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Like many cafes in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, the circa-1946 Café Giảng slots into the hectic, colorful streetscape like a narrow paperback on a library shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 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

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

As imprints focus on awards season and holiday sales, several of this month’s best titles are out as paperback releases.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

I reach my row, where a guy—whose hair is longer, prettier, and darker than mine—is folded into the window seat, reading a tattered paperback about modern Indigenous music.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith