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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 audiobook edition of Karin Slaughter’s thriller “We Are All Guilty Here” also outsold the print book—which itself was a hardcover bestseller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

“The Correspondent” spent one week on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list in early October.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

The book, “Notes to John,” will be published in hardcover and ebook by Knopf on April 22.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

At the Four Continents, Bobby bought a hardcover Russian-language copy of the Soviet School of Chess for $2.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady