paperback

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The book sits atop the New York Times paperback trade fiction bestseller list dated April 12, and has been on the list since last summer—around the time the movie’s trailer was released.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It ranges from like, something you’d read in your freshman year of philosophy to something that was a 1970s airport paperback thriller.”

From Salon • Mar. 23, 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

I read the paperback so often and so hard that I wore off the cover and had to stick it back on with tape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

And I found a compact paperback history of slavery in America that might be useful.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler