abibliophobia

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noun

Fear of running out of things to read.

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Meanings

nounabibliophobia (uncountable)
  1. humorousuncountableFear of running out of things to read.

    The outdoor racks, maintained on an honor system, are open 24 hours a day, for those who suffer from abibliophobia—fear of lacking for reading material.

    2012, Laura M. Reckford, Frommer's Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 110
    2 more examples

    Professor David Latchman, the Master of Birkbeck College, suffers from abibliophobia, a common affliction amongst book collectors that manifests itself as a morbid fear of running out of reading material.

    2006, The Jewish Quarterly, page 72

    Speaking of frightful words, a curious fear I've suffered from on occasion, especially on long airplane flights, is abibliophobia, the fear of not having enough to read.

    2010, Phil Cousineau, Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words, Viva Editions, →ISBN, page 17

Origin

From a- + biblio- + -phobia.

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APA

abibliophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abibliophobia

MLA

“abibliophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abibliophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abibliophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abibliophobia.

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