Meet the Habsburgs! And Watch Them Marry Their Way Across Europe...

Meet the Habsburgs! And Watch Them Marry Their Way Across Europe...

Veronica Buckley on Revolutionary Europe’s First Family

By Veronica Buckley | March 26, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Thinking So Much Book Publicity is Cringe?

Am I the Asshole For Thinking So Much Book Publicity is Cringe?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | March 26, 2026

Six Retellings That Pull Apart Fairy Tales and Stitch Them Back Together in New and Wondrous Ways

Six Retellings That Pull Apart Fairy Tales and Stitch Them Back Together in New and Wondrous Ways

Bar Fridman-Tell Recommends Kelly Link, Roshani Chokshi, T. Kingfisher, and More

By Bar Fridman-Tell | March 26, 2026

How a Single Cup of Tea Can Help Build Community Across the World

How a Single Cup of Tea Can Help Build Community Across the World

Molly Irani: “When we reach across a divide—to listen, to share our common humanity, we remember the glue that binds us.”

By Molly Irani | March 26, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“With minimal skepticism, he platforms schemes that range from the contested and implausible... to the wholly impossible.”

By Book Marks | March 26, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending March 22, 2026

By Literary Hub | March 26, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Transcription
  • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
  • Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
  • The Oyster Diaries
  • Yesteryear
  • Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub | March 26, 2026

Ellie Roscher on Fair Game and the Future for Trans Athletes

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 26, 2026

The Town Where The Last Picture Show Was Filmed Absolutely Hated It

By David Streitfeld | March 25, 2026

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

Jessica Riskin on the 18th-Century French Botanist Who Changed Biology Forever

By Jessica Riskin | March 25, 2026

The Origin of Our Species: How Grains and Grasses Fed (and Still Feed) Humankind

The Origin of Our Species: How Grains and Grasses Fed (and Still Feed) Humankind

David George Haskell In Praise of a Versatile, Life-Giving Plant

By David George Haskell | March 25, 2026

What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

Trevor Jackson on the Peasant Society of Early 1500s Europe

By Trevor Jackson | March 25, 2026

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Geoff Bennett on the Evolving Role of Black Comedy in Hollywood

By Geoff Bennett | March 25, 2026

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

“The ruling class knows that if you give the smartest person in the room a microphone they’re probably going to say Free Palestine.”

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 25, 2026

On the Complexities of Navigating Indigenous Life in a Relentlessly Modern World

On the Complexities of Navigating Indigenous Life in a Relentlessly Modern World

Irina Sadovina on the Important Lessons in Anna Nerkagi’s White Moss

By Irina Sadovina | March 25, 2026

Nazis in America, c. 1938-1941

Nazis in America, c. 1938-1941

Sara Vladic on the Early Origins of the Nazi Party in the United States

By Sara Vladic | March 24, 2026

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