September’s Best Reviewed Fiction

September’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Marlon James, Emily St. John Mandel, Emma Cline, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2026

Cheever on Cheever! Tracy K. Smith! 20 great books out in paperback this month.

Cheever on Cheever! Tracy K. Smith! 20 great books out in paperback this month.

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 30, 2026

Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!

Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | September 29, 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 Gloria Steinem, Naomi Alderman, Chuck Klosterman, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and More

By Book Marks | September 25, 2026

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Say It With a Flowchart

By Emily Temple | September 24, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Masculinity, in this novel, is an inheritance of anguish and misadventure.”

By Book Marks | September 24, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

What Doireann Ní Ghríofa is Reading Now, and Next

By Doireann Ní Ghríofa | September 24, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub | September 24, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | September 24, 2026

10 Essential Ukrainian Reads, From Memoir to Novel

10 Essential Ukrainian Reads, From Memoir to Novel

Sasha Dovzhyk Recommends Lesia Ukrainka, Victoria Amelina, Olena Stiazhkina

By Sasha Dovzhyk | September 23, 2026

Gloria Steinem, John Green, Lucy Foley, and more: 20 new books out today!

Gloria Steinem, John Green, Lucy Foley, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | September 22, 2026

The Archive Talks Back: Eight Books That Wrest Humanity From the Record

The Archive Talks Back: Eight Books That Wrest Humanity From the Record

Emerson Whitney Recommends Matthew James Weigel, Anne Carson, Saidiya Hartman and More

By Emerson Whitney | September 21, 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 Emily St. John Mandel, Ben Macintyre, Kate Atkinson, Naomi Klein, and More

By Book Marks | September 18, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending September 13, 2026

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending September 13, 2026

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2026

Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise

Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise

Maris Kreizman Recommends David Treuer, Franny Choi, