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Show me a book that fits just one category and I’ll show you a narrow book.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The Spanish company gets most of its sales from luxury fragrances, a category that has grown 13% a year on average since 2020, data from Euromonitor shows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Keith Herron, a finalist in the ready-to-wear category, was head-to-toe in Advisry, his own brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But there was a near 26-percent month-on-month decline in the category of transport equipment that includes military vehicles, aircraft, ships and trains.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Aames Financial, like The Money Store, belonged to a new category of firms extending loans to cash-strapped Americans, known euphemistically as “specialty finance.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis