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“Strip Rules” has a bracing pace and the aftershave tang of a great 1950s paperback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
A few months ago I found a paperback copy of George Orwell’s “1984” on a city bus.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
"Then we'll buy the paperback when it comes out," she added.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
The paperback rights for her second book, 1978’s Love Signs, were sold for $2.5 million, establishing an industry record at the time.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
I reach my row, where a guy—whose hair is longer, prettier, and darker than mine—is folded into the window seat, reading a tattered paperback about modern Indigenous music.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“Unlike for mass-market paperbacks, hardcover books were shelved, so it didn’t matter that the books were different sizes,” Margolis says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
"But I love the smell of a new book and holding them. I love the colours, some of the covers are just so beautiful, I buy those as paperbacks."
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
It was admirable that Wemby played chess and devoured paperbacks, but what was going to happen in crunch time, when an opponent socked him in the gut and tried to shake him?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Well-worn paperbacks and other less attractive books can be stored elsewhere.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
So there she was, in the library on her knees in the narrow fiction stacks, with three copies of the novel, two paperbacks and one hardcover, on the shelf in front of her.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
