The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending August 30, 2026

By Literary Hub | September 3, 2026

G’Ra Asim on <em>99 Problems Finding the 1</em>

G’Ra Asim on 99 Problems Finding the 1

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 3, 2026

Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

In Conversation With Gary Lovely

By Gary Lovely | September 2, 2026

What Ann Patchett’s <em>Whistler</em> Gets Right and Wrong About Horses

What Ann Patchett’s Whistler Gets Right and Wrong About Horses

Janet L. Jones on the Fact and the Fiction of Equine-Centered Narratives in Fiction

By Janet L. Jones | September 2, 2026

Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell

Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell

Samaa Khullar speaks to the former political prisoner and author of the memoir Huna

By Samaa Khullar | September 2, 2026

7 Books About Writerly Rivalry

7 Books About Writerly Rivalry

Laurie Petrou Recommends R.F. Kuang, Meg Wolitzer, Sally Rooney, and More

By Laurie Petrou | September 2, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
  • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
  • The Telephone: A New History
  • No Such Thing as Monday
  • O Now!
  • Don't Stop Snowing
  • The Key Biscayne Affair
  • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
  • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

Generosity and Personhood: How the Myth of the Three Graces Inspired My Debut Novel

By Elizabeth Wellington Rollins | September 2, 2026

In Defense of Literary Awards (and Longlists, and Shortlists)

By Maris Kreizman | September 1, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in September 2026

By Caroline Carlson | September 1, 2026

Antiuniverses, Deepfakes, and Clone Children: September’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Antiuniverses, Deepfakes, and Clone Children: September’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Reads from Scott Hawkins, Micaiah Johnson, Premee Mohamed, and More

By Natalie Zutter | September 1, 2026

Motherships, Haunted Mirrors, and Heritances: September Poetry Releases

Motherships, Haunted Mirrors, and Heritances: September Poetry Releases

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Kathy Fagan, Leslie McIntosh, Emily Skaja, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | September 1, 2026

Isaac Chotiner on Deep Knowledge and Gotcha Interviews

Isaac Chotiner on Deep Knowledge and Gotcha Interviews

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | September 1, 2026

Marlon James, Chloe Benjamin, Emily Wilson, and more: 21 new books out today!

Marlon James, Chloe Benjamin, Emily Wilson, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | September 1, 2026

Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity

Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity

Jehanne Dubrow Asks Us to Reconsider Our Denigration of the Lighter Side of Life

By Jehanne Dubrow | August 31, 2026

Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry... and 25 more books out in paperback this September.

Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry... and 25 more books out in paperback this September.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 31, 2026

August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Big Tech, Psychedelic Toads, Howard Zinn, and More

By Book Marks | August 28, 2026

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