bibliophile

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Best known for his diaries, the tailor's son was also a bibliophile who bequeathed his large library to the University of Cambridge's Magdalene College.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

He was a Christian Zionist and bibliophile, who by all accounts knew the land of Israel better than many of the Jews who lived there.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

After a few years of joining the Kindle cult, I am back to my old bibliophile ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Carmen grew up devouring her opera-loving, bibliophile father’s books — he had a capacious library of the classics — and “in a Catholic bubble,” she told The Financial Times in 2020.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022

As the poor and crushed bibliophile turned to go, the proprietor interrupted him.

From The Unpublishable Memoirs by Rosenbach, A. S. W.