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Book size

Book size: bibliographic format (folio 2°, quarto 4°, octavo 8°, named by sheet folds) versus modern trim sizes such as the US 6 x 9 inch standard and UK B-format paperbacks.

Bookends (album)

Bookends is Simon & Garfunkel's fourth studio album, released by Columbia on April 3, 1968. A concept album tracing life from youth to old age, it topped US and UK charts and won "Mrs. Robinson" the Record of the Year Grammy.

Booker Ervin

Booker Ervin (Booker Telleferro Ervin II, 1930–1970) was a Texas-born tenor saxophonist of the Mingus Jazz Workshop, famed for the hard-toned Prestige Book series and Blue Note albums.

Booker Prize

The Booker Prize, founded in the UK in 1969 and also known as the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is awarded annually by the Booker Prize Foundation for the best English-language novel published in the UK or Ireland; winner receives £50,000.

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Booker T. & the M.G.'s, also called Booker T and the MGs, were the interracial Stax Records house band formed in Memphis in 1962, known for "Green Onions" (R&B No. 1), backing Otis Redding and Sam & Dave, and 1992 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones, born Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. in 1944, is an American musician best known as organist and leader of Booker T. & the MG's.

Bookie

Bookie is an American Max comedy series, also titled How to Be a Bookie, created by Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, starring Sebastian Maniscalco as a Los Angeles bookie facing legalized sports betting; two seasons, 2023-2025, then canceled.

Bookish (TV series)

Bookish is a six-part British period detective drama created by and starring Mark Gatiss as 1946 London bookseller-detective Gabriel Book, airing on U&alibi (2025) and PBS (2026), with a second series commissioned.

Bookmark

Bookmark: a thin card, leather, or fabric marker for keeping one's place in a book, and, in computing, a saved web page reference in a browser. Known since the 6th-century Coptic codices; digital bookmarks are often created but rarely used.

BookMyShow Live

BookMyShow Live is the live entertainment division of Indian ticketing platform BookMyShow. Launched in 2017, it produces Lollapalooza India and tours by Coldplay and Ed Sheeran.

Books of Blood

Books of Blood: six-volume Clive Barker horror short story collection published in Britain 1984-1985, thirty stories framed by The Book of Blood and On Jerusalem Street; source of Candyman, Lord of Illusions, The Midnight Meat Train, and a 2020 Hulu film.

Books of Blood (film)

Books of Blood (2020) is a Hulu horror anthology film directed by Brannon Braga, written with Adam Simon, based loosely on Clive Barker's 1984-85 story collection, starring Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, and Rafi Gavron, released October 7, 2020.

Bookshops & Bonedust

Bookshops & Bonedust, Travis Baldree's 2023 Tor prequel to Legends & Lattes, follows young orc mercenary Viv recovering in the seaside town of Murk, where she befriends bookseller Fern and baker Maylee.

Booksmart

Booksmart is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy and Olivia Wilde's feature directorial debut, starring Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein as overachievers cramming four years of fun into one night before graduation; released May 24, 2019.

Bookworm (film)

Bookworm is a 2024 New Zealand adventure family comedy directed by Ant Timpson, starring Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher as an estranged father and daughter hunting the mythical Canterbury Panther; it won the Fantasia 2024 Audience Award.

Boolymon

Boolymon, aka snakechildpain, born 2004, is an underground American rapper-producer in the dark plugg/terror plugg scene; known for Megalodon (2025), the outstanding EP, and a 2024-2025 DistroKid streaming removal dispute.

Boom (Doctor Who)

"Boom" is the third episode of Doctor Who's 2024 series, written by returning ex-showrunner Steven Moffat, broadcast 18 May 2024: the Fifteenth Doctor is trapped on a landmine on Kastarion 3, fighting a war driven by a murderous Villengard algorithm, with Varada Sethu as Anglican Marine Mundy Flynn.

Boom bap

Boom bap: New York hip-hop production style and subgenre of the late 1980s-1990s golden age, named for its kick (boom) and snare (bap), built on sampled vinyl loops, MPC swing, and 85-95 BPM grooves.

Boom!

Boom! (1968) is Joseph Losey's drama adapted by Tennessee Williams from The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; a flop that became a John Waters-endorsed camp cult film.

Boombastic (song)

Boombastic (Mr. Boombastic) is a 1995 reggae fusion single by Shaggy from the album Boombastic, sampling King Floyd's Baby Let Me Kiss You; it debuted at UK No. 1, hit US No. 3, and was certified platinum.

Boombox Cartel

Boombox Cartel is a Los Angeles bass music act founded in 2012 by Mexico-born producers Americo Garcia and Jorge Medina, known for the 2015 single "B2U".

Boomerang (1992 film)

Boomerang is a 1992 American romantic comedy directed by Reginald Hudlin, starring Eddie Murphy as a womanizing executive whose new boss treats him the same way.

Boomerang (2019 film)

Boomerang (பூமராங்) is a 2019 Tamil action thriller written, produced and directed by R. Kannan, starring Atharvaa in a double role with Megha Akash and Indhuja. Released 8 March 2019, its plot follows a face-transplant recipient hunted by his donor's enemies.

Boomerang (2024 German-Iranian film)

Boomerang (2024) is an 83-minute German-Iranian drama, the feature debut of Tehran-based artist Shahab Fotouhi, following a crumbling marriage and a teenage romance in Tehran; it premiered at Venice's Giornate degli Autori and won Best Film and Best Score at the Otranto Film Festival.

Boomerang (2024 Indian film)

Boomerang (বুমেরাং), 2024 Bengali-language Indian sci-fi comedy directed by Sauvik Kundu, starring Jeet and Rukmini Maitra, adapted from the play Punoray Ruby Ray, released 7 June 2024.

Boomhauer

Boomhauer (Jeffrey Dexter Boomhauer III) is a King of the Hill character voiced by Mike Judge, Hank Hill's fast-talking, nearly incomprehensible bachelor friend, a Texas Ranger revealed only in the finale, now a stepfather in the Hulu revival.

Boompala

Boompala (붐팔라) is a 2026 song by the South Korean girl group LE SSERAFIM, released on May 22, 2026 as the title track of the album 'PUREFLOW' pt.1.

Boone Carlyle

Boone Carlyle is a fictional character on ABC's Lost (2004–2010), played by Ian Somerhalder; a wealthy wedding-business heir and stepsister Shannon's devoted stepbrother, he was the first main character to die, in season one's "Do No Harm".

Boong

Boong is a 2024 Manipuri-language Indian coming-of-age drama directed by Lakshmipriya Devi, about a boy searching for his father near Moreh on the Myanmar border; it won Best Children's & Family Film at the 2026 BAFTAs, the first BAFTA won by an Indian film.

Boonie Bears (熊出没)

Boonie Bears (熊出没) is a Chinese 3D animated franchise by Fantawild Animation, premiering on CCTV-14 on January 22, 2012, starring bear brothers Briar and Bramble against Logger Vick, with annual Spring Festival films grossing over US$415 million.