Who Gets to Write About Ordinary Life?

Who Gets to Write About Ordinary Life?

Katherine Kelaidis on Sergey Davydov and the Necessity of Stories of the Everyday in the Midst of Political Turmoil

By Katherine Kelaidis | November 6, 2026

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 Judi Dench, Ian Rankin, Louise Kennedy, Simon Garfield, and More

By Book Marks | November 6, 2026

A Dystopia For Our Times: On Alan Moore’s <em>V for Vendetta</em>

A Dystopia For Our Times: On Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta

Ed Simon Explores the Graphic Novel's Cinematic and Political Afterlives

By Ed Simon | November 5, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Reading it is like opening the hall closet and having the contents of an antique junk shop, laced with spiky and rusted farm implements, spill out and maim your dog."

By Book Marks | November 5, 2026

ZZ Packer and Nafkote Tamirat on France’s Ongoing Student Protests

ZZ Packer and Nafkote Tamirat on France’s Ongoing Student Protests

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 5, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending November 1, 2026

By Literary Hub | November 5, 2026

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  • The Pen: A Human History
  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | November 5, 2026

Please Don't Put in the Novel That I Died: Olivia Manning’s (Lightly) Fictionalized Novels

By Duncan Fyfe | November 4, 2026

How J.R.R. Tolkien’s Strong Catholic Faith Influenced His Writing

By D.J. Taylor | November 3, 2026

Louise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, and more: 20 new books out today!

Louise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | November 3, 2026

Megan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s <br><em>A Working Mother</em>, an Ode to Working Class Scotland

Megan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s
A Working Mother, an Ode to Working Class Scotland

“Owens found a novel way of conveying the surrealness of everyday life”

By Megan Nolan | November 2, 2026

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Barbara Kingsolver, Yiyun Li, Bonnie Garmus, and More

By Book Marks | October 30, 2026

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Sarah Perry, Meghan O’Gieblyn, Cormac McCarthy, and More

By Book Marks | October 30, 2026

Ten Years of Fiction/Non/Fiction: An Anniversary Episode

Ten Years of Fiction/Non/Fiction: An Anniversary Episode

Celebrating Ten Years of Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 29, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"There’s a certain kind of novel that’s not quite apocalyptic enough to be science fiction, but just far-fetched enough to be speculative."

By Book Marks | October 29, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending October 25, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 29, 2026

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