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Most of the current book sales are for the original paperback edition, though a movie tie-in with Gosling on the cover is also contributing, as are some hardcover volumes.
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
James picked up a worn paperback that had been frontside down.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
