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Isabel Allende on Finding the Freedom to Write

Isabel Allende on Finding the Freedom to Write

The House of the Spirits Started Out as a Letter to Allende’s Grandfather

By Isabel Allende | September 18, 2026

Does Evil Exist (and How Do We Recognize It?)

Does Evil Exist (and How Do We Recognize It?)

Susan Neiman on the Ways Philosophers Have Conceptualized Morality Throughout the 20th Century

By Susan Neiman | September 18, 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 Emily St. John Mandel, Ben Macintyre, Kate Atkinson, Naomi Klein, and More

By Book Marks | September 18, 2026

Going Inside the Board Book with Jon Klassen

Going Inside the Board Book with Jon Klassen

Janet Manley Talks to the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Winner

By Janet Manley | September 18, 2026

Antonella Lettieri On Translating Roberta Recchia’s <em>All That is Left of Life</em>

Antonella Lettieri On Translating Roberta Recchia’s All That is Left of Life

"Its true grace is in the balance it achieves between big, choral moments and smaller, more intimate ones."

By Antonella Lettieri | September 18, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending September 13, 2026

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2026

Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise

By Maris Kreizman | September 17, 2026

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | September 17, 2026

How Books Can Make an Awkward Encounter Slightly Less Awkward

How Books Can Make an Awkward Encounter Slightly Less Awkward

Nanako Hanada on Using Online Meetup Platforms To Dispense Literary Recommendations

By Nanako Hanada | September 17, 2026

Nine Books of Poetry About Breakups (and Awakenings)

Nine Books of Poetry About Breakups (and Awakenings)

Elizabeth Metzger Recommends Anne Carson, Sandra Lim, Maggie Millner, and More

By Elizabeth Metzger | September 17, 2026

Remembering Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s First Asian-American Star

Remembering Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s First Asian-American Star

“Wong provides us with a road map of how to forge ahead even under the most difficult of circumstances.”

By Shirley Jennifer Lim | September 17, 2026

Writing Through Loss: On Crafting Nonfiction That Tackles America’s Opioid Crisis

Writing Through Loss: On Crafting Nonfiction That Tackles America’s Opioid Crisis

Nadia Bowers and Stephanie Wittels Wachs Discuss Their Shared Stories of Losing Loved Ones to Addiction

By Nadia Bowers and Stephanie Wittels Wachs | September 17, 2026

The Great American Road Trip Novel Isn’t Just For White People

The Great American Road Trip Novel Isn’t Just For White People

Winnie M. Li Recommends Valeria Luiselli, William Least Heat-Moon, Jesmyn Ward and More

By Winnie M. Li | September 17, 2026

Emily McBride on Maternal Mental Health and the Lindsay Clancy Trial

Emily McBride on Maternal Mental Health and the Lindsay Clancy Trial

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 17, 2026

The Movie Star and the Mountain: On Robert Redford’s Sundance Origin Story

The Movie Star and the Mountain: On Robert Redford’s Sundance Origin Story

David Gessner Remembers the Star and Conservationist, a Year After His Death

By David Gessner | September 16, 2026

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