Language and Literature
- Open vowel, vowel sound of a type used in most spoken languages
- Open (magazine), a lifestyle Mexican publication
- OPEN (Indian magazine), an Indian weekly English language magazine featuring current affairs
- Open: An Autobiography, by Andre Agassi (2010)
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