"Books" Example Sentences
1. The library has thousands of books for people to borrow and read.
2. I spent my summer vacation reading adventure books.
3. She prefers reading mystery books to watching mystery movies.
4. The bookstore sells new and used books.
5. The teacher ordered new classroom books for her students.
6. The librarian shelves books based on their subject and classification.
7. The author had several books on the bestseller list.
8. We had to buy the required textbooks for our college classes.
9. She keeps collections of children's books from her youth.
10. My grandparents have shelves full of antique history books.
11. The children's section of the library has many picture books.
12. The author signed copies of her new book for fans at the bookstore.
13. I have too many books to read and not enough time.
14. The student checked out several research books from the library.
15. The bookshelves along the wall were filled with reference books.
16. The book club chooses a different book each month for members to read and discuss.
17. The library database lets you search for books by title, author or subject.
18. Some of the rarest books in the collection are kept in a climate-controlled room.
19. Reading books improves vocabulary, imagination, and knowledge.
20. I organized my books by genre on the bookshelves in my office.
21. We went to the library and checked out a stack of children's books.
22. Many of the classics and popular books have been adapted into movies.
23. I donated my collection of cookbooks to the school library.
24. The children's books were illustrated with colorful pictures and diagrams.
25. The librarian instructed the students on how to search for books in the catalog.
26. Large printing presses and machines are used to make most modern books.
27. The library has books in many different languages for patrons.
28. We found an old treasure trove of rare vintage books in the attic.
29. Encyclopedia books provide information on a wide variety of subjects.
30. She organized the scholarship winner's books into boxes for college.
31. The essayist draws comparisons between two unrelated books.
32. The librarian checked the books back in after the book club meeting concluded.
33. The author signed copies of her new children's books at the school.
34. Electronic books are available for people who prefer to read on tablets or e-readers.
35. Study guides and notebooks completed the stack of school books on her desk.
36. They keep the art books separate from the other books on the shelf.
37. The history major checked out stacks of research books from the library.
38. A first edition of one of his books would be worth a fortune now.
39. The avid reader purchased even more books after finishing the ones she got from the library.
40. Textbook rental companies allow students to rent rather than buy expensive college books.
41. She loved to pore over the beautiful illustrations in her storybooks as a child.
42. The teacher compiled a list of suggested reading books for the summer.
43. Our school library has a wide selection of books for students of all reading levels.
44. Many classic books are considered required reading in school literature classes.
45. We looked through the dusty art books in the antique store.
46. She gifts unique and rare books to her fellow bibliophiles on their birthdays.
47. The bookstore carried an extensive collection of travel books and guides.
48. I always peek at the new releases table when I visit the bookstore.
49. The kindergarten class listened to storybooks read aloud by the teachers.
50. The book club members brought desserts and reviewed the most recent selection of books.
51. My grandparents kept treasured photo albums and journals of family books.
52. The children's librarian read books to students during the weekly story time.
53. We used notecards to take book notes and generate outlines from our research books.
54. I read through collections of poetry books to find quotes for my writing projects.
55. She organized her school books by semester on the bookshelves in her room.
56. Banned books have been at the center of many freedom of speech debates.
57. The children's author signed books after giving a presentation at the elementary school.
58. The history department acquired a rare set of history books for faculty research.
59. I took some of my favorite children's books from home when I moved into my dorm room.
60. BookScan compiles data on book sales from major bookstore chains and online sellers.
Common Phases
• Between the covers of a book
• Between the lines of a book
• Between the pages of a book
• Lost in a book
• Nose in a book
• With one's nose in a book
• Cover to cover
• Off the
books
• Read between the lines
• There's more than one way to skin a cat. (Meaning there are multiple solutions to a problem)
• By the book (Doing something exactly according to instructions or rules)
• Keeping
books (Recording financial transactions)
• Close the
books (Finish accounts)
• Throw the book at someone (Punish someone severely)
• Reading makes the full man, conference the ready man, and writing an exact man. (Old proverb)
•
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without
books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. (Barbara Tuchman)
•Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. (Albert Einstein's humorous phrase about
books and knowledge)
Hope these common phrases help! Let me know if you have any other questions.