The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 15, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 19, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Fadiman is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Fadiman is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Tony Tulathimutte, George Eliot, C Pam Zhang, and More

By Diana Arterian | February 19, 2026

Yi-Ling Liu on Internet Censorship in China and the U.S.

Yi-Ling Liu on Internet Censorship in China and the U.S.

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 19, 2026

Imagination is Not Enough: Why Fiction Needs Fieldwork

Imagination is Not Enough: Why Fiction Needs Fieldwork

Amara Lakhous on the Necessity of Combining Personal Experience With Research to Create Compelling Stories

By Amara Lakhous | February 18, 2026

Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Huda Al-Marashi on Going to Catholic School and the Value of Having Conversations About Religion Early in Life

By Huda Al-Marashi | February 18, 2026

On Dancing As Rebellion and The Problem of Embodiment

On Dancing As Rebellion and The Problem of Embodiment

Sarah Domet: “I wanted to learn to be free on land. Dance seemed to be an answer.”

By Sarah Domet | February 18, 2026

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Michael R. Jackson on Sam Greenlee's THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 18, 2026

The Cosmic Library Hears Imaginary Music

By The Cosmic Library | February 18, 2026

Namwali Serpell on Approaching Toni Morrison’s Work As a Reader and a Critic

By Jane Ciabattari | February 17, 2026

Sheila Heti on Torborg Nedreaas’s <em>Nothing Grows by Moonlight<em/>

Sheila Heti on Torborg Nedreaas’s Nothing Grows by Moonlight

“Her life has been brutally severed multiple times by that unholy necessity: abortion.”

By Sheila Heti | February 17, 2026

Suffering Under the Speaker: On Louise Glück, Garth Greenwell, and Vocal Duality

Suffering Under the Speaker: On Louise Glück, Garth Greenwell, and Vocal Duality

D.S. Waldman Considers His Own Poetic Voice Alongside Those of His Mentors and Peers

By D.S. Waldman | February 17, 2026

Eight Books About the Ups and Downs of Friendship

Eight Books About the Ups and Downs of Friendship

Lillian Li Recommends Ann Patchett, Elizabeth Ames, Kim Fu, and More

By Lillian Li | February 17, 2026

Gisèle Pelicot, Namwali Serpell, Jon Meacham, and more: 21 new books out today!

Gisèle Pelicot, Namwali Serpell, Jon Meacham, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | February 17, 2026

Sarah Aziza on Memoir as a Work of Art

Sarah Aziza on Memoir as a Work of Art

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

By Memoir Nation | February 16, 2026

David Guterson on Changing His Style

David Guterson on Changing His Style

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 16, 2026

An Archive of Associations: When My Father Bought Foucault’s Old Car

An Archive of Associations: When My Father Bought Foucault’s Old Car

Anna Nygren on Writing Between Intertextuality, Obsession and Categorization

By Anna Nygren | February 13, 2026

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