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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending January 18, 2026

By Literary Hub | January 22, 2026

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

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the <em>Heated Rivalry</em> Phenomenon

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the Heated Rivalry Phenomenon

Maris Kreizman on the Lessons From This Year’s Breakout Success Story

By Maris Kreizman | January 22, 2026

A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

David Mazower Recommends Miriam Karpilove, Chava Rosenfarb, Fradl Shtok and More

By David Mazower | January 22, 2026

Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota

Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota

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

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Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Ed Simon on the Eternal Tension Between Human Creativity and Mechanical Efficiency

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By David Guterson | January 20, 2026

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On Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Anti-Memoir” The Chronology of Water

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Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

Madeleine Dunnigan on the Joys of Channeling Teenage Angst In Her Fiction

By Madeleine Dunnigan | January 16, 2026

The All-Of-It-Ness of Motherhood: Five Books to Read in the Early Days of Parenting

The All-Of-It-Ness of Motherhood: Five Books to Read in the Early Days of Parenting

Catherine Pierce Recommends Rivka Galchen, Mira Jacob, Beth Ann Fennelly and More

By Catherine Pierce | January 16, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Questions and Crimes: Golan Haji on Art and Letters in the New Syria

Questions and Crimes: Golan Haji on Art and Letters in the New Syria

Translated and Introduced by Fady Joudah

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Against Generative AI: Is Art the Last Refuge of Our Humanity?

Against Generative AI: Is Art the Last Refuge of Our Humanity?

Nick Ripatrazone on the Importance of the Creative Ego

By Nick Ripatrazone | January 15, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Having a Huge Crush on My Editor?

Am I the Asshole For Having a Huge Crush on My Editor?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About
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The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniyal Mueenuddin Is Reading Now, and Next

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