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paperback

[pey-per-bak] / ˈpeɪ pərˌbæk /
NOUN
book
Synonyms
STRONGEST
album booklet brochure copy dictionary edition essay fiction magazine manual novel pamphlet publication text textbook tome volume work writing
STRONG
Bible atlas bestseller codex compendium dissertation encyclopedia folio handbook hardcover 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
NOUN
novel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fiction narrative novella prose story tale yarn
STRONG
novelette potboiler romance
WEAK
best-seller cliff-hanger
Antonyms
STRONGEST
nonfiction truth

Example Sentences

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Most of the current book sales are for the original paperback edition, though a movie tie-in with Gosling on the cover is also contributing, as are some hardcover volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

It lands somewhere between Disney fairy tale, ’80s romance paperback art and old Hollywood glamour.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

And arm yourself with simple pantry staples that you can graze on lazily, ideally while peeling a clementine and thumbing a paperback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

I sounded out words from Jane Eyre—the paperback edition, not the first edition—all the way back into town.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt