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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 11, 2026

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

Tobias Carroll on Carlos Labbé's The Murmuration

By Tobias Carroll | June 10, 2026

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

With Work by Robert Gluck, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti and More

By Brodie Crellin | June 10, 2026

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Contrapposto

By Jane Ciabattari | June 9, 2026

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

James Bailey on the Writer’s Eternal Pursuit of the Literary Life

By James Bailey | June 9, 2026

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | June 9, 2026

“Effaced...” A Poem by Jawdat Fakhreddine

By Jawdat Fakhreddine and Huda Fakhreddine | June 9, 2026

Andrew Sean Greer, Dave Eggers, Leila Slimani, and more: 23 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | June 9, 2026

A Child’s World: Sloane Crosley on the Short Fiction of Katherine Mansfield

A Child’s World: Sloane Crosley on the Short Fiction of Katherine Mansfield

“Even in Mansfield stories where children are not centered or present, this is their world. Her adults never quite grow up, only older.”

By Sloane Crosley | June 8, 2026

A Poet on the Factory Floor: On Daily Life in China’s Industrial Centers

A Poet on the Factory Floor: On Daily Life in China’s Industrial Centers

Xiao Hai Recalls His Experience Balancing Brutal Night Shifts With His Creative Pursuits

By Xiao Hai | June 8, 2026

In Jane Austen’s <em>Sense and Sensibility</em> You Can Be “Demure and Brat All at Once”

In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility You Can Be “Demure and Brat All at Once”

Samantha Silva: “Women are asking not who we ought to be, but who we want to be.”

By Samantha Silva | June 8, 2026

Leander Schaerlaeckens Recommends 5 Books to Better Understand the World Cup

Leander Schaerlaeckens Recommends 5 Books to Better Understand the World Cup

“The action on the field is sublime, and yet it’s the least interesting thing about the sport.”

By Leander Schaerlaeckens | June 8, 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 Maggie O'Farrell, Dogs in Art, Ann Patchett, and More

By Book Marks | June 5, 2026

Memoirs of a Black Cop: Reading Zohran Mamdani’s Newly Appointed Sheriff, Edwin Raymond

Memoirs of a Black Cop: Reading Zohran Mamdani’s Newly Appointed Sheriff, Edwin Raymond

Steven W. Thrasher on the Rise of Copablanda

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 5, 2026

P.C. Verrone Recommends Essential Texts of Afro-Surrealism

P.C. Verrone Recommends Essential Texts of Afro-Surrealism

Featuring Books by Toni Morrison, August Wilson, Nalo Hopkinson, and More

By P. C. Verrone | June 5, 2026

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