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Bibliosmia: A smelly book
To help you get started, here are a few ideas for how one might complete this prompt:
- A book that has that “good book smell.”
- A book you read but didn’t enjoy. (“This book stinks!”)
- A book you enjoyed but that has bad reviews from others. (It stinks!)
- A non-fiction read about the science and sensation of smell.
- A bookish character within the book who mentions “book smell” or “bibliosmia.”
- Smell is often associated with memory. You may pick a nostalgic read that reminds you of a specific time (or book) in your life.
- A book with words like, “Smell,” “Scent,” or “Aroma” in the title.
- Capture that “new book smell” by reading a newly released book (in any format!)
- Capture that “old book smell” by reading a classic (in any format.)
- A novel that heavily relies on scents / smells for descriptions within the narrative.
- A character with hyperosmia (an extremely heightened sense of smell.)
- A character who works with scents (perfumist, aromatherapist, sommelier, etc.)
- A cover design featuring something smelly (either positive or negative association). For example: Garbage, candles, perfume, fish, flowers, garlic, feet, smoke, coffee, etc.
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497 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393970128
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Norton
Publication date: Not specified
497 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393970128
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Norton
Publication date: Not specified
302 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9781737646365
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Houndstooth Books
Publication date: 26 February 2024
302 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9781737646365
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Houndstooth Books
Publication date: 26 February 2024
244 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780590484671
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Publication date: 01 March 1993
244 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780590484671
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Publication date: 01 March 1993
384 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780425213384
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Publication date: 02 January 2007
384 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780425213384
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Publication date: 02 January 2007
147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781635420890
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Other Press
Publication date: 26 October 2021
147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781635420890
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Other Press
Publication date: 26 October 2021
10 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781761045080
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio
Publication date: 31 August 2021
10 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781761045080
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio
Publication date: 31 August 2021
388 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781460754337
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Publication date: Not specified
388 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781460754337
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Publication date: Not specified
12 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781250797834
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: MacMillan Audio
Publication date: 01 August 2020
12 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781250797834
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: MacMillan Audio
Publication date: 01 August 2020
288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780358379867
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication date: 12 October 2021
288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780358379867
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication date: 12 October 2021
446 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780316182546
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 01 January 2001
446 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780316182546
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 01 January 2001