For whom boring literature is a way of life? (8)
I believe the answer is:
bookworm
'life?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bookworm that I've seen before include "One who loves reading" , "keen student" , "Person excessively fond of reading, like earth creature" , "Diligent student's" , "One spends a lot of time reading" .)