The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending January 18, 2026

By Literary Hub | January 22, 2026

A Butch <em>Black Swan</em>: On Horror, Transformation, and Writing a Queer Midwestern Gothic

A Butch Black Swan: On Horror, Transformation, and Writing a Queer Midwestern Gothic

Melissa Faliveno Explores the Diverse Sources of Inspiration For Her Debut Novel

By Melissa Faliveno | January 22, 2026

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the <em>Heated Rivalry</em> Phenomenon

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the Heated Rivalry Phenomenon

Maris Kreizman on the Lessons From This Year’s Breakout Success Story

By Maris Kreizman | January 22, 2026

A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

David Mazower Recommends Miriam Karpilove, Chava Rosenfarb, Fradl Shtok and More

By David Mazower | January 22, 2026

Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota

Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 22, 2026

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Ed Simon on the Eternal Tension Between Human Creativity and Mechanical Efficiency

By Ed Simon | January 21, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Departure(s)
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Eating Ashes
  • Every One Still Here: Stories
  • Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World
  • The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

Six Books About Ohio, the Heart of it All

By Lauren Schott | January 21, 2026

What’s In a Literary Brand? David Guterson on Maintaining an Authorial Persona... Or Not

By David Guterson | January 20, 2026

Writing Toward the Void: Larissa Pham on Facing Your Fears in Fiction

By Larissa Pham | January 20, 2026

Julian Barnes, Jeanette Winterson, Jennette McCurdy, and more: 24 new books out today!

Julian Barnes, Jeanette Winterson, Jennette McCurdy, and more: 24 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | January 20, 2026

Ashley Shelby on Her Fictional Climate-Grief Drug

Ashley Shelby on Her Fictional Climate-Grief Drug

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 20, 2026

Suzette Partido on Holding On to Hope and Possibility

Suzette Partido on Holding On to Hope and Possibility

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | January 20, 2026

<em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em> Anticipates!

The Lit Hub Podcast Anticipates!

featuring McKayla Coyle, Jonny Diamond, James Folta, Olivia Rutigliano, Dan Sheehan, Emily Temple, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | January 16, 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 Daniyal Mueenuddin, Jung Chang, Madeline Cash, and More

By Book Marks | January 16, 2026

On Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Anti-Memoir” <em>The Chronology of Water</em>

On Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Anti-Memoir” The Chronology of Water

Asha Dore Considers Stories in the Body, on the Page, and on Screen

By Asha Dore | January 16, 2026

Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

Madeleine Dunnigan on the Joys of Channeling Teenage Angst In Her Fiction

By Madeleine Dunnigan | January 16, 2026

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