Book vocabulary

a brief description of the book's contents found on the back cover

• a novelist

• a literary genre

• chick lit

• a plot

• blurb

a person who writes novels

• a novelist

• a literary genre

• chick lit

• a plot

• blurb

literature which has the same style or subject, e.g. horror, romance, etc.

• a novelist

• a literary genre

• chick lit

• a plot

• blurb

the story of a book, film, play, etc.

• a novelist

• a literary genre

• chick lit

• a plot

• blurb

ta genre of fiction which focuses on young women and their emotional lives

• a novelist

• a literary genre

• chick lit

• a plot

• blurb

the list of items in a book or magazine showing the page number they begin on

• browse

• a paperback

• e-book

• flick through

• contents page

an electronic book that you download onto an iPad, Kindle, etc.

• browse

• a paperback

• e-book

• flick through

• contents page

look quickly at the pages of a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.

• browse

• a paperback

• e-book

• flick through

• contents page

a book that has a cover made of thin card

• browse

• a paperback

• e-book

• flick through

• contents page

walk around a shop looking at things, but without planning to buy anything

• browse

• a paperback

• e-book

• flick through

• contents page