The phrase "avoiding books" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the act of not engaging with or reading books, often in the context of preferences or habits.
Example: "She has been avoiding books lately, preferring to watch movies instead."
Alternatives: "steering clear of books" or "shunning books".
Bigelow has taken to avoiding books he's heard of.
If kids are avoiding eye contact, they are avoiding books even more.
The Edgeworth-Day project to apply the principles of "Émile" to living subjects began with the selection of Edgeworth's young son, Dick, as the guinea pig who was to be protected from corruption by avoiding books, while at the same time being released from any form of parental discipline.
Even as a child browsing at the library I distinctly remember avoiding books that had the big silver Caldecott award sticker on the front, because I loved fairy tales, ghost stories, adventures, whereas the Caldecott prize stories often had a dutiful tone that tended more towards social issues.
Feel free, however, to give yourself a pat on the back for avoiding books and knowledge.
Poignant and compelling tongue-in-cheek advice on avoiding book review clichés.
However, it remains to be shown that avoiding book with such a restricted set of bets suffices to justify adherence to the axioms.
And, most of the time, avoid books that fit into your back pocket — slight often means slight.
And it's true that for sheer diversion, or post-season recovery, I do try to avoid books that feel like homework.
"The Patterns of Paper Monsters" presents an interesting challenge to grown-up, strait-laced readers who tend to avoid books about troubled youths.
Cookbooks are aesthetically appealing and, even though recipes can be quickly found on line, people like buying them — keep a big, diverse mix, but avoid books by celebrity chefs, who quickly go the way of Dan Brown.
