paperback

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

The novel, which sold 314,000 print copies so far this year, sits atop the New York Times paperback trade fiction bestseller list.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

It’s fitting, then, that the aesthetic has been adopted by Gen Z fiction writers like Honor Levy, whose paperback edition of “My First Book” includes girlish heart stickers on a hot pink background.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

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