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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Some books read like hardcover screenplays, so easily translated to the movies that publishing them first as a novel almost seems like an unnecessary formality.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

He was holding a hardcover library book whose title she could not see and had stuffed his New York Times next to the juice bottle.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie