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bookaholic, n.

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Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: book n., -aholic suffix.
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  A habitual and prolific reader; a compulsive book buyer.

1965   L. Meyer Customer is Always iii. 44   Just as an alcoholic somehow gets the money to buy his booze, so does a bookaholic somehow get the money to buy his books.
1992   Guardian (Nexis) 14 Aug. 16   No proper bookaholic would dare risk a last-minute scan of airport bookstalls for his or her holiday reading, as the holiday would be ruined without the right books to read.
2003   S. L. Brown Christmas Homecoming (front matter)   She is a self-confessed bookaholic and is firmly convinced she has one of the largest ‘To Be Read’ stacks..in the world.

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    This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014).