The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending February 1, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 5, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 1, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 5, 2026

<em>The Washington Post</em> is gutting its books coverage.

The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage.

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

Katherine Kelaidis Considers the Dictionary as a Prescriptive Ideological Document

By Katherine Kelaidis | February 4, 2026

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

Steven W. Thrasher on the Western Establishment’s
Deliberate Break From Reality

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 4, 2026

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Letter From Minnesota: “did they really take a 4 yo too the other night?”

By Sarah Green | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

By Diane Wilson | February 4, 2026

What’s the Word for...
Forgetting Words?

By Mira Ptacin | February 4, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bianca Stone is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bianca Stone is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Jacques Lacan, Simone Weil, and Paul Celan

By Diana Arterian | February 4, 2026

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

Michelle A. Williams on Black Contributions to American
Public Health and Sociology

By Michelle A. Williams | February 4, 2026

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

Karima Moyer-Nocchi Offers a Recipe For a Sweet and Savory Ancient Roman Delicacy

By Karima Moyer-Nocchi | February 4, 2026

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter

By Katherine Hollander | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America

Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America

David Mura on the Power of Solidarity and Diversity in the Twin Cities

By David Mura | February 3, 2026

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.”

By Lily Meyer | February 3, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: <br>We’ve Been Here Before

Letter From Minnesota:
We’ve Been Here Before

Carolyn Holbrook Finds Wisdom For the Moment
in the Words of Octavia Butler

By Carolyn Holbrook | February 3, 2026

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