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->''"Books. Books. That's the secret of my success – books. Oh, I read them all, I inherit the wisdom of the ages, every plot ever devised is here inside my head."''
-->-- '''Bookworm''', ''Series/Batman1966''

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!Books!!Books






!Libraries

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!Libraries!!Libraries
* BookcasePassage: A secret passage hidden behind a bookshelf that is revealed by lifting one of the books.



* MagicalLibrary



* BookcasePassage: A secret passage hidden behind a bookshelf that is revealed by lifting one of the books.
* MagicalLibrary

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* BookcasePassage: A secret passage hidden behind a bookshelf that is revealed by lifting one of the books.
* MagicalLibrary

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* LoonyLibrarian

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* BadassBookworm
* {{Bookworm}}
* CuteBookworm

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* {{Bookworm}} and its Sub-tropes:
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BadassBookworm
* {{Bookworm}}
* CuteBookworm
** CuteBookworm
** HotLibrarian
** LiteralBookworm



* HotLibrarian
* LiteralBookworm
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* EvilLibrarians
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* TheIllegible: Often applies to diaries.
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* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything


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* LibraryEpisode
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'''Also see:'''
* LiteraryTropes
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* BookmarkClue: Important information is discovered being used as a bookmark.



* BookmarkClue: Important information is discovered being used as a bookmark.
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* BokkmarkClue: Important information is discovered being used as a bookmark.

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* BokkmarkClue: BookmarkClue: Important information is discovered being used as a bookmark.
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* BokkmarkClue: Important information is discovered being used as a bookmark.
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* BookSnap: A character slams a book to show their anger or seriousness about something.

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* BookSnap: A character slams a book shut to show their anger or seriousness about something.
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* BookSnap

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* BookSnapBookSnap: A character slams a book to show their anger or seriousness about something.
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* BookSafe: A hollowed out book is being used to store coveted items.

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* BookSafe: A hollowed out book is being used to store coveted as a “safe” for certain items.
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* BookSafe

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* BookSafeBookSafe: A hollowed out book is being used to store coveted items.
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* TheBookCipher

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* TheBookCipherTheBookCipher: Books are used to code messages.
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* BookBurning

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* BookBurningBookBurning: Books are burned for ulterior reasons.



* BookOnTheHead

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* BookOnTheHeadBookOnTheHead: Balancing a book on your head in order to improve your posture.
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* BookshelfOfAuthority: Posing a character in front of a bookshelf to show that they're smart.
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* AkashicRecords: Mystical compendium of all knowledge
* BigBookOfWar
* BlankBook

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* AkashicRecords: Mystical compendium of all knowledge
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* BigBookOfWar
BigBookOfWar: A fictional book about war, battle tactics, martial code that's often referenced in an offhand manner.
* BlankBookBlankBook: A book with no contents.
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* AkashicRecords

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* AkashicRecordsAkashicRecords: Mystical compendium of all knowledge

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* LiteralBookworm


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* LiteralBookworm
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* RushedInvertedReading

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* RushedInvertedReadingRushedInvertedReading: A character hurriedly grabs a book to make it appear that they were innocently reading, but the book is being held the wrong way round.
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* BooksVsScreens: A FalseDichotomy between reading and TV/computers, usually either "if you like one, you can't like the other" or "books are better".

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* BattyBooks
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* BookAndSwitch

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* BookAndSwitchBookAndSwitch: Someone tries to hide the book they're actually reading behind another book to trick others into thinking they're reading the outer book.



* GreatBigBookOfEverything

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* GreatBigBookOfEverythingGreatBigBookOfEverything: A book that has information on any subject the characters may try to look up.



* ReadingIsCoolAesop

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* ReadingIsCoolAesopReadingIsCoolAesop: The story has the characters learn that reading doesn't have to be boring.



* UsefulBook

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* UsefulBook
UsefulBook: A book gets used for a purpose other than reading it.



* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything

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* GreatBigLibraryOfEverythingGreatBigLibraryOfEverything: A library that has books on every subject imaginable.



* BookcasePassage

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* BookcasePassageBookcasePassage: A secret passage hidden behind a bookshelf that is revealed by lifting one of the books.
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* BattyBooks
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