5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“You can love Riley’s work, you can certainly admire it, but I don’t think you can fangirl over it.”

By Book Marks | August 6, 2026

Considering the Many Forms a Family Can Take in Japanese Literature

Considering the Many Forms a Family Can Take in Japanese Literature

Laurel Taylor on Maiko Seo’s Someone to Cook For

By Laurel Taylor | August 6, 2026

Writing a Novel and Hiking a Mountain Are Pretty Similar, Actually

Writing a Novel and Hiking a Mountain Are Pretty Similar, Actually

Leila Renee on Climbing a Mountain with Her Sister

By Leila Renee | August 6, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending August 2, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 6, 2026

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

On the Poetics of Canine Narration

By Erik Gleibermann | August 5, 2026

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2026

Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmother and My Daughter

By Margrét Ann Thors | August 5, 2026

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Louise Nealon on the Chaos of Her Creativity

By Louise Nealon | August 5, 2026

The City With a Stroller: Why Babies (and Mothers) Are the Best Flâneurs

The City With a Stroller: Why Babies (and Mothers) Are the Best Flâneurs

Emily McBride Considers the Different Ways Mothers and Children Inhabit Urban Space

By Emily McBride | August 4, 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

Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 4, 2026

Reckoning with the Long Literary Tradition of Age-Gap Relationships

Reckoning with the Long Literary Tradition of Age-Gap Relationships

Carly Mattox on Half His Age, A Girl’s Story, and Her Own Experience

By Carly Mattox | August 3, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This August

By Caroline Carlson | August 3, 2026

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