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It’s a world in which it is easier to fail than to succeed, a world that a lot of people picking up a paperback for quarter at the drug store would have recognized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“It ranges from like, something you’d read in your freshman year of philosophy to something that was a 1970s airport paperback thriller.”

From Salon • Mar. 23, 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

As imprints focus on awards season and holiday sales, several of this month’s best titles are out as paperback releases.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

The city of Megadon reminded me of an old 1950s sci-fi paperback cover painting depicting the crumbling ruins of a once-great technologically advanced civilization.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline