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hardcover

[hahrd-kuhv-er] / ˈhɑrdˈkʌv ər /


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“When I sit down to read a small hardcover, it almost feels like I’m reading a journal,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

Mason described a 5-by-8 hardcover as shorthand for a specific book she seeks out when she is in a bookstore because it often signals a character-driven novel.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

It has sold nearly 67,000 hardcover copies since its release in January, according to Circana BookScan data, which does not account for ebook or audiobook sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

But what I think is more notable is how I do it: I read only hardcover or paperback books.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2026

So there she was, in the library on her knees in the narrow fiction stacks, with three copies of the novel, two paperbacks and one hardcover, on the shelf in front of her.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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