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

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

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

Along the narrow hallway, bookshelves burst with first editions of John Updike, battered Stephen Kings, graphic novels, dime-store paperbacks, board games, books about mythology, children’s fairy tales, and Warhammer rule sets. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026