The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending January 18, 2026

By Literary Hub | January 22, 2026

A Butch <em>Black Swan</em>: On Horror, Transformation, and Writing a Queer Midwestern Gothic

A Butch Black Swan: On Horror, Transformation, and Writing a Queer Midwestern Gothic

Melissa Faliveno Explores the Diverse Sources of Inspiration For Her Debut Novel

By Melissa Faliveno | January 22, 2026

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the <em>Heated Rivalry</em> Phenomenon

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the Heated Rivalry Phenomenon

Maris Kreizman on the Lessons From This Year’s Breakout Success Story

By Maris Kreizman | January 22, 2026

Inside the Brutal Center of Copper and Cobalt Mining in the Congo

Inside the Brutal Center of Copper and Cobalt Mining in the Congo

Nicolas Niarchos on the Unsavory Sources of the Minerals That Power Our World

By Nicolas Niarchos | January 22, 2026

“borrowed image,” a Poem By S*an D. Henry-Smith

“borrowed image,” a Poem By S*an D. Henry-Smith

From the Collection Paces the Cage

By S*an D. Henry-Smith | January 22, 2026

A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

David Mazower Recommends Miriam Karpilove, Chava Rosenfarb, Fradl Shtok and More

By David Mazower | January 22, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
  • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
  • The Telephone: A New History
  • No Such Thing as Monday
  • O Now!
  • Don't Stop Snowing
  • The Key Biscayne Affair
  • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
  • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 22, 2026

How America’s First Nonbinary Minister Created True Equality in the Newly Born United States

By Nina Sankovitch | January 21, 2026

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

By Ed Simon | January 21, 2026

The Day Bernie Goetz Shot Four Unarmed Teenagers on the Subway

The Day Bernie Goetz Shot Four Unarmed Teenagers on the Subway

Elliot Williams Chronicles the Vigilante Crime That
Shook 1980s New York City

By Elliot Williams | January 21, 2026

On Taylor Swift and the Hard Art of Reinvention

On Taylor Swift and the Hard Art of Reinvention

Misty L. Heggeness Considers the Ways Women Respond to Economic Challenges and Setbacks

By Misty L. Heggeness | January 21, 2026

Six Books About Ohio, the Heart of it All

Six Books About Ohio, the Heart of it All

Lauren Schott Recommends Celeste Ng, Joyce Carol Oates, Tiffany McDaniel, and More

By Lauren Schott | January 21, 2026

One Legend to Another: When Jackie Robinson Testifed Against Paul Robeson in Congress

One Legend to Another: When Jackie Robinson Testifed Against Paul Robeson in Congress

Howard Bryant on Black Leadership and Interracial Heroism
During the Cold War

By Howard Bryant | January 21, 2026

The Repugnance of Human Extinction: Why Our Survival Matters

The Repugnance of Human Extinction: Why Our Survival Matters

Partha Dasgupta Considers the Personal and Ethical Value of Combatting Climate Change

By Partha Dasgupta | January 21, 2026

What’s In a Literary Brand? David Guterson on Maintaining an Authorial Persona... Or Not

What’s In a Literary Brand? David Guterson on Maintaining an Authorial Persona... Or Not

How the Author of Snow Falling on Cedars Remained True to Himself as a Working Writer

By David Guterson | January 20, 2026

The Best Book Covers of the Last Decade

The Best Book Covers of the Last Decade

75 Book Covers Our Favorite Designers Loved

By Emily Temple | January 20, 2026

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