7 New Poetry Collections to Read This May

7 New Poetry Collections to Read This May

Rebecca Morgan Frank on New Work From Carolina Ebeid, Laura Kasischke, Luis Muñoz and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | May 1, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Kim Kardashian has become ubiquitous, as if she were a very hot dictator whose portrait hung in every home in America.”

By Book Marks | May 1, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Including Books by Siri Hustvedt, Zayd Ayers Dohrn, Todd Smith, and More

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2026

Lynne Tillman Looks Inside the Diary of American Poet Charles Henri Ford

Lynne Tillman Looks Inside the Diary of American Poet Charles Henri Ford

What It Means to Chronicle a Life of Art, Poetry, and Desire

By Lynne Tillman | April 30, 2026

“Bridget Jones meets Slavoj Žižek.” And Other Wild Book Pitches From My Inbox

“Bridget Jones meets Slavoj Žižek.” And Other Wild Book Pitches From My Inbox

Maris Kreizman on What Makes a Good Publicist Pitch

By Maris Kreizman | April 30, 2026

April’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

April’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Patrick Radden Keefe, Antony Beevor, Lena Dunham, and more

By Book Marks | April 30, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
  • The Foursome
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Coyoteland
  • Nerve Damage
  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

April’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | April 30, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2026

Stephen King, Yiyun Li, Scandalous academics... 27 new paperbacks out this month.

Stephen King, Yiyun Li, Scandalous academics... 27 new paperbacks out this month.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 30, 2026

Liam Callanan on Trump vs. the Pope

Liam Callanan on Trump vs. the Pope

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 30, 2026

One great poem to read today: Patricia Smith’s “10-Year-Old Shot Three Times But She's Fine”

One great poem to read today: Patricia Smith’s “10-Year-Old Shot Three Times But She's Fine”

By Jonny Diamond | April 29, 2026

Mother Tongues: How Family History Plays a Part in Language and Translation

Mother Tongues: How Family History Plays a Part in Language and Translation

Chenxin Jiang: “Which is my mother tongue and which an other tongue?”

By Chenxin Jiang | April 29, 2026

One great poem to read today: Sarah Jean Grimm’s “Zero Conditional”

One great poem to read today: Sarah Jean Grimm’s “Zero Conditional”

By Jonny Diamond | April 28, 2026

Ten Memoirs That Explore the Nuances of Family Estrangement

Ten Memoirs That Explore the Nuances of Family Estrangement

Jenny Bartoy Recommends Harriet Brown, Stephanie Foo, Nick Flynn and More

By Jenny Bartoy | April 28, 2026

Helen Benedict on Chronicling the Legacy of the Iraq War In Fiction

Helen Benedict on Chronicling the Legacy of the Iraq War In Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Soldier’s House

By Jane Ciabattari | April 28, 2026

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