5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A portrait emerges of an artist with a vision, a distinctive way of seeing the world.”

By Book Marks | February 5, 2026

What Seamus Heaney Meant to Me, a Kid From Carrickfergus

What Seamus Heaney Meant to Me, a Kid From Carrickfergus

Adrian McKinty on the Legacy of One of Ireland’s Great Poets

By Adrian McKinty | February 5, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 1, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 5, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 1, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 5, 2026

Anjali Enjeti on Ballots and How Trump Wants to Steal Them

Anjali Enjeti on Ballots and How Trump Wants to Steal Them

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 5, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bianca Stone is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bianca Stone is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Jacques Lacan, Simone Weil, and Paul Celan

By Diana Arterian | February 4, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Keeper
  • The Life You Want
  • The News from Dublin: Stories
  • Kutchinsky's Egg: A Family's Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss
  • Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team
  • A Good Person

Office Culture Follows Us Everywhere: Six Books About Work

By Daniel Poppick | February 4, 2026

Geoff Dyer on Xiaolu Guo's A CONCISE CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 4, 2026

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

By Lily Meyer | February 3, 2026

Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America

Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America

Considering the Role of Blackness and Black Bodies in the American Literary Canon

By Toni Morrison | February 3, 2026

Borrowing From the Bard: A Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List

Borrowing From the Bard: A Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List

Rebecca Fallon Recommends Sally Rooney, Eleanor Catton, Emily St. John Mandel and More

By Rebecca Fallon | February 3, 2026

Writing is an Act of Faith, But Publishing is a Practice in Doubt

Writing is an Act of Faith, But Publishing is a Practice in Doubt

Reena Shah on Remaining a “Writer in Training”

By Reena Shah | February 3, 2026

Toni Morrison, Dan Chiasson, Lily Meyer, and more: 23 new books out today!

Toni Morrison, Dan Chiasson, Lily Meyer, and more: 23 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | February 3, 2026

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s <em>Infinite Jest</em> Was Published

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

And the Takes Began

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2026

Mars Rainfall, Death Monks, and Frankenstein Summer: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Mars Rainfall, Death Monks, and Frankenstein Summer: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New books from Matt Dinniman, A.D. Sui, Makana Yamamoto, and more

By Natalie Zutter | February 2, 2026

Ten New Children’s Books That Embrace Joy and Celebrate Community

Ten New Children’s Books That Embrace Joy and Celebrate Community

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This February

By Caroline Carlson | February 2, 2026

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