airport book

English

Airport books on sale at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Dehli.

Etymology

From the buying of such books directly from airports.

Noun

airport book (plural airport books)

1. A book to be read in one sitting, especially during plane travel.

   Synonym: airport novel

   Coordinate terms: beach book, coffee table book, toilet book

   • 2010 August 13, Robert Pinsky, “Start the Presses”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Modern readers recognize the quiet, lone hours spent by Henry James’s character Isabel Archer, that immersive reading experienced not only by devotees of James but by escapist fans of the genre known as “airport books.”

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 2013, P.-M. Binder, K. Smith, editors, The Language Phenomenon, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 235:

     Thirdly, this book is aimed at educated non-specialists. It is harder to read than an airport book, but at the same time far more rewarding.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: lentomatkalla luettava kirja
• French: roman de gare (fr) m