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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending July 12, 2026

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2026

Nate Bukaty on World Cup 2026 and the Heart of American Soccer

Nate Bukaty on World Cup 2026 and the Heart of American Soccer

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 16, 2026

Welcome to Toronto, World Capital of the Urban Raccoon

Welcome to Toronto, World Capital of the Urban Raccoon

Dan Werb on the Understated Intelligence of the Animals That Share Our Cities

By Dan Werb | July 15, 2026

Finding Heroes of My Own in Three Unsung Women of America’s Great Outdoors

Finding Heroes of My Own in Three Unsung Women of America’s Great Outdoors

Heather Hansman on the Important Stories That Don’t Always Get Told

By Heather Hansman | July 15, 2026

Why “Shifting Baseline Syndrome” Makes It Harder to Save the Planet

Why “Shifting Baseline Syndrome” Makes It Harder to Save the Planet

Jason Dove Mark on the Ways Environmental Amnesia Influences Our Perception of the Natural World

By Jason Dove Mark | July 15, 2026

One of My Poems is Literally Going to the Moon

One of My Poems is Literally Going to the Moon

Sally Ashton on the Eternal Beauty of the Lunar-Human Connection

By Sally Ashton | July 15, 2026

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Writing is Magic: Why We Should All Follow Our Literary Dreams

By Oana Aristide | July 15, 2026

Joyelle McSweeney on Euripides's Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 15, 2026

Chana Joffe-Walt on The Best Tape You Can Get

By The Critic and Her Publics | July 15, 2026

When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government

When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government

Steven W. Thrasher on the Fight For Academic Freedom

By Steven W. Thrasher | July 14, 2026

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s <em>Beirut Fragments</em>

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s Beirut Fragments

“She does not purport to be braver than she felt at any given time. Instead she is honest about her fear.”

By Angela Flournoy | July 14, 2026

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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By Teddy Wayne | July 14, 2026

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

Elizabeth H. Winthrop: “The distance between us could not be bridged—only recognized.”

By Elizabeth H. Winthrop | July 14, 2026

Sad Love Stories Are the Best Stories: A Reading List in Praise of Messy Love

Sad Love Stories Are the Best Stories: A Reading List in Praise of Messy Love

Alicia Upano Recommends Crystal Hana Kim, Kamila Shamsie, Louise Kennedy, and More

By Alicia Upano | July 14, 2026

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

Nicole Blackwood Charts the Rise and Fall of a Literary Microtrend

By Nicole Blackwood | July 13, 2026

“A Person Should Be in Love Most of the Time.” An[other] Ode to Grace Paley

“A Person Should Be in Love Most of the Time.” An[other] Ode to Grace Paley

Moriel Rothman-Zecher Considers the Writer’s Dual Role as Activist and Artist

By Moriel Rothman-Zecher | July 13, 2026

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