The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending October 25, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 29, 2026

The Limits of Rationality: On <em>Gulliver’s Travels</em> at 300

The Limits of Rationality: On Gulliver’s Travels at 300

Ed Simon Considers What Jonathan Swift's Novel Can Reveal About Our World Today

By Ed Simon | October 28, 2026

Chad Harbach, Jane Schoenbrun, Jonathan Van Meter and more: 20 new books out today!

Chad Harbach, Jane Schoenbrun, Jonathan Van Meter and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | October 27, 2026

Brandon Taylor on Writing About Black Art and Black Artists in America

Brandon Taylor on Writing About Black Art and Black Artists in America

The Author of Minor Black Figures in Conversation With Matthew Sitman at The Center For Fiction

By The Center for Fiction | October 26, 2026

Anika Fajardo on Connecting With Her Colombian Heritage Through Magical Realism

Anika Fajardo on Connecting With Her Colombian Heritage Through Magical Realism

“I had found a way to understand the truth—or a truth—about who I was and where I came from.”

By Anika Fajardo | October 26, 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 Lawrence Wright, Walter Mosley, Lisa Hanawalt, Larry David, and More

By Book Marks | October 23, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
  • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
  • Sweet Pea
  • 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

Nicole Bedera on the Cornell 7, Title IX, and How Universities Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 22, 2026

The Genocide in Gaza May Keep the Democrats from Regaining Congress

By Steven W. Thrasher | October 22, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | October 22, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending October 18, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 22, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Sometimes Hanawalt’s perspective veers into the horrifying, and the transition from Richard Scarry to Extremely Scary can be shocking."

By Book Marks | October 22, 2026

On Searching For Nabokov’s Rarest Paperbacks Across America

On Searching For Nabokov’s Rarest Paperbacks Across America

Nina Chayka Remembers Ardis, the Innovative Publisher That Brought Russian and Soviet Literature to the United States

By Nina Chayka | October 21, 2026

Lit Hub is Hiring a Senior Editor For a New Vertical

Lit Hub is Hiring a Senior Editor For a New Vertical

Come Work With Us

By Literary Hub | October 20, 2026

Meet the Best Debut Novelists of 2026

Meet the Best Debut Novelists of 2026

The Seven Finalists for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize on Their Reading and Writing Lives

By Emily Temple | October 20, 2026

“If You Write Properly You Shouldn’t Have to Punctuate.” Was Cormac McCarthy That Guy in Your MFA?

“If You Write Properly You Shouldn’t Have to Punctuate.” Was Cormac McCarthy That Guy in Your MFA?

Tracy Daugherty on the Student Days of the Now Iconic American Writer

By Tracy Daugherty | October 20, 2026

What John Berryman’s Lectures Revealed About Young Shakespeare—and Himself

What John Berryman’s Lectures Revealed About Young Shakespeare—and Himself

Rory Loughnane on the American Poet’s Contributions to the Study of the Bard’s Early Life

By Rory Loughnane | October 20, 2026

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