paperback

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“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

It’s fitting, then, that the aesthetic has been adopted by Gen Z fiction writers like Honor Levy, whose paperback edition of “My First Book” includes girlish heart stickers on a hot pink background.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 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

And arm yourself with simple pantry staples that you can graze on lazily, ideally while peeling a clementine and thumbing a paperback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

After a minute, he pulled something—a paperback book—out of his back pocket, and sat down at the edge of the road.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken