AssetID: eds002 / Shirley V. Beckes / Bookworm Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books . Accordingly a bibliophile is an individual who loves books. A bookworm is someone who loves books for their content, or who otherwise loves reading . The -ia -suffixed form “bibliophilia” is sometimes considered to be an incorrect usage; the older “bibliophilism” is considered more correct. The adjective form of the term is bibliophilic. A bibliophile may be, but is not necessarily, a book collector . Description above from the Wikipedia article Bookworm, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.