Have You Ever Tried Going on a Blind Date With a Book?

Have You Ever Tried Going on a Blind Date With a Book?

Jess deCourcy Hinds Offers 13 Ways of Looking at the Book World’s Latest Phenomenon

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | February 13, 2026

What Science Reveals About the Many Facets of Desire

What Science Reveals About the Many Facets of Desire

Tom Bellamy on the Neurochemical Reactions That Drive Love, Obsession and Longing

By Tom Bellamy | February 13, 2026

Seven Fake Dating Romance Novels to Read for Valentine’s Day

Seven Fake Dating Romance Novels to Read for Valentine’s Day

Haruka Iwasaki Recommends Emily Henry, Talia Hibbert, Jasmine Guillory, and More

By Haruka Iwasaki | February 13, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Allegra Goodman, Richard Holmes, Helle Helle, and More

By Book Marks | February 13, 2026

Katie da Cunha Lewin on the Joys of Quiet, Communal Writing

Katie da Cunha Lewin on the Joys of Quiet, Communal Writing

Or: A Room of (Every)one’s Own

By Katie da Cunha Lewin | February 13, 2026

When Presidents Slowly Fall: What Fiction Gets Right About the 25th Amendment

When Presidents Slowly Fall: What Fiction Gets Right About the 25th Amendment

How to Depose a Mad King (According to the Constitution)

By Aron Solomon | February 12, 2026

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  • In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
  • Nonesuch
  • Whidbey
  • A Scandal in Königsberg
  • The Quantity Theory of Morality
  • Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World

Letter From Minnesota: Count Them Among the Loved 

By Jennifer Eli Bowen | February 12, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: SOS From an Occupied City

By Angela Ajayi | February 12, 2026

Am I the Literary Asshole For Being Tired of My Self-Congratulatory Liberal Book Group?

By Kristen Arnett | February 12, 2026

When a Book Cover Designer Writes a Book, Who Designs the Cover?

When a Book Cover Designer Writes a Book, Who Designs the Cover?

Oliver Munday and Chris Brand Discuss the Process Behind
Head of Household

By Oliver Munday | February 12, 2026

Some Perfect Exact Words: On the Real Legacy of Elizabeth Wurtzel

Some Perfect Exact Words: On the Real Legacy of Elizabeth Wurtzel

Matthew Zipf Considers the Mesmerizing Immediacy of the Author's Work

By Matthew Zipf | February 12, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“An instant classic of that svelte form: no longer than a rattlesnake’s body and just as explosive.”

By Book Marks | February 12, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 8, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 12, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 8, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 12, 2026

The Limits of Pain: On Writing Against Chronic Illness

The Limits of Pain: On Writing Against Chronic Illness

Ysabelle Cheung Considers How Her Experience With Endometriosis Has Shaped Her Short Fiction

By Ysabelle Cheung | February 12, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Martin Aitken is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Martin Aitken is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Claire-Louise Bennet, David Szalay, Helle Helle, and More

By Diana Arterian | February 12, 2026

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