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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending April 26, 2026

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending April 26, 2026

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Liam Callanan on Trump vs. the Pope

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“Be the Change.” On the Misattributed Origins of a Popular Slogan

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John Cougar Mellencamp Will Fight You: On the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rise of a Combative Heartland Leftist

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

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

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What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

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Meet the Literary Agent Who Invented the Book Auction

Meet the Literary Agent Who Invented the Book Auction

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Ten Memoirs That Explore the Nuances of Family Estrangement

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The Medicalization of Madness: How Schizophrenia Was Treated Throughout the Ages

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The Queen of Sales: How Mary Kay Ash Created a Beauty Empire

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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

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A Ghost of One’s Own: On Collaboration and Creative Ownership in <em>Mother Mary</em>

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On Vigdis Hjorth’s <em>Repetition</em> and the Hidden Disenfranchisement of Children

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