The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending March 8, 2026

By Literary Hub | March 12, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The tired-looking smiley face under the dust jacket says as much as the 400-plus over-polished pages inside.”

By Book Marks | March 12, 2026

Daisy Hernández on the Myth of Citizenship

Daisy Hernández on the Myth of Citizenship

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 12, 2026

The Book of Michael Silverblatt

The Book of Michael Silverblatt

Logan Scherer Remembers “the Best Reader in America”

By Logan Scherer | March 11, 2026

Five Books About Breaking Up... With Your Friend

Five Books About Breaking Up... With Your Friend

Sarvat Hasin Recommends Elena Ferrante, Sharlene Teo, Maeve Binchy, and More

By Sarvat Hasin | March 11, 2026

Family Ghosts: On What We Do and Do Not Learn About Our Parents

Family Ghosts: On What We Do and Do Not Learn About Our Parents

Laurie Hertzel Considers the Generational Silences Left by Untold Stories

By Laurie Hertzel | March 11, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

How Being a Former Gossip Reporter Made Me a Better Writer

By Juliet Izon | March 11, 2026

Murder At the Supreme Court: Who Really Killed Roe v. Wade?

By Amy Littlefield | March 11, 2026

Freedom Through Structure: On Translating Vicente Luis Mora’s Centroeuropa

By Rahul Bery | March 11, 2026

The Best Dog in the World

The Best Dog in the World

Alice Hoffman on Her Once-in-a-Lifetime Companion

By Alice Hoffman | March 11, 2026

The Art of Jealousy

The Art of Jealousy

The Cosmic Library continues its Proust season

By The Cosmic Library | March 11, 2026

Chronicling Millenial Malaise With Andrew Martin

Chronicling Millenial Malaise With Andrew Martin

Sam Axelrod Talks to the Author of Down Time

By Sam Axelrod | March 10, 2026

Six Books (and One Film) About Bad Fathers

Six Books (and One Film) About Bad Fathers

Victoria Shorr Recommends Hilary Mantel, Alice Munro, Emily Brontë, and More

By Victoria Shorr | March 10, 2026

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

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

Featuring T Kira Madden, Benjamin Hale, Lily Brooks-Dalton and More

By Teddy Wayne | March 10, 2026

The Stories Our Mothers (Never) Told Us: Alice Martin Writing About Family Archives

The Stories Our Mothers (Never) Told Us: Alice Martin Writing About Family Archives

“At what point does writing about extraordinary circumstances for women become ordinary?”

By Alice Martin | March 10, 2026

Jung Yun on Writing a Post-9/11 Cruise Novel

Jung Yun on Writing a Post-9/11 Cruise Novel

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of All the World Can Hold

By Jane Ciabattari | March 10, 2026

Page 4 of 1551

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.