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hardcover

[hahrd-kuhv-er] / ˈhɑrdˈkʌv ər /


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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

“The Correspondent” spent one week on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list in early October.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Not only is the cookbook filled with pages and pages of delicious looking recipes, the hardcover book would look beautiful in Nneoma’s colorful kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Edward Ashton removed a small hardcover book from within the pile of papers.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood