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A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side.
Book or Books may also refer to:
Places
- Book, Louisiana, a community in the United States
- Book's Covered Bridge, also known as Kaufman Covered Bridge, an historic wooden bridge in Jackson Township, Pennsylvania
People with the name
- Book (surname)
- Bob Books (American football) (1903–1954), American football player
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
- Shepherd Book, a character in the Firefly television series and the following film, Serenity
- J. B. Books, a character in the film The Shootist
Music
- The Books, an American band
- Books (EP), a 2004 Extended Play music recording by Belle & Sebastian
- "Book", a 2015 song by Chon from Grow
- Book (album), a 2021 album by They Might Be Giants
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Book (musical theatre), the spoken dialogue of a stage musical
- Book, a 1997 memoir by Whoopi Goldberg
- "Book 'em, Danno!", Det. Capt. Steve McGarrett's catchphrase on the Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)
Other uses
- Book (graph theory), a split graph consisting of p triangles sharing a common edge
- Book (wagering), a set of odds for the possible outcomes in betting
- Book, a synonym for the act of making a reservation with a hospitality vendor (e.g., a table reservation or travel reservation) or entertainment act
- Book, to arrest someone, i.e., apprehend and take them into custody
- Book lung, a respiratory organ in some arachnids
- Book of Life, the book in which God, on Rosh Hashana, writes the names of those who will live another year
- Book wallpaper, in wallpaper installation, the step that activates the paste
- Books, accounting and financial records
See also
- Bookie
- Booking (disambiguation)
- Cook the Books (TV program)
- Cook the Books
- Good book (disambiguation)
- The Book (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Book
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