hardcover

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Mason described a 5-by-8 hardcover as shorthand for a specific book she seeks out when she is in a bookstore because it often signals a character-driven novel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“When I sit down to read a small hardcover, it almost feels like I’m reading a journal,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

This year’s top hardcover sellers include those two books as well as “Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic,” a memoir by podcaster and entrepreneur Bunnie Xo, according to Circana.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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

He was holding a hardcover library book whose title she could not see and had stuffed his New York Times next to the juice bottle.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie