The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending August 2, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 6, 2026

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on Harry Belafonte’s Extraordinary Art & Activism

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on Harry Belafonte’s Extraordinary Art & Activism

In Conversation with Christian Barter and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 6, 2026

On the Poetics of Canine Narration

On the Poetics of Canine Narration

Erik Gleibermann Considers Etna, The Call of the Wild, and More

By Erik Gleibermann | August 5, 2026

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

Featuring Books by Dave Zirin, Claudia Rankine, Kathryn Jezer-Morton, and More

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2026

Complicating the Marriage Plot: A Reading List

Complicating the Marriage Plot: A Reading List

Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn Recommends Gun-Britt Sundström, Kelly Link, Marie Helene Bertino and More

By Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn | August 4, 2026

Paul Yoon, Meaghan Beatley, Claudia Rankine, and more: 22 new books out today!

Paul Yoon, Meaghan Beatley, Claudia Rankine, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | August 4, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Under the Falls
  • The Responsible Party
  • Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
  • A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit

Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 4, 2026

Reckoning with the Long Literary Tradition of Age-Gap Relationships

By Carly Mattox | August 3, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

By Caroline Carlson | August 3, 2026

Sea Monster Villages and Soul Traders: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Sea Monster Villages and Soul Traders: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Natalie Zutter Recommends New Releases From C.L. Clark, Robert Jackson Bennett, Natasha Pulley, and More

By Natalie Zutter | August 3, 2026

This Week in Literary History: William Shakespeare’s <em>Macbeth</em> is Performed for the First Time (Probably)

This Week in Literary History: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is Performed for the First Time (Probably)

Toil and Trouble

By Literary Hub | August 3, 2026

Jamaica Kincaid! Eimear McBride! 19 books out in paperback this August.

Jamaica Kincaid! Eimear McBride! 19 books out in paperback this August.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 31, 2026

Read the First Reviews of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s <em>The Little Prince</em>.

Read the First Reviews of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince.

”The Little Prince will shine upon children with a sidewise gleam.“

By Book Marks | July 31, 2026

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Colson Whitehead, Sigrid Nunez, Valeria Luiselli, and More

By Book Marks | July 31, 2026

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Rachel Aviv, David Thompson, Pamela Colloff, and More

By Book Marks | July 31, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Dog Days lends itself to exactly this kind of paranoid reading, not only describing but enacting the magical thinking of trauma survivors.”

By Book Marks | July 30, 2026

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