Synonyms of books

books 1 of 2

noun

plural of book

1

as in paperbacks

a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction

I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paperbacks
• volumes
• hardcovers
• novels
• tomes
• treatises
• monographs
• anthologies
• albums
• dictionaries
• textbooks
• manuals
• papers
• encyclopedias
• catalogs
• handbooks
• texts
• hardbacks
• folios
• guidebooks
• trade books
• pocket books
• trade editions
• softcovers
• quartos
• pocket editions
• primers
• novelettes
• pulps
• almanacs
• tracts
• chapbooks
• softbacks
• picture books
• cyclopedias
• casebooks
• omnibuses
• paperbounds
• how-tos

2

as in periodicals

a publication that appears at regular intervals

older people in these parts still tend to call a magazine a book

Synonyms & Similar Words

• periodicals
• journals
• newspapers
• magazines
• organs
• bulletins
• papers
• serials
• reviews
• gazettes
• mags
• zines
• yearbooks
• editions
• rags
• newsletters
• diurnals
• annuals
• weeklies
• quarterlies
• sheets
• monthlies
• dailies
• digests
• supplements
• little magazines
• pictorials
• fanzines
• tabloids
• semiweeklies
• biweeklies
• triweeklies
• semimonthlies
• bimonthlies
• tabs
• newsmagazines
• extras
• broadsides
• newsweeklies
• slicks

books

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of book

1

as in reserves

to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use

we booked a conference room for the meeting next week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reserves
• hires
• earmarks
• contracts
• retains
• bespeaks
• engages

2

as in moves

slang to leave a place often for another

I'm running late, so I've got to book

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moves
• exits
• parts
• goes
• departs
• gets
• walks out
• bails out
• escapes
• starts
• runs along
• packs (up or off)
• peels off
• pulls out
• flies
• cuts out
• pushes off
• bails
• bugs off
• buzzes (off)
• pushes on
• beats it
• gets off
• sallies (forth)
• retreats
• goes off
• clears off
• flees
• takes off
• digs out
• evacuates
• clears out
• steps (along)
• shoves (off)
• vamooses
• takes a powder
• quits
• buggers off
• hits the road
• retires
• bugs out
• sets out
• takes a hike
• withdraws
• pikes (out or off)
• pulls stakes
• skips
• emigrates
• strikes out
• scarpers
• runs away
• deserts
• mizzles
• lights out
• gets out
• steps out
• goes out
• scats
• absconds
• abandons
• removes
• vacates
• decamps
• forsakes
• scrams
• adjourns

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comes
• remains
• arrives
• turns up
• shows up
• approaches
• stays
• dwells
• lands
• lodges
• settles
• abides
• hits
• closes
• reaches
• tarries
• nears

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of books

Noun

No individual could write that many books. —Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026

One law created new oversight, requiring oil companies to open their books and giving regulators more visibility into refinery profits and operations. —Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026

Wolfe’s books have always been challenging adaptations, though his space saga The Right Stuff became a terrific film under the direction of Phil Kaufman. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026

Every month, Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani recommend new fiction and nonfiction books. —Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026

The battle is well documented in the country’s history books but this is believed to be the first time that archaeological investigations in connection with it have been undertaken, according to Uldum. —Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026

So here's a guide to picking out the best, age-appropriate books kids will actually read. —Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

Colossus Harbor is more than double the size of the original bakery, with a full restaurant and superette that boasts a rack of grab-and-go bread and shelves lined with pantry products, books, merch and bottles of wine. —Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

This means that books can fall through the cracks; some are under-edited or under-publicized even if the people working on these books are trying their best. —Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026

Verb

This brunch usually books up, so call soon. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026

Skipping Travel Insurance No one books a trip expecting delays, cancellations, or illness, but spring weather is notoriously unpredictable, and travel disruptions happen more often than we’d like. —Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026

Once selected, the app books the entire multimodal trip, including an Uber Black car to the vertiport, the Joby air taxi flight, and another Uber pickup at the destination. —Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026

Wasserman also has a live events unit, a speaker’s bureau that books speakers for corporate events and conferences, and a rights sales business that negotiates and sells sponsorships and media rights, including stadium naming rights. —Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2026

The Torquay United Travel Club, which books coaches for its members, vented on its Facebook page. —Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026

The site books students in exchange for a portion of your revenue. —Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026

Alongside the African Diaspora volume, Duran keeps almost all the Hidden Voices guides in her classroom, and has used or expects to use the Jewish, Muslim, Latinx and Asian Americans books in her lesson plans. —Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026

The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings When her father dies, Georgia Carter reluctantly books a flight home from London to South Carolina. —Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026