Antiuniverses, Deepfakes, and Clone Children: September’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Antiuniverses, Deepfakes, and Clone Children: September’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Reads from Scott Hawkins, Micaiah Johnson, Premee Mohamed, and More

By Natalie Zutter | September 1, 2026

Motherships, Haunted Mirrors, and Heritances: September Poetry Releases

Motherships, Haunted Mirrors, and Heritances: September Poetry Releases

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Kathy Fagan, Leslie McIntosh, Emily Skaja, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | September 1, 2026

Isaac Chotiner on Deep Knowledge and Gotcha Interviews

Isaac Chotiner on Deep Knowledge and Gotcha Interviews

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | September 1, 2026

Marlon James, Chloe Benjamin, Emily Wilson, and more: 21 new books out today!

Marlon James, Chloe Benjamin, Emily Wilson, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | September 1, 2026

Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity

Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity

Jehanne Dubrow Asks Us to Reconsider Our Denigration of the Lighter Side of Life

By Jehanne Dubrow | August 31, 2026

Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry... and 25 more books out in paperback this September.

Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry... and 25 more books out in paperback this September.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 31, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Disappearers
  • The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
  • Agrippa
  • Under Story
  • American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
  • The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial
  • I Liked Rex
  • Asmodeus
  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks | August 28, 2026

August’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | August 28, 2026

Long Before Toy Story, It-Narratives Imagined the Inner Lives of Objects

By Madeline Zehnder | August 28, 2026

Short But Sweet: Nine Novellas To Read In a Single Afternoon

Short But Sweet: Nine Novellas To Read In a Single Afternoon

David W. Berner Recommends Per Petterson, Claire Keagan, Helen DeWitt and More

By David W. Berner | August 27, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Rare indeed to find a real reporter who is also a real thinker. And the bastard’s funny, too."

By Book Marks | August 27, 2026

A Poetry of Witness and Invention: Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Translating Antonella Anedda

A Poetry of Witness and Invention: Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Translating Antonella Anedda

“Anedda’s capacity to create a deeper frame of reference builds as she lets the world speak.”

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | August 27, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending August 23, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending August 23, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2026

Aruni Kashyap on India’s Cockroach Youth Movement

Aruni Kashyap on India’s Cockroach Youth Movement

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 27, 2026

Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

In Praise of Montserrat Roig’s Goodbye Ramona, Translated by Megan Berkobien and María Cristina Hall

By Catherine Lacey | August 26, 2026

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