bibliomystery

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noun

A genre of mystery novels which have books as the central theme of the plot.

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Meanings

nounbibliomystery (plural bibliomysteries)

plural bibliomysteries

  1. A genre of mystery novels which have books as the central theme of the plot.
    1 more example

    Marco Page's Fast Company is probably an early example of the bibliomystery in English (the first ever bibliomystery is from 1874: Scrope, or, The Lost Library by Frederic Perkins, followed by The Colfax Bookplate, 1926, by Agness Miller) while the movie adaptation of Fast Company is most likely the first bibliomystery in cinema.

    2010, Pradeep Sebastian, The Groaning Shelf, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Origin

From biblio- + mystery.

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bibliomystery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliomystery

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“bibliomystery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliomystery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bibliomystery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliomystery.

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