5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Vance’s hypocrisy alone makes Communion nearly unreadable. You don’t need me to tell you this, but he is not a good Catholic.”

By Book Marks | June 25, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending June 21, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 25, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending June 21, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 25, 2026

Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism

Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 25, 2026

On Joan Didion and the Art of Looking Back

On Joan Didion and the Art of Looking Back

Maggie McKinley Rereads One of America’s Great Nostalgists

By Maggie McKinley | June 24, 2026

How F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Overlooked Story Collection Helped Me Write My LA Novel

How F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Overlooked Story Collection Helped Me Write My LA Novel

Krista Diamond on What She Learned From the East Coast Writer’s California Sojourn

By Krista Diamond | June 23, 2026

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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

Nine Books That Showcase Queer Life in the Arab World

By Addie Leak | June 23, 2026

Maggie Haberman, Eve Babitz, Daniel Kraus, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | June 23, 2026

Sorry, Chicago Manual of Style: I’m Not Going to Stop Capitalizing the Word “Earth”

By Meg Charlton | June 22, 2026

When George Sand Hit the Town in Men’s Clothes

When George Sand Hit the Town in Men’s Clothes

Fiona Sampson on the Pseudonymous Writer’s Breaking of Binaries and Boundaries

By Fiona Sampson | June 22, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

By one "Geoffrey Crayon"

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending June 14, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 18, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending June 14, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 18, 2026

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

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

Featuring Isabel Waidner, Danielle Allen, Amitav Ghosh, and More

By Book Marks | June 18, 2026

My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole?

My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | June 18, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Whether looming in dark gothic tales or permeating what might seem a sunny suburban world, dread stalks the fiction of Joyce Carol Oates.”

By Book Marks | June 18, 2026

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