This week, the stock market lost $200 billion over a short story.

This week, the stock market lost $200 billion over a short story.

By James Folta | February 26, 2026

How to Write a Book When Your Country Is on Fire

How to Write a Book When Your Country Is on Fire

Anjali Enjeti on the Hard Choice to Carry On, Even in the Face of Authoritarianism

By Anjali Enjeti | February 26, 2026

The Secret Agents of the Cold War Who Claimed Land and Power

The Secret Agents of the Cold War Who Claimed Land and Power

Alfred W. McCoy on the “Men on the Spot”
Responsible for Colonial Expansion

By Alfred McCoy | February 26, 2026

We Are Our Stories: On Heritage, Family and the Importance of Oral History

We Are Our Stories: On Heritage, Family and the Importance of Oral History

“Collect stories as though your life depends on it... And then share them, preserve and nurture them any way you can.”

By Jasmin Iolani Hakes | February 26, 2026

All the Recycling in the World Won’t Save Us From the Greed of Big Plastic

All the Recycling in the World Won’t Save Us From the Greed of Big Plastic

Beth Gardiner Digs Into the Impact of Big Oil on the Relentless Growth of the Plastic Industry

By Beth Gardiner | February 26, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 22, 2026

By Literary Hub | February 26, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | February 26, 2026

Florida is now claiming school libraries are “government speech.”

By James Folta | February 25, 2026

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a Deranged, Half-Assed Bodice-Ripper That Entirely Misses the Point

By Emily Van Duyne | February 25, 2026

Jesse Jackson Loved Us—Sometimes Before We Loved Ourselves

Jesse Jackson Loved Us—Sometimes Before We Loved Ourselves

Steven W. Thrasher on Jackson’s legacy of support for LGBTQ rights and HIV/AIDS prevention

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 25, 2026

How Trotsky and Stalin, Ruthless in Their Own Ways, Absolutely Hated Each Other

How Trotsky and Stalin, Ruthless in Their Own Ways, Absolutely Hated Each Other

Josh Ireland on the Deadly Rivalry Between Two Power-Hungry Revolutionaries

By Josh Ireland | February 25, 2026

The Very First Video Game Was Just a Box in the Corner of a Bar

The Very First Video Game Was Just a Box in the Corner of a Bar

On the Birth of PONG and the Rise of Atari

By Raiford Guins | February 25, 2026

A Day in the Life of an American Paperboy, c. 1974

A Day in the Life of an American Paperboy, c. 1974

James Martin on Navigating the Pitfalls of His First Real Job

By James Martin | February 25, 2026

Why I Don’t Regret the “Pornographic” Scene That Got My Book Banned

Why I Don’t Regret the “Pornographic” Scene That Got My Book Banned

Julia Scheeres on the American Right’s Unslakable Desire to Censor Things

By Julia Scheeres | February 25, 2026

The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

Báyò Akómoláfé Explores the Intersection of Philosophy and Fable

By Báyò Akómoláfé | February 25, 2026

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

David J. Silverman on Race and Religion in the Colonization of Native Americans

By David J. Silverman | February 25, 2026

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