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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending April 5, 2026

By Literary Hub | April 9, 2026

Kathryn Paige Harden on Behavior, Genetics, and Blame

Kathryn Paige Harden on Behavior, Genetics, and Blame

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 9, 2026

One great poem to read today: Elizander Espenschied’s “If Only We Had Medicine Like That Today”

One great poem to read today: Elizander Espenschied’s “If Only We Had Medicine Like That Today”

By Drew Broussard | April 8, 2026

How <em>The Great Gatsby</em> Inspired My Debut Literary Thriller

How The Great Gatsby Inspired My Debut Literary Thriller

Amin Ahmad on Putting His Own Immigrant Twist on an American Literary Classic

By Amin Ahmad | April 8, 2026

Sonya Walger on Writing a Multifaceted Novel of Marriage and Adultery

Sonya Walger on Writing a Multifaceted Novel of Marriage and Adultery

“Marriage is, to my mind, the ability to contain two conflicting narratives and hold them in tension.”

By Sonya Walger | April 8, 2026

Where Physics Meets Poetry: On Language and the Power of Metaphor

Where Physics Meets Poetry: On Language and the Power of Metaphor

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Considers Literary and Scientific Ways of Interpreting the World We Live In

By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | April 7, 2026

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Caro Claire Burke on Tradwives, the Performance of Selfhood, and “The Good Old Days”

By Sara Petersen | April 7, 2026

The International Short Story is Booming

By Rabih Alameddine and John Freeman | April 7, 2026

The Poetics of Repetition: In Praise of the Art of Replication

By Lisa Low | April 7, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Aimee Nezhukumatathil is Reading Now, And Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Aimee Nezhukumatathil is Reading Now, And Next

Featuring Asa Drake, Eve L. Ewing, Isaac Fitzgerald, and More

By Diana Arterian | April 7, 2026

Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Straub, and more: 25 new books out today!

Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Straub, and more: 25 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | April 7, 2026

What If There Could Be... Good Art Friends?

What If There Could Be... Good Art Friends?

A Conversation with Grant Ginder and Lillian Li

By Lillian Li | April 6, 2026

The Responsibility of the Critic: On Art, Honesty, and Introspection

The Responsibility of the Critic: On Art, Honesty, and Introspection

Amie Souza Reilly: “A writer must look inward to determine how their own perceptions might project onto their theorizing.”

By Amie Souza Reilly | April 6, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is Published

Your Favorite and Ours

By Literary Hub | April 6, 2026

Correspondence Versus Connection: Raymond de Borja Reflects on Language, Poetry, and Friendship

Correspondence Versus Connection: Raymond de Borja Reflects on Language, Poetry, and Friendship

“I may not be a better poet when I am in love, but I am a far less frustrated one.”

By Gaby Iori | April 6, 2026

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

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

In Which Robert Leleux Reads an Alarming Number of Biographies About Rich, White Americans

By Robert Leleux | April 3, 2026

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