Synonyms of paperback

paperback

noun

as in hardcover

a published work that has a thick paper cover

The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.

Related Words

• hardcover
• book
• hardback
• softcover
• paperbound
• volume
• tome
• pocket book
• softback
• trade book
• trade edition
• textbook
• folio
• handbook
• paper
• novel
• manual
• pocket edition
• guidebook
• quarto
• dictionary
• catalog
• encyclopedia
• text
• how-to
• monograph
• album
• anthology
• treatise
• cyclopedia
• primer
• pulp
• novelette
• chapbook
• casebook
• tract
• almanac
• picture book
• omnibus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paperback

In Conversation Books by Adam Johnson, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Sarah Moss, and more are arriving in paperback this September. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Yen Press released an English translation in digital and paperback formats in 2020. — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

The new paperback edition retains the classic story that charmed young readers, while bringing a new design and package. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Shelves are stocked with everything from children’s books and paperbacks to rare finds, priced at $2 for Step Into Reading children’s books, $4 for paperbacks and other children’s books, $8 for hardcovers at $8 and rare books individually priced. — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2026