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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

Various deluxe editions also come with bootleg recordings from a 1975 concert, concert films on Blu-ray, a hardcover book with never-seen photographs, a comic-book tour poster and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

This particular copy is one of just 500 from the first hardcover printing in the U.K.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

But this was a hardcover one, with a different picture on the front.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead