The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 15, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 19, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Fadiman is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Fadiman is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Tony Tulathimutte, George Eliot, C Pam Zhang, and More

By Diana Arterian | February 19, 2026

Yi-Ling Liu on Internet Censorship in China and the U.S.

Yi-Ling Liu on Internet Censorship in China and the U.S.

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 19, 2026

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

Roland Ennos on the Anthropological Explanations Behind Homo Sapiens Rise to the Top of the Animal Kingdom

By Roland Ennos | February 18, 2026

Imagination is Not Enough: Why Fiction Needs Fieldwork

Imagination is Not Enough: Why Fiction Needs Fieldwork

Amara Lakhous on the Necessity of Combining Personal Experience With Research to Create Compelling Stories

By Amara Lakhous | February 18, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: This is Our<br> Fight Response

Letter From Minnesota: This is Our
Fight Response

Susan Raffo on Holding Space For Humility in the Midst of Radical Change

By Susan Raffo | February 18, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • 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

The Myth of the Red-Lipped Suffragette

By Eileen G'Sell | February 18, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns.”

By Andrea Jenkins | February 18, 2026

What We Talk About When We Talk About Crime

By Emily Galvin Almanza | February 18, 2026

Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Huda Al-Marashi on Going to Catholic School and the Value of Having Conversations About Religion Early in Life

By Huda Al-Marashi | February 18, 2026

On Dancing As Rebellion and The Problem of Embodiment

On Dancing As Rebellion and The Problem of Embodiment

Sarah Domet: “I wanted to learn to be free on land. Dance seemed to be an answer.”

By Sarah Domet | February 18, 2026

Whose Journey? On the Travel Writing of Displacement

Whose Journey? On the Travel Writing of Displacement

Kimberley Kinder Considers the Blind Spots and Biases of Traditional Travel Narratives

By Kimberley Kinder | February 18, 2026

The Shared Responsibility of Public Health

The Shared Responsibility of Public Health

Monica L. Wang on the Collective Action Necessary to Create a Healthier World

By Monica L. Wang | February 18, 2026

Michael R. Jackson on Sam Greenlee's THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR

Michael R. Jackson on Sam Greenlee's THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 18, 2026

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> Hears Imaginary Music

The Cosmic Library Hears Imaginary Music

Kicking off the In Search of Lost Time season

By The Cosmic Library | February 18, 2026

Namwali Serpell on Approaching Toni Morrison’s Work As a Reader and a Critic

Namwali Serpell on Approaching Toni Morrison’s Work As a Reader and a Critic

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of On Morrison

By Jane Ciabattari | February 17, 2026

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