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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Colm Tóibín, Tana French, Serena Kutchinsky, and more
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What Are the Routines of So-Called Super-Readers?

Kelsey Rexroat Investigates the Mindsets of People Who Read Hundreds of Books a Year
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Dragon Lords and Reality TV Mechas: April’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New releases from Kritika H. Rao, Gwendolyn Kiste, Mike Chen, and more
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Colm Tóibín on Crafting a Collection of Irish Homecoming

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The News from Dublin

In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

By Robert Leleux

Living the Ex-Pat Life in Moscow at the End of the Soviet Empire

By Simon Morrison

How PayPal and Other Platforms Help Silence Alternative Media

By Rainey Reitman

Dylan Landis on How Writing Her Rainey Royal Series Saved Her Life

By Dylan Landis

“Horror Movie Where We Survive,” a Poem by Maya Salameh

By Maya Salameh

The Magic of a Slow-Burn Romance

By Laura Vogt

Lisa Lee on Translating an Emotion

By Lisa Lee

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Ana Gavrilovska on Pynchon’s Prescient Technofascism

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How World War I Created the Army Olive Green We Know Today

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By Aimee Nezhukumatathil

How Pregnancy and Childrearing Alter Our Perception of Time and Aging

By Nora Lange

Before the “Smart” Era: What the Early Years of AI Reveal About Its Future

By Sarah Murray

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Best Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of April 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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The Best Debuts of the Month: March 2026

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Bethany C. Morrow Talks Religious Horror, Slow-Burn Storytelling, and Crafting Atmospheres of Anxiety

By Molly Odintz

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Yann Martel on Playing with Form to Tell a Story

By Yann Martel

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

By Trevor Jackson

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

By Steven W. Thrasher

Nazis in America, c. 1938-1941

By Sara Vladic

The Town Where The Last Picture Show Was Filmed Absolutely Hated It

By David Streitfeld

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

By Jessica Riskin

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

By Geoff Bennett