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hardcover

[hahrd-kuhv-er] / ˈhɑrdˈkʌv ər /
NOUN
book
Synonyms
STRONGEST
album booklet brochure copy dictionary edition essay fiction magazine manual novel pamphlet paperback publication text textbook tome volume work writing
STRONG
Bible atlas bestseller codex compendium dissertation encyclopedia folio handbook 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

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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, narrated by actor Adam Lazarre-White, has outsold the hardcover edition, according to its publisher, Macmillan Audio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

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 book, “Notes to John,” will be published in hardcover and ebook by Knopf on April 22.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

I’m just hoping there’s an amendment somewhere in the Constitution that prohibits the FBI from stealing my collection of hardcover fantasy novels.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller