The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 11, 2026

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Helen Bain on Taking a Plathian Pilgrimage

By Helen Bain | June 10, 2026

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

Tobias Carroll on Carlos Labbé's The Murmuration

By Tobias Carroll | June 10, 2026

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

With Work by Robert Gluck, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti and More

By Brodie Crellin | June 10, 2026

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To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

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Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

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An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

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James Bailey on the Writer’s Eternal Pursuit of the Literary Life

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What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

Brook Wilensky-Lanford on the Long, Difficult (Yet Fun) Process of Titling Her New Book, A God-Shaped Nation

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Lauren Acampora Recommends 7 Books About Deep Human-Animal Connections

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Grief, Rage, and Restraint: Zinzi Clemmons on Telling Her Own Story

Grief, Rage, and Restraint: Zinzi Clemmons on Telling Her Own Story

Myriam Gurba in Conversation with the Author of Freedom: Essays

By Myriam Gurba | June 9, 2026

“Effaced...” A Poem by Jawdat Fakhreddine

“Effaced...” A Poem by Jawdat Fakhreddine

Huda Fakhreddine: “I have been reading Jawdat, my father, and his poetry all my life.”

By Jawdat Fakhreddine and Huda Fakhreddine | June 9, 2026

Andrew Sean Greer, Dave Eggers, Leila Slimani, and more: 23 new books out today!

Andrew Sean Greer, Dave Eggers, Leila Slimani, and more: 23 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | June 9, 2026

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