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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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<em>Taiwan Travelogue</em> has won the 2026 International Booker Prize.

Taiwan Travelogue has won the 2026 International Booker Prize.

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Olga Tokarczuk has responded to the controversy over her reputed use of AI.

Olga Tokarczuk has responded to the controversy over her reputed use of AI.

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Here are the finalists for this year’s $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.

Here are the finalists for this year’s $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.

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This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

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American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney has won the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize.

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This Week in Literary History: Virginia Woolf’s <em>Mrs Dalloway</em> is Published.

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Marianne Boruch has won the $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize.

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Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

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