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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 Barbara Kingsolver, Sarah Perry, T. Geronimo Johnson, Nathaniel Philbrick, and More

By Book Marks | October 9, 2026

From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

“If a character has already gotten everything they want, give them something else to want.”

By Deesha Philyaw | October 9, 2026

Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between

Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between

Demetris Papadimitropoulos Considers the Books Families We Keep and Families We Lose

By Demetris Papadimitropoulos | October 9, 2026

Jérôme Lindon, <em>Jérôme Lindon</em>: On the Relationship Between Jean Echenoz and His Publisher

Jérôme Lindon, Jérôme Lindon: On the Relationship Between Jean Echenoz and His Publisher

Mark Polizzotti Remembers His Encounters With the French Literary Establishment

By Mark Polizzotti | October 9, 2026

How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss

How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss

“The research and writing became a path back to life, not without Frances, but through and with her.”

By Barbara Young Welke | October 9, 2026

Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming”

Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming”

“The words were inside of me, and I was being called to compose a story.”

By Alice Elliott Dark | October 9, 2026

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | October 8, 2026

It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made

By Luiz Schwarcz | October 8, 2026

One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 8, 2026

Storytelling Across Genre: On Being an Anishinaabe Poet in a Fiction Writer’s World

Storytelling Across Genre: On Being an Anishinaabe Poet in a Fiction Writer’s World

“I write fiction with a poetic inflection because I have honed my poetry muscles over decades.”

By Kimberly Blaeser | October 8, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending October 4, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending October 4, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2026

T. Geronimo Johnson on Atlanta, White Supremacy, and The Occidental Book of the Dead

T. Geronimo Johnson on Atlanta, White Supremacy, and The Occidental Book of the Dead

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 8, 2026

On the Life-and-Death Cycles at the Heart of Sylvia Plath’s Work

On the Life-and-Death Cycles at the Heart of Sylvia Plath’s Work

Kelly Marie Coyne Considers What’s Revealed By Plath’s Unpublished Poetry

By Kelly Marie Coyne | October 7, 2026

Leah C. Stokes Talks Activism, Democracy and the Struggle For the Earth with Bill McKibben

Leah C. Stokes Talks Activism, Democracy and the Struggle For the Earth with Bill McKibben

On the Long, Slow Process of Changing Climate Policy

By Bill McKibben | October 7, 2026

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