The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 22, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 26, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 22, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 26, 2026

Tayari Jones on Moving Back Home

Tayari Jones on Moving Back Home

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | February 26, 2026

Brian Platzer on the Complex Ties Between Teachers and Students

Brian Platzer on the Complex Ties Between Teachers and Students

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 26, 2026

Emerald Fennell’s <em>Wuthering Heights</em> is a Deranged, Half-Assed Bodice-Ripper That Entirely Misses the Point

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a Deranged, Half-Assed Bodice-Ripper That Entirely Misses the Point

“Imagine a wealthy Oxbridge don giving their teenager a blank check for their Brontë Birthday Bash.”

By Emily Van Duyne | February 25, 2026

The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

Báyò Akómoláfé Explores the Intersection of Philosophy and Fable

By Báyò Akómoláfé | February 25, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
  • Under Water
  • Paradiso 17
  • The Plans I Have for You
  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

Mothering at the End of the World: Six Contemporary Novels That Center Caretaking Through Crisis

By Sarah Bruni | February 25, 2026

Proust and the Journey of Self-Discovery

By The Cosmic Library | February 25, 2026

Marina Carr on Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 25, 2026

How Do We Keep Writing When They are Killing Poets?

How Do We Keep Writing When They are Killing Poets?

Sayantani DasGupta Writers on Creating in a Time of Dread

By Sayantani DasGupta | February 24, 2026

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Julia Cooke on Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles

By Julia Cooke | February 24, 2026

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Introducing a New Critical Series For the Curious Reader

By Alex Averbuch | February 24, 2026

Tayari Jones Still Needs To Read <em>Anna Karenina</em>

Tayari Jones Still Needs To Read Anna Karenina

The Author of Kin Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | February 24, 2026

What <em>The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills</em> Taught Me About Writing Conflict

What The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Taught Me About Writing Conflict

Saleem Haddad on the Craft Lessons He’s Learned From Reality TV

By Saleem Haddad | February 24, 2026

Lauren Groff, Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones, and more: 22 new books out today!

Lauren Groff, Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | February 24, 2026

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

Eunsong Kim Considers the Relationship Between Art and Capitalism

By Eunsong Kim | February 23, 2026

Page 8 of 829

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.