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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending August 23, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2026

Aruni Kashyap on India’s Cockroach Youth Movement

Aruni Kashyap on India’s Cockroach Youth Movement

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 27, 2026

Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

In Praise of Montserrat Roig’s Goodbye Ramona, Translated by Megan Berkobien and María Cristina Hall

By Catherine Lacey | August 26, 2026

7 Novels About Obsessive Athletes

7 Novels About Obsessive Athletes

Drew Buxton Recommends Julie Otskuka, Ashton Politanoff, Quan Barry, and More

By Drew Buxton | August 26, 2026

Translation as a Journey: Jessica Sequeira on Vlady Kociancich’s <em>The Eighth Wonder</em>

Translation as a Journey: Jessica Sequeira on Vlady Kociancich’s The Eighth Wonder

“Translation is a mutation of language, but not direct replication; something happens in the process that shifts the direction of the ideas.”

By Jessica Sequeira | August 26, 2026

S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s <em>Siddhartha</em>

S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 26, 2026

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Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | August 25, 2026

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2026

Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction

By Dorthe Nors | August 24, 2026

Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis

Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis

Claire Boyles Considers the Ways Her Environmental Activism Informs Her Literary Life

By Claire Boyles | August 24, 2026

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

“What if every human being were born with an irresistible need to do good?”

By Christelle Dabos | August 24, 2026

How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life

How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life

E.K. Schrader on Ten Years Without Max Ritvo

By E. K. Schrader | August 21, 2026

A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief

A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief

“What haunts us doesn’t need to harm us, but can instead help guide us through what feels too difficult...”

By Abigail Rose-Marie | August 21, 2026

Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV

Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV

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By Camille Acker | August 21, 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 Anjet Daanje, Carlos the Jackal, Dorthe Nors, and More

By Book Marks | August 21, 2026

Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political

Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political

Faraaz Mahomed Discusses His Debut Novel Mother/Land With Damon Galgut

By Faraaz Mahomed and Damon Galgut | August 21, 2026

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