pocket books
Compact carried bags
Pocket books are small, inexpensive paperback books designed to fit in a pocket or purse.
The term dates from an era when portable reading material was a novelty.
Now it often refers to mass-market paperbacks generally: She picked up a pocket book at the airport newsstand.
In some regions, pocket book means a woman's handbag or purse rather than reading material.
- novellaShort fictional book
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- chapbooksShort literary pamphlets
- portabilityEase of carrying
- fictionImagined narrative work
pocketbook · dime novels · penny dreadful · biography · thriller · readings · compact · quick read · beach read · serialized fiction · romance · sci-fi · classic · journals · mass market · bestseller · trade paperbacks · grab-and-go
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories, Harry Potter, Dr. Seuss
- chapbookschapbooks, booklets, cheap print, broadsides, broadside
- early printingmovable type, typography, incunabula, folio, quarto
pocket bookssteamer trunks
Large flat-topped luggage
coffee table books · luggage · suitcases · duffel bags · backpacks
pocket bookscoffee table books
Large decorative illustrated publications
hardcover editions · collector's editions · deluxe editions · first editions · signed editions
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