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Frequently espouse a {{Reading Is Cool|Aesop}} attitude. Probably favor

Frequently espouse a {{Reading Is Cool|Aesop}} attitude. Contrast with HatesReading.

A character who just loves to read and collect books. They tend to be smarter, nerdier, and more into school than other characters, but some book enthusiasts are of average intelligence. They tend to wear glasses, and often have few interests other than reading. Expect them to put off doing chores or outings with friends to read, or for them to have few friends because they ignore or avoid others so they can sit down in a secluded area and indulge in their hobby of reading. They have [[BookshelfOf Authority many bookshelves]], and if wealthy, they may have a home library. Favorite haunts are new bookstores, used booksellers, and public libraries.

A character who just loves to read and collect books. They tend to be smarter, nerdier, and more into school than other characters, but some book enthusiasts are of average intelligence. They tend to wear glasses, and often have few interests other than reading. Expect them to put off doing chores or outings with friends to read, or for them to have few friends because they ignore or avoid others so they can sit down in a secluded area and indulge in their hobby of reading. They have many bookshelves, and if wealthy, they may have a home library. Favorite haunts are new bookstores, used booksellers, and public libraries.

A character who just loves to read books. They tend to be smarter, nerdier, and more into school than other characters, but some book enthusiasts are of average intelligence. They tend to wear glasses, and often have few interests other than reading. Expect them to put off doing chores or outings with friends to read, or for them to have few friends because they ignore or avoid others so they can sit down in a secluded area and indulge in their hobby of reading. They have many bookshelves, and if wealthy, they may have a home library. Favorite haunts are new bookstores, used booksellers, and public libraries.

A character who just loves to read books. They tend to be smarter than other characters, but some book enthusiasts are of average intelligence. They tend to wear glasses, and tend to have few interests other than reading. Expect them to put off doing chores or outings with friends to read, or for them to have few friends because they ignore or avoid others so they can sit down in a secluded area and indulge in their hobby of reading. They have many bookshelves, and if wealthy, they may have a home library. Favorite haunts are new bookstores, used booksellers, and public libraries.

A character who just loves to read books. Can be smart or just of average intelligence, may or may not wear glasses, and possibly have few interests other than reading. Expect them to put off doing stuff with friends in order to read sometimes, or for them to have few friends because they make a point to ignore or avoid others for the purpose of sitting down in a secluded area and indulging in their hobby of reading.

* 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.

** Louis de Pointe du Lac often reads books, which is his sole pastime. When he's severely depressed in the fifth episode, reading is his only source of comfort because he buries himself (both [[MessOfWoe literally]] and figuratively) in French literature. By 2022, he has followed Daniel's journalistic career for the past 49 years, which includes reading the latter's autobiography.
** As a fledgling vampire, Claudia loves reading so much that she sometimes talks to books because she regards them as her friends. When she's older, she travels to numerous university libraries for seven years to do extensive research on the origin of vampires. In the sixth episode, she studies the European cities that she plans to visit while in her coffin.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Kevin Levin is given this characterization that can be seen in multiple episodes. In the Season 1 Episode 9 “Hero Time” he is seen standing in line along with Ben and Gwen reading a book called Darkfall which appears to be based on the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series. In the Season 1 Episode 17 “Nor Iron Bar a Cage” when Ben and Gwen search his room in an effort to try to locate him, books are strewn around his room with them on the floor, on his desk, and even a bookshelf full of them. In the Season 2 Episode 8 “Basic Training” when the trio are forced to go through training at the Plumbers’ Academy, Kevin spends his free time reading the Plumbers Handbook in an effort to get his father’s plumbers badge back. Even [[BookSmart Gwen]] noted that when he was imprisoned that he read a lot of books along being good at math and being knowledgeable in history. All examples have compiled and can be seen [[https://www.deviantart.com/silverlady7/art/Kevin-and-the-books-745679891 here]].

*** 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 {{ill girl}} 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.

** Louis de Pointe du Lac often reads books, which is his sole pastime. When he's severely depressed in the fifth episode, reading is his only source of comfort because he buries himself (both [[MessOfWoe literally]] and figuratively) in French literature.

* [[Music/JoyDivision Ian Curtis]] was also an avid reader, particularly of Creator/FranzKafka and J.G. Ballard. That ''would'' explain a thing or two about his lyrics...

