5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“An instant classic of that svelte form: no longer than a rattlesnake’s body and just as explosive.”

By Book Marks | February 12, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 8, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 12, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 8, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 12, 2026

The Limits of Pain: On Writing Against Chronic Illness

The Limits of Pain: On Writing Against Chronic Illness

Ysabelle Cheung Considers How Her Experience With Endometriosis Has Shaped Her Short Fiction

By Ysabelle Cheung | February 12, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Martin Aitken is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Martin Aitken is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Claire-Louise Bennet, David Szalay, Helle Helle, and More

By Diana Arterian | February 12, 2026

Writing in the Round

Writing in the Round

Jeremy Cooper on Linking Past and Present in Fiction

By Jeremy Cooper | February 12, 2026

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  • Ghost-Eye
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  • As If
  • Good Company
  • Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
  • Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America

Eleanor Shearer on Migrants in Hiding and a Caribbean History of Canada

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 12, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: The Border is Everywhere

By Victoria Blanco | February 11, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: How We Get Through the Darkest Nights

By Molly Beth Griffin | February 11, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Finding Community (and a Little Joy) in the Club

Letter From Minnesota: Finding Community (and a Little Joy) in the Club

Dana Chiueh Goes Out For the Night

By Dana Chiueh | February 11, 2026

Love and Struggle Throughout the Ages: A Reading List of Queer Historical Fiction

Love and Struggle Throughout the Ages: A Reading List of Queer Historical Fiction

Eleanor Shearer Recommends Sarah Waters, Nalo Hopkinson, Robert Jones Jr. and More

By Eleanor Shearer | February 11, 2026

A Saga in Miniature: On Halldór Laxness’s <em>A Parish Chronicle</em>

A Saga in Miniature: On Halldór Laxness’s A Parish Chronicle

Salvatore Scibona Explores the Literary Legacy of Iceland's Nobel Laureate

By Salvatore Scibona | February 11, 2026

Writing the Books We Want to Write

Writing the Books We Want to Write

Virginia Pye on Why She Keeps Writing What Excites Her, Regardless of Genre

By Virginia Pye | February 11, 2026

How Writing My Books Helped Me Understand My Chinese Parents

How Writing My Books Helped Me Understand My Chinese Parents

Janie Chang on Preserving Her Family History Through Historical Fiction

By Janie Chang | February 11, 2026

Feminism and Palestinian Liberation Go Hand In Hand

Feminism and Palestinian Liberation Go Hand In Hand

As the popular Palestinian saying goes, “Our mere existence is resistance.”

By Nada Elia | February 11, 2026

Stronger Together: Why We Should Never Mourn Alone

Stronger Together: Why We Should Never Mourn Alone

Darnell Lamont Walker on the Emotional Necessity of Collective Grief

By Darnell Lamont Walker | February 11, 2026

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