When you've finished a book and you suddenly return to the real world, but the real world feels incomplete or surreal because you're still living in the world of the book.
by iciclethe828 June 18, 2013
Get the Book hangovermug. A “book hangover” is a sad or empty feeling after finishing a really good book when you’re not ready to leave the story or characters behind.
“I couldn’t start a new novel for a week because my book hangover from “The Summer I Turned Pretty”, was too strong.”
by ZFree September 8, 2025
Get the Book Hangovermug. Getting so emotionally invested in a book that you think about it for days on end. Characterized by sadness experienced when the book is over and the realization that one will never have the opportunity to feel the way they did reading it for the first time.
by anonymous December 12, 2020
Get the Book Hangovermug.