hardcover

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Recent Examples of hardcover As a testament to its popularity, Better Than the Movies has been appeared on the New York Times monthly YA paperback list for 44 consecutive months and its weekly YA hardcover list for 20 weeks. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026 The hardcover book had blank pages allocated for different parts of the story, an intended title and concept. Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Also included is a 120-page hardcover book containing photographs by Cognito documenting the creation and promotion of the original album, along with lyric excerpts and handwritten notes from bey himself. Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 June 2026 The Games Resemble Collector’s Books Similar to Hasbro's recent Monopoly Fourth Wing release, both editions of the game are packaged like hardcover novels with designs that mimic the book jackets of A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Mist and Fury. Kirsten Acuna, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 Before the hardcover came out, publishers engaged in a bidding war for paperback rights and Paramount Pictures showed interest in an adaptation. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026 But the smaller hardcover has the benefit of fitting into nearly any bag. Adam Messinger, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 The photo-rich hardcover follows a 1,200-mile odyssey into the heart of the world’s driest non-polar desert, the Atacama Desert in Chile. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026 The Night Action was printed in hardcover in the US 1966, and then again as a paperback a year later, but has since fallen out of print, and out of memory. Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardcover
Noun
  • As a testament to its popularity, Better Than the Movies has been appeared on the New York Times monthly YA paperback list for 44 consecutive months and its weekly YA hardcover list for 20 weeks.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026
  • Memphis Moon is available internationally in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions.
    William Jones, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • An 88-page hardback book is included with both the LP and CD super deluxe editions.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 29 July 2026
  • The bottom shelf bump-out adds only two inches but creates a shelf deep enough for hardbacks.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.
    Fred Turner, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019

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“Hardcover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardcover. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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