wonders what would happen if she wasn't allowed to read.
** The books may actually be a way to make her less noticeable 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.
** In the anime of Remote Island Syndrome, Yuki demonstrates her CharlesAtlasSuperpower by reading while waterskiing.

* [[NationsAsPeople England]] from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has literature listed as one of his hobbies. According to ''Manga/Hetaween2011'', Literature/SherlockHolmes is his favorite.
** Latvia is said to love reading poetry and romance novels.
* Yukino Yukinoshita from ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'' is usually reading in the club room if left to her own devices.

* Kawai Ritsu of ''Manga/TheKawaiComplexGuideToManorsAndHostelBehavior'' spends almost all her free time reading, ignoring things like classmates, traffic signals, and flashers.
* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'': This is the Flugel's hat. They don't care about gambling for territory or resources and only puruse books. It's possible to make them drool and bet their freedom if tempted with sufficient quantities of books.

%% * Umberto in ''Film/AnotherTimeAnotherPlace''.

* Danielle from ''Film/EverAfter'' is this; her favorite book appears to be Thomas More's ''Utopia.''

%% * Roddy [=McDowell=] as The Bookworm in the 1966 ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series.

%%* Like her Disney counterpart, Belle from ''Series/OnceUponATime'' is a bookworm.

* Belle from ''Series/OnceUponATime.'' She's Storybrooke's librarian and a tireless researcher, and her most prized possession is a novel titled ''Her Handsome Hero.''

* ''Series/BetweenTheLions'': The lions who run the library are, quite fittingly, avid readers, and every episode features one of them (typically either Theo or Cleo) actually reading a book aloud for the others.

* Mitsuru Kirijo from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' is rarely seen without a book in hand when in the common room.
* ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth''[[spoiler: Hikari, the Deuteragonist of the game, has ''a lot'' of books in her bedroom.]]

* A trait in ''VideoGame/TheSims3''. Sims with it read books faster, have more fun doing so, and often get wishes to read a certain number of books. They also make good writers, especially in the vaudeville genre.
* The librarians in ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' tend to either be this (such as Eike and especially Alhazred) or at least, naturally, encourage such as part of their job. Bolgan from ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' in particular is noted by the game's resident librarian, Emilia, to have developed a real fondness for reading. Given that he's only just learning to, it'll likely grow.
* The Bookwyrm of ''VideoGame/MixedUpFairyTales'' by Sierra is often seen with a book in hand when you pass by his cottage and is seemingly also in charge of looking after all the stories/fairytales as well. The antagonist, Bookend in contrast "hates" reading.
* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Serena}}'' admits to being a bookworm, and according to him most of the books in the bookcase are his.
* In ''VideoGame/ShuyanSaga'', Shuyan's friend Lily is always reading something, and has just gotten a job as an archivist. She's not one of the [[BadassBookworm fighting type]], being one of the few characters in the game who doesn't seem to know kung fu. When the Guer invade, [[spoiler:Shuyan has to choose whether to prioritise saving her mother or saving Lily]].

* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', an NPC can be found at the end of a precarious and enemy-riddled jumping puzzle who traversed it with her nose in a book, completely unaware of where she was walking.
* Princess Garnet of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' alludes on numerous occasions to being one.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'':
** Jobasha, proprietor of "Jobasha's Rare Books" in Vivec, is ''the'' shining example of a Bookworm in the game. He is involved (directly or otherwise) with just about every quest in the game that requires finding a rare book. He has over 60 books available for purchase (with the exact number depending on which quests you have active).
** Edwinna Elbert, Stewardess of the Ald-Ruhn Mages Guild Hall, fancies herself quite the expert on [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]] technology and reads every book she can on the subject. A few of her quests task you with acquiring (or [[GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt outright stealing]]) books for her to read.
** Skink-in-Tree's-Shade, Master Wizard at the Wolverine Hall (Sadrith Mora) Guild Hall, asks you to find several rare (and forbidden) books during his quest line. He also operates a small bookselling service.

* In ''VisualNovel/AkatsukiNoGoei'', considering that he's a rude ex (kinda) thug with low grades, most people are astonished that to see Kaito constantly reading in his free time, going through several books in a day easily. It's one of the few traits he has in common with Genzou and actually puts him on Kyouka's good side.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Crimney. He even hides behind stacks of them. (Which is why Fuschia poses as a {{Meganekko}} hoping to attract him).
* Yellow from ''Webcomic/ShinigamiDeathPunch'' is absolutely this. He seems more interested in his books than his job, most of the time.
* Janis Lashway from ''Webcomic/TheOverture'' spends all her time reading. She even impersonates being a priest in order to gain library privileges.
* Sukina Lashiec from ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'' loves her some books. Fittingly, her muse is listed as "books".

* Both Tuuri and Mikkel in ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent''. It is to the point that while Tuuri was the one officially hired for her scholar skills, Mikkel has become the ''de facto'' authority on which books get copied first, while Tuuri does the actual copying and discusses the contents of the books he chooses to read with him.
* Sebastian from ''Webcomic/TheBackOBeyond'' loves books and is seen reading in his first appearance.
* ''Webcomic/PebbleAndWren'' has the girl Wren, who is shown to enjoy reading in several strips. She has interests other than reading but still seems to enjoy reading a lot.

* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Jane Eyre says in her first video that she adores books. She mentions she could perhaps enjoy collecting other things as well, but nothing beats books in her eyes.
-->''"Mostly, I own books. I try to collect other things but I'm always like this: 'Why am I wasting my money on this when I could be buying a book?' Maybe that's weird."''
* Like her [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney counterpart]], Belle of ''WebVideo/UniversityEverAfter'' always has a book in hand.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Lisa Simpson. Her family doesn't understand her passion much. One episode had her uncle Herb paying her a subscription to books from Western canon. Oh, and she had a very passionate conversation about her love of books with her grandma Mona.
* Raven of ''WesternAnimation/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]], but she still loses her patience when no one will leave her alone to finish the story of a wizard's battle with a dragon...

* Several characters in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' TV series fall under this. They include Arthur himself, as well as Alan "Brain" Powers. Others include:
** Fern Walters, who is both a reader and a writer.
** Marina Datillo, Prunella's AcademicAthlete friend; the girls bonded over a mutual love of Henry Skreever, which is an Expy of ''Harry Potter.''
** Prunella herself, though since she's somewhat of a minor character, we see this less than with the main cast.

* Edwin Carmichael, Susie's six-year-old brother from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E26ToothOrDarePartyAnimals Tooth or Dare]]", when Susie, Tommy, and Angelica ask him about the Tooth Fairy, they get to his bedroom, which has so many books that Angelica mistakes it for a library. He has a copy of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' by Homer, and is reading about quantum physics when they walk in. He also wears glasses with extremely large frames (bigger than Chuckie's) to drive the point home.
* This is one of Ba Nee's main character traits in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. She's introduced as a book-loving IllGirl who needs eye surgery or else she'll go blind. After her eyes recover, her characterization switches to focusing on finding the whereabouts of her DisappearedDad, but her passion for reading isn't completely ignored. She encourages the [[NeverLearnedToRead illiterate]] Roxy to learn to read.
* Walden from ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' happens to have books be one of his three specialties alongside science and art. When Wubbzy was asked about how Walden got so smart in his interview, he says "books, books, and more books!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'', Dorothy Ann is the prime example of this. She's never seen without her book bag and relies heavily on her books for knowledge.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Mitchell is shown to be a fan of classic literature, as opposed to the other kids, who mainly read heavy textbooks and comic books. Mitchell is a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, and reads ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' in "Treasure Map".

* Mariposa and Prince Carlos from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieMariposa'' like reading. They even meet because they bump into each other while reading the same book and not looking where they're going. Mariposa says she's "perfectly happy spending whole days lost in books." Mariposa's friend Catania also loves books, and they share the same favorite, ''Flight of Fancy''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'', reading is Princess Courtney's favorite activity. A RunningGag has her accidentally walking into things or being otherwise unaware of her surroundings because she's so invested in her book.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor'', Princess Alexa loves books and would rather read than socialize.

* Miko from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is never actually shown with a book (since her obsession with the rules means that she'd never have something that could distract her while performing her student council or public moral committee duties), but the fact that her bedroom is nothing but full bookshelves, a table, and [[AnOddPlaceToSleep a giant teddy bear]] implies that she spends a lot of her free time reading. Later chapters also establish that she's a fan of things like ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', self-insert web novels, and poetry, the last of which being how she eventually forms a SempaiKohai relationship with Shirogane.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': As a child, Jason Todd was an avid reader, and even as a homeless orphan before being taken in by Bruce most of his belongings were his treasured books.

Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/{{Bookworm}} a game of the same name.]]

Often the victim of a UsefulBook gag but, sadly, ''not'' of a PortalBook plot.

Supertrope of CuteBookworm, BadassBookworm, HotLibrarian, and LiteralBookworm. Examples that fall under one of the {{Sub Trope}}s should be added to the appropriate page, not this one. Frequently espouse a {{Reading Is Cool|Aesop}} attitude.

* [[NationsAsPeople England]] from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has literature listed as one of his hobbies. According to ''Manga/{{Hetaween 2011}}'', Literature/SherlockHolmes is his favorite.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has:

* The librarians in ''Suikoden'' tend to either be this (such as Eike and especially Alhazred) or at least, naturally, encourage such as part of their job. Bolgan from ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' in particular is noted by the game's resident librarian, Emilia, to have developed a real fondness for reading. Given that he's only just learning to, it'll likely grow.

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* Janis Lashway from ''{{Webcomic/The Overture}}'' spends all her time reading. She even impersonates being a priest in order to gain library privileges.

* Both Tuuri and Mikkel in ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent''. It is to the point that while Tuuri was the one officially hired for her scholar skills, Mikkel has become the ''de facto'' authority on which books get copied first, while Tuuri does the actual copying and discusses the contents of the books he chooses to read with him.
* Sebastian from ''WebComic/TheBackOBeyond'' loves books and is seen reading in his first appearance.

* Miko from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is never actually shown with a book (since her obsession with the rules means that she'd never have something that could distract her while performing her student council or public moral committee duties), but the fact that her bedroom is nothing but full bookshelves, a table, and [[AnOddPlaceToSleep a giant teddy bear]] implies that she spends a lot of her free time reading.

* ''WesternAnimation/Gargoyles'': When off duty, [[CulturedBadass Goliath]] can typically be found in the library. It's a trait that he's had since his days back in the 10th century; in the modern era, he seems to have a particular liking for the great Western classics.

* Belle from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is introduced returning a book to the shop and then immediately borrowing another one that she'd already read twice before; when she explains that this particular book is her favorite, the shop owner simply lets her keep it. It's implied that she's already read every book in there at least once. And she starts reading the book as soon as she leaves the shop, oblivious (or perhaps just not caring) to the townsfolk who gossip about her "strange" love of reading. This is referenced in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''. Other than [[OriginalGeneration Kairi]], Belle is the only Princess of Heart who is not found in [[DiscOneFinalDungeon Hollow Bastion]]'s chapel after the opening of the final keyhole. Instead, you find her in the library. It seems that the literal first thing she does after waking up from what is implied to be ''years'' of coma is to search for books.

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* Canas in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'', 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.)

* Sara Crewe of ''Literature/{{A Little Princess}}'' is said to love books. In fact, when [[spoiler: her father dies and she becomes a servant at Miss Minchin's Seminary]], she is highly concerned about continuing her education and is thrilled to get to read whenever she can.
* The children's book ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'', which is a tie-in for ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}},'' describes Elsa as a bookworm and diligent student. This wasn't included in the film itself but was also referenced in a CutSong "More Than Just A Spare".
* In ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', another tie-in book for ''Frozen'', Hans describes his older brother Lars as an avid historian who is deep into cartography and would oftentimes lose track of time whenever he goes off-topic. While others find Lars's interest boring, Hans is the only one in the Westergaard clan to find it quite interesting, and Lars teaches Hans more about the kingdom of Arendelle.