June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Dogs in Art, Birds of the World, Romance Scammers, and More

By Book Marks | June 26, 2026

Ye Hui on the Innovations of Translation, His Writing Process, and the Relief of Finishing a Poem

Ye Hui on the Innovations of Translation, His Writing Process, and the Relief of Finishing a Poem

In Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | June 26, 2026

Erased No More: A Reading List of BIPOC-Centered Historical Fiction

Erased No More: A Reading List of BIPOC-Centered Historical Fiction

Vanessa Miller Recommends Sadeqa Johnson, ReShonda Tate, Vanessa Riley and More

By Vanessa Miller | June 26, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Serena Chopra is Reading Right Now

The Annotated Nightstand: What Serena Chopra is Reading Right Now

Featuring Susan Briante, Sappho, Christopher Marmolejo and More

By Diana Arterian | June 26, 2026

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

Maris Kreizman Collects Worthy Alternatives to JD Vance’s Oxygen-Sucking Memoir

By Maris Kreizman | June 25, 2026

Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page

Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page

Spiro Skentzos in Conversation with Rasheed Newson

By Spiro Skentzos | June 25, 2026

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Namwali Serpell and Cathy Park Hong on Toni Morrison’s Jazz

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A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

By Danny Bate | June 25, 2026

The Clothes Make the Man: How Dark Suits Defined the Early American Republic

The Clothes Make the Man: How Dark Suits Defined the Early American Republic

Chloe Chapin on the Civic Meaning Behind Trends in Men’s Fashion in the 18th and 19th Centuries

By Chloe Chapin | June 25, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism

Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 25, 2026

My Mother’s Voice: <br>Messages From Tehran

My Mother’s Voice:
Messages From Tehran

“I would never blame them. But being around Americans while this country is bombing mine is the last thing I can do.”

By Shohreh Laici | June 24, 2026

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

Andrew McKenzie-McHarg Revisits the Grandfather of Rational Paranoia, Carl Oglesby

By Andrew McKenzie-McHarg | June 24, 2026

For a Historian, the Facts of Any Given Life Disappear the Moment They Occur

For a Historian, the Facts of Any Given Life Disappear the Moment They Occur

Thomas S. Mullaney Considers Family Duty Through the Lens of Historical Practice

By Thomas S. Mullaney | June 24, 2026

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