softback
adjective
soft·back ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbak 
: softcover
softback noun
Word History
First Known Use
1958, in the meaning defined above
softbacks
noun
as in pocket books
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- pocket books
- trade books
- trade editions
- pocket editions
- paperbounds
- cyclopedias
- books
- paperbacks
- hardbacks
- hardcovers
- cyclopaedias
- folios
- papers
- softcovers
- manuals
- tomes
- picture books
- handbooks
- catalogs
- quartos
- volumes
- dictionaries
- texts
- guidebooks
- monographs
- textbooks
- encyclopedias
- primers
- how-tos
- treatises
- catalogues
- pulps
- albums
- novels
- novelettes
- anthologies
- almanacs
- tracts
- chapbooks
- casebooks
- omnibuses