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The novel, which sold 314,000 print copies so far this year, sits atop the New York Times paperback trade fiction bestseller list.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It ranges from like, something you’d read in your freshman year of philosophy to something that was a 1970s airport paperback thriller.”

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

But what I think is more notable is how I do it: I read only hardcover or paperback books.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026

It lands somewhere between Disney fairy tale, ’80s romance paperback art and old Hollywood glamour.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The book in her hands is a paperback copy of Timon of Athens, and though she keeps a finger marking her page she never reads a word of it.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri