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 Hannah Lillith Assadi, Tara Menon, Ian Buruma, and more

By Book Marks | March 20, 2026

Marlene Zuk on Tackling Writer’s Block (as a Scientist)

Marlene Zuk on Tackling Writer’s Block (as a Scientist)

“Once you have something to get you going, the rest sometimes follows.”

By Marlene Zuk | March 20, 2026

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the final episode of Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 20, 2026

DIY Creativity: What Conserving Art and Writing Fiction Have in Common

DIY Creativity: What Conserving Art and Writing Fiction Have in Common

Karma Brown In Praise of Hands-On Experience When Drafting and Researching a Novel

By Karma Brown | March 19, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A family is always a bit of a fantasy, requiring some realist puncturing. Every good biographer, then, is a problem child.”

By Book Marks | March 19, 2026

A Singular Pursuit: Why All Writing (and All Writers) Matter More Than Ever Today

A Singular Pursuit: Why All Writing (and All Writers) Matter More Than Ever Today

“To write is to think and to think is to be human and to be human, in all its marvelous complexity.”

By Timothy J. Hillegonds | March 19, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
  • Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
  • The Oyster Diaries
  • Yesteryear
  • Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2026

Jeff Boyd on Cops, Teachers, and Chicago

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 19, 2026

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

Svetlana Satchkova on the Logic of Authoritarianism

By Svetlana Satchkova | March 18, 2026

When the Fountain Runs Dry: On Aging, Immortality and the Illusion of Everlasting Youth

When the Fountain Runs Dry: On Aging, Immortality and the Illusion of Everlasting Youth

Casey Scieszka Shares the Sources of Inspiration Behind Her Debut Novel

By Casey Scieszka | March 18, 2026

The Five Best Celebrity/Normal Person Romance Novels to Read

The Five Best Celebrity/Normal Person Romance Novels to Read

Haruka Iwasaki Recommends Jasmine Guillory, Rachel Reid, Alexandra Romanoff, and More

By Haruka Iwasaki | March 18, 2026

Enchantment is Possible

Enchantment is Possible

The Cosmic Library's Proust season reaches its inevitable conclusion!

By The Cosmic Library | March 18, 2026

Love Stories, Feminism, and Why Cemeteries Are Sexy

Love Stories, Feminism, and Why Cemeteries Are Sexy

Jessica Ferri on Ann Rower’s Lee and Elaine

By Jessica Ferri | March 17, 2026

What Playing Basketball Taught Me About the Creative Process

What Playing Basketball Taught Me About the Creative Process

Ben Markovits on the Lessons He Learned About Writing From Sports

By Ben Markovits | March 17, 2026

What Wayne Koestenbaum Learned From <em>Gilligan’s Island</em> (And Why He Will Never Finish Reading Marx’s <em>Capital</em>)

What Wayne Koestenbaum Learned From Gilligan’s Island (And Why He Will Never Finish Reading Marx’s Capital)

The Author of My Lover, the Rabbi Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Wayne Koestenbaum | March 17, 2026

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