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 Cristina Rivera Garza, Yi-Ling Liu, Sarah Bruni, and More

By Book Marks | February 6, 2026

Fighting Abroad and At Home: Remembering the Experiences of Black Vietnam Veterans

Fighting Abroad and At Home: Remembering the Experiences of Black Vietnam Veterans

Wil Haygood on the Long History of Black Heroism and Service—and the Current Efforts to Erase It

By Wil Haygood | February 6, 2026

The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights

The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights

Gioia Woods Reflects on the Life of a Literary Icon

By Gioia Woods | February 6, 2026

Nancy Reddy on Researching Beyond the Archives

Nancy Reddy on Researching Beyond the Archives

Or: Reading Sideways

By Nancy Reddy | February 6, 2026

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Can Zohran Mamdani Survive at the Intersection of Identity Politics and Democratic Socialism?

Mychal Denzel Smith on the New Mayor’s Uncertain Relationship With New York’s Black Voters

By Mychal Denzel Smith | February 5, 2026

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Maris Kreizman on the Viler-Than-Fiction
Behavior of Powerful Men

By Maris Kreizman | February 5, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

Turning to Thoreau for Lessons on Living Through Difficult Times

By Kristy Beachy-Quick | February 5, 2026

Beyond the Headlines: Five Essential Books For Understanding Afghanistan

By Patmeena Sabit | February 5, 2026

Sex Without Shame: Senior Women Share Their Stories of Finding Sexual Freedom

By Joan Price | February 5, 2026

Against the “King Voice.” On the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

Against the “King Voice.” On the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

Sarah Montague Considers the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

By Sarah Montague | February 5, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A portrait emerges of an artist with a vision, a distinctive way of seeing the world.”

By Book Marks | February 5, 2026

What Seamus Heaney Meant to Me, a Kid From Carrickfergus

What Seamus Heaney Meant to Me, a Kid From Carrickfergus

Adrian McKinty on the Legacy of One of Ireland’s Great Poets

By Adrian McKinty | February 5, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 1, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 5, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 1, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 5, 2026

Anjali Enjeti on Ballots and How Trump Wants to Steal Them

Anjali Enjeti on Ballots and How Trump Wants to Steal Them

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 5, 2026

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

Katherine Kelaidis Considers the Dictionary as a Prescriptive Ideological Document

By Katherine Kelaidis | February 4, 2026

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