The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending January 18, 2026

By Literary Hub | January 22, 2026

A new weekly top 40 list highlights bestselling indie books.

A new weekly top 40 list highlights bestselling indie books.

By James Folta | January 15, 2026

Resolved to finish more books in 2026? Here’s your guide to the web’s best reading challenges. 

Resolved to finish more books in 2026? Here’s your guide to the web’s best reading challenges. 

By Brittany Allen | January 13, 2026

Can’t focus on reading? BookTok has an ambiance video to fix that.

Can’t focus on reading? BookTok has an ambiance video to fix that.

By James Folta | January 13, 2026

These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library the most this year.

These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library the most this year.

By James Folta | December 16, 2025

What It Was Like to Publish a Book in This Crazy Year, 2025

What It Was Like to Publish a Book in This Crazy Year, 2025

Maris Kreizman Looks Back at the Year That Was

By Maris Kreizman | December 11, 2025

Best Reviewed
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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

By James Folta | December 8, 2025

The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?

By Brittany Allen | December 4, 2025

Life-Giving, Imaginative and Underfunded: Small Press Publishers in Crisis

Life-Giving, Imaginative and Underfunded: Small Press Publishers in Crisis

Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini Discuss the Landscape of British Publishing with Jack Thompson, Jess Chandler, Sam Fisher and Kristen Vida Alfaro

By Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini | December 4, 2025

On the Infinite Lives of the Library

On the Infinite Lives of the Library

Steve Edwards Loves Nothing More Than Library Hours

By Steve Edwards | December 4, 2025

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

Hwang Bo-Reum on Little Ways to Cultivate Your Reading (and Writing) Life

By Hwang Bo-Reum | December 3, 2025

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Ed Simon Considers the Many Different Ways an Obsession Can Manifest

By Ed Simon | November 24, 2025

Where Time and Space Collide: In Praise of Old Maps

Where Time and Space Collide: In Praise of Old Maps

James Cheshire on the Valuable Work of Preserving and Unearthing the Past

By James Cheshire | November 19, 2025

The 2025 Cercador Prize goes to <em>The Queen of Swords</em>.

The 2025 Cercador Prize goes to The Queen of Swords.

By Drew Broussard | November 18, 2025

Five novels to read if you’re fascinated by the Black bourgeoisie.

Five novels to read if you’re fascinated by the Black bourgeoisie.

By Brittany Allen | November 11, 2025

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