5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The stories are folksy, a little retro and sensual, with multiple dips into earthy, furtive lesbian lust.”

By Book Marks | February 26, 2026

How to Write a Book When Your Country Is on Fire

How to Write a Book When Your Country Is on Fire

Anjali Enjeti on the Hard Choice to Carry On, Even in the Face of Authoritarianism

By Anjali Enjeti | February 26, 2026

A Sultry, Summery Escape: Seven Hamptons Novels to Read This Winter

A Sultry, Summery Escape: Seven Hamptons Novels to Read This Winter

Nicole Sellew Recommends Candace Bushnell, Beth Morgan, Emma Cline and More

By Nicole Sellew | February 26, 2026

The Magic in the Cards: How Tarot Helped Inspire My Latest Novel

The Magic in the Cards: How Tarot Helped Inspire My Latest Novel

Jennifer Murphy on the Long History of a Card Game Turned Spiritual Practice

By Jennifer Murphy | February 26, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 22, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 26, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 22, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 26, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
  • Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
  • The Oyster Diaries
  • Yesteryear
  • Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

Tayari Jones on Moving Back Home

By Thresholds | February 26, 2026

Brian Platzer on the Complex Ties Between Teachers and Students

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 26, 2026

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a Deranged, Half-Assed Bodice-Ripper That Entirely Misses the Point

By Emily Van Duyne | February 25, 2026

The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

Báyò Akómoláfé Explores the Intersection of Philosophy and Fable

By Báyò Akómoláfé | February 25, 2026

Mothering at the End of the World: Six Contemporary Novels That Center Caretaking Through Crisis

Mothering at the End of the World: Six Contemporary Novels That Center Caretaking Through Crisis

Sarah Bruni Recommends Samanta Schweblin, Brit Bennett, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and More

By Sarah Bruni | February 25, 2026

Proust and the Journey of Self-Discovery

Proust and the Journey of Self-Discovery

The Cosmic Library continues its Proust season

By The Cosmic Library | February 25, 2026

Marina Carr on Virginia Woolf's <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

Marina Carr on Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 25, 2026

How Do We Keep Writing When They are Killing Poets?

How Do We Keep Writing When They are Killing Poets?

Sayantani DasGupta Writers on Creating in a Time of Dread

By Sayantani DasGupta | February 24, 2026

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Julia Cooke on Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles

By Julia Cooke | February 24, 2026

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Introducing a New Critical Series For the Curious Reader

By Alex Averbuch | February 24, 2026

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