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The book, currently No. 1 on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, is Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

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

His 2017 biography of Ulysses S. Grant sold 381,604 in hardcover.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

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