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Kevin Levin is given this characterization that can be seen in multiple episodes. In the Season 1 Episode 9 “Hero Time” he is seen standing in line along with Ben and Gwen reading a book called Darkfall which appears to be based on the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series. In the Season 1 Episode 17 “Nor Iron Bar a Cage” when Ben and Gwen search his room in an effort to try to locate him, books are strewn around his room with them on the floor, on his desk, and even a bookshelf full of them. In the Season 2 Episode 8 “Basic Training” when the trio are forced to go through training at the Plumbers’ Academy, Kevin spends his free time reading the Plumbers Handbook in an effort to get his father’s plumbers badge back. Even [[BookSmart Gwen]] noted that when he was imprisoned that he read a lot of books

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': While the titular Sterling Archer is mostly known for partying and womanizing during his free time, he is also shown to be an avid reader when no one is around. In one episode he chastises a female coworker to read a book and in another episode is shown reading about the Conquest of Mexico in bed [[ShirtlessScene wearing nothing from the waist up]] [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses except for a pair of glasses]] [[SleepsInTheNude and possibly nothing below the waist]] as he has a ModestyBedsheet covering below the waist as can be seen [[https://twitter.com/verge/status/585067389781311489 here]].

** As a fledgling vampire, Claudia loves reading so much that she sometimes talks to books because she regards them as her friends. When she's older, she travels to numerous university libraries for seven years to do extensive research on the origin of vampires.

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* 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.
* 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.
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** ''[[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.

* ''Fanfic/OSMUFanfictionFriction'': Oswald and Octavius, just as in canon. Oswald was an agent of the Library department as a "library-museum person", while Octavius is still in the department, so loving books is a natural given for them. In Chapter 17, Oswald arrives at a bookstore called The Book Loft that has thirty-two rooms of books, and is completely ecstatic. He buys an entire large bin of books, enough to where Opal is surprised the store has any still left, and calls it reading for two entire weeks.

* In ''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'', 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 the theatre scene in Paris, for example).

* Klaus in ''Literature/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 (both of whom are themselves far from strangers to Klaus habit), allows them to escape from Count Olaf's clutches.

* Lori Shepherd from the ''Literature/AuntDimity'' series. She has some expertise in rare books and used to word for an academic expert. She is often drawn to the libraries in houses where she is staying. She is even asked to assess the books in an old house in ''Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil''.

* The ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety'' series has Reynie, Sticky, and Mr. Benedict. Reynie is just as much a voracious reader as the other two but doesn't possess their eidetic memory, and thus, while being a reasonably fast and studious reader, can't process books nearly as fast as the other two, much to his disappointment. As a child, Mr. Benedict loved reading, but had access to few books, and was mostly left to scrounging for newspapers. Simply reading a dictionary was for him a real treat. When he moved to a new orphanage, his delight at discovering it had a massive library was matched only by his bitterness and disappointment that only a very limited amount of free time was allowed each day for reading and that he couldn't get permission to borrow books to take up to his room. [[spoiler:He eventually discovered that the library was the treasure of the wife of the former owner of the manor that became the orphanage, and managed to negotiate a deal to be allowed to read as much as he wanted.]]

* ''Literature/{{MARZENA}}'': Lauren being an Introverted girl who never goes outside, it's no surprise to find her checking out the ebooks available on the Intranet server of her new workplace, especially when it's about topics on brains, Lauren knows everything there is to know about brains and psychology. Lauren still has to read the [[SacredScripture Transhuman Seeder]] though, maybe she should start with Outlast the Machine?

* Anne in ''Literature/{{Anne of Green Gables}}.'' At first, this was a form of escapism from a difficult life as a foster child. She later channeled the interest into teaching and writing; the movie version of ''Anne of Avonlea'' specifically has her teaching English and literature in a private secondary school.

* Seika in ''Literature/PrincessHolyAura'', who when first encountered had a huge stack of books beside her.

*** 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 ill girl 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.

** [[MeaningfulName Patchouli Knowledge,]] who lives in her own personal GreatBigLibraryOfEverything, 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.

* ''Webcomic/MilkAndMocha'' has Mocha, who's an introverted book fanatic and is often seen reading. They ''do'' have other hobbies, like games, music or watching films, but compared to Milk (their significant other) they clearly prefer books.

* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] was an avid reader, something reinforced when he had to drop out of school and do vaudeville full time to support his family. He said he tried to read a new book every day, and that the proudest moment of his career was the Library of Congress choosing one of his books to be preserved for historical significance. One of his most famous quotes: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Tyrion claims, "My brother has his sword and I have my mind," though he proves no slouch with an axe himself.
** Sam always wanted to be a wizard, prefers being a steward, and uses "I read it in a book" as his {{catchphrase}}.
** 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 ill girl 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.

Frequently espouse a {{Reading Is Cool|Aesop}} attitude.