The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending May 17, 2026

By Literary Hub | May 21, 2026

Strange, Mysterious and Beautiful: Rachel Mills Recommends Essential Novels of Sisterhood

Strange, Mysterious and Beautiful: Rachel Mills Recommends Essential Novels of Sisterhood

Featuring Work by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Mary Lyn Bracht, Abigail Bergstrom and More

By Rachel Mills | May 20, 2026

Heather Eng Recommends Six Books About the American Dream and Social Striving

Heather Eng Recommends Six Books About the American Dream and Social Striving

Featuring Marisa Kashino, Susie Yang, Danzy Senna, and More

By Heather Eng | May 19, 2026

Paige Lewis, Ali Smith, Jesmyn Ward, and more: 21 new books out today!

Paige Lewis, Ali Smith, Jesmyn Ward, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | May 19, 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

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By Book Marks | May 15, 2026

Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life

Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life

Ailsa Ross Recommends Byung-Chul Han, Annabel Abbs-Streets, Samantha Harvey, and More

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Stine An is Reading Now, and Next

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending May 10, 2026

By Literary Hub | May 14, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending May 10, 2026

By Literary Hub | May 14, 2026

Lucy Sante Recommends Five Books About Her Most Important Tool as a Writer: Memory

Lucy Sante Recommends Five Books About Her Most Important Tool as a Writer: Memory

The Windham-Campbell Prize Winner on Works by Frances A. Yates, Vladimir Nabokov, Donald Westlake, and More

By Lucy Sante | May 13, 2026

Tove Ditlevsen, Vanessa Hua, Barry Walters, and more: 20 new books out today!

Tove Ditlevsen, Vanessa Hua, Barry Walters, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | May 12, 2026

Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

Christiana Spens: “Even when you have left an island, it lingers on in your imagination as a half-real and half-made-up place.”

By Christiana Spens | May 11, 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 Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Siri Hustvedt, and more

By Book Marks | May 8, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“One can barely imagine the intolerable weight of this family inheritance... irresistible for so many years yet the only thing one wants to escape.”

By Book Marks | May 7, 2026

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