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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 Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Caro Claire Burke, and more

By Book Marks | April 10, 2026

How <em>Amazing Stories</em> Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

Ed Simon Goes Back to When the Past was the Future

By Ed Simon | April 10, 2026

Meet These Delightful Bookshop Cats (and One Dog!)

Meet These Delightful Bookshop Cats (and One Dog!)

Daphne du Meowier Introduces Us to Just Some of the Pets That Populate Bookstores Across the Country

By Daphne du Meowier | April 10, 2026

On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

Virginia McGee Richards on the Building of the New Cut Canal

By Virginia McGee Richards | April 10, 2026

One Person’s Trash... On the Joys of Collecting Junk

One Person’s Trash... On the Joys of Collecting Junk

Kate Bowler Considers Her Son’s Obsession in Light of Her Own Struggle to Find Happiness

By Kate Bowler | April 10, 2026

On the US-Israeli Coalition’s Continued Acts of Scholasticide in the Middle East

On the US-Israeli Coalition’s Continued Acts of Scholasticide in the Middle East

Steven W. Thrasher Considers How the Threats of Empire Are Themselves Acts of Violence

By Steven W. Thrasher | April 10, 2026

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“Dispatch From a New York Times Article the Day Mary Oliver Died.” A Poem by Megan Gannon

By Megan Gannon | April 10, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | April 9, 2026

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

By David Farrier | April 9, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Not Wanting to Do an Author Photo For My Debut Novel?

Am I the Asshole For Not Wanting to Do an Author Photo For My Debut Novel?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 9, 2026

Read Two Poems by Leigh Lucas, “Art Monster” and “These Days”

Read Two Poems by Leigh Lucas, “Art Monster” and “These Days”

From the Collection Splashed Things

By Leigh Lucas | April 9, 2026

An Open Letter to the Jewish Book Council From a Concerned Group of Jewish Writers

An Open Letter to the Jewish Book Council From a Concerned Group of Jewish Writers

“We are Jewish authors who believe in Jewish books, and for whom Palestinian liberation is a moral imperative.”

By Open Letters | April 9, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Enright is Reading Now, And Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Enright is Reading Now, And Next

Featuring Niamh Campbell, Sally Hayden, Louise Kennedy, and More

By Diana Arterian | April 9, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending April 5, 2026

By Literary Hub | April 9, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending April 5, 2026

By Literary Hub | April 9, 2026

Kathryn Paige Harden on Behavior, Genetics, and Blame

Kathryn Paige Harden on Behavior, Genetics, and Blame

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 9, 2026

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