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

Office Culture Follows Us Everywhere: Six Books About Work

Office Culture Follows Us Everywhere: Six Books About Work

Daniel Poppick Recommends Kathryn Scanlan, Vivian Gornick, Franz Kafka, and More

By Daniel Poppick | February 4, 2026

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

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

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 4, 2026

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

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

“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.”

By Lily Meyer | February 3, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

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

By Toni Morrison | February 3, 2026

Borrowing From the Bard: A Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List

By Rebecca Fallon | February 3, 2026

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

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

An Enduring Source of Inspiration: In Search of Proust’s Legacy in Ireland

An Enduring Source of Inspiration: In Search of Proust’s Legacy in Ireland

Max McGuinness Explores the French Writer’s Influence on Generations of Irish Literature

By Max McGuinness | February 2, 2026

Robert Frost, Joni Mitchell, Picasso... 25 books out in paperback this February.

Robert Frost, Joni Mitchell, Picasso... 25 books out in paperback this February.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 2, 2026

#ReadingAfrica: A Panel with Sahra Noor, Joanne Bloch, Colleen Higgs, and Patrice Nganang

#ReadingAfrica: A Panel with Sahra Noor, Joanne Bloch, Colleen Higgs, and Patrice Nganang

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

By Memoir Nation | February 2, 2026

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