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hardcover

[hahrd-kuhv-er] / ˈhɑrdˈkʌv ər /
NOUN
book
Synonyms
STRONGEST
album booklet brochure copy dictionary edition essay fiction magazine manual novel pamphlet paperback publication text textbook tome volume work writing
STRONG
Bible atlas bestseller codex compendium dissertation encyclopedia folio handbook leaflet lexicon monograph nonfiction octavo offprint omnibus opus periodical portfolio primer quarto reader reprint roll scroll speller thesaurus tract treatise
WEAK
opuscule preprint softcover vade mecum

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

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026

The book has held a spot on the Times hardcover bestseller fiction list since it debuted in October.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Today, there are 255,000 hardcover copies of “The Correspondent” in print, 17 times the book’s initial print run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

The special hardcover edition of the seminal LGBTQ+ coming of age memoir includes commentary by Kobabe as well as other comic creators and scholars.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

I’m just hoping there’s an amendment somewhere in the Constitution that prohibits the FBI from stealing my collection of hardcover fantasy novels.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller