The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending July 19, 2026

By Literary Hub | July 23, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending July 19, 2026

By Literary Hub | July 23, 2026

Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund

Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 23, 2026

On Alt Text Image Description as Literary Practice

On Alt Text Image Description as Literary Practice

M. Leona Godin Considers the Mundane, Profound Act of Translating a Picture

By M. Leona Godin | July 22, 2026

Colson Whitehead, Michael Cunningham, Claire Vaye Watkins, and more: 20 new books out today!

Colson Whitehead, Michael Cunningham, Claire Vaye Watkins, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | July 21, 2026

Sheila Heti on Talking to Everyone at Once

Sheila Heti on Talking to Everyone at Once

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | July 21, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

Nostos, or Homecoming: Why I Keep Returning to the Odyssey

By Rose Smith | July 17, 2026

A Chorus of Poets: On the Possible Existence of Multiple Homers

By Henry Power | July 17, 2026

Nine Feminist Mythological Reimaginings to Read After You Watch The Odyssey

By Tanaz Bhathena | July 17, 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 Sigrid Nunez, Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup, Julie Buntin, and More

By Book Marks | July 17, 2026

Labor of Love: On Editing and the Rewards of Collaborative Effort

Labor of Love: On Editing and the Rewards of Collaborative Effort

Genuine Human Connection Was the Not-So-Secret Ingredient in Samantha Paige Rosen’s Debut Anthology

By Samantha Paige Rosen | July 17, 2026

This Week in Literary History: <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: The Catcher in the Rye is Published

“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.”

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2026

A Smart Sisterly Sidekick: What Phoebe Represents to Holden Caulfield

A Smart Sisterly Sidekick: What Phoebe Represents to Holden Caulfield

Janet Phillips on the Iconic Little Sister in J.D. Salinger’s Seminal Coming-of-Age Tale

By Janet Phillips | July 16, 2026

As Book Criticism Disappears, the Booksellers Are Stepping In

As Book Criticism Disappears, the Booksellers Are Stepping In

Talking to Josh Cook, Bookseller and Founder of the Porter Square Review of Books

By Drew Broussard | July 16, 2026

The First Reviews of </br><em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>

The First Reviews of
The Catcher in the Rye

“A young man possessed of a young man’s vigor and callowness, and an old man’s jaundiced eye rip-snorts his way through this raucous novel.”

By Book Marks | July 16, 2026

To Think the Unthinkable: On the Work of Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska

To Think the Unthinkable: On the Work of Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska

Clare Cavanagh: “The bits and pieces matter; they are the stuff that make up our lives, that make up life as such.”

By Clare Cavanagh | July 16, 2026

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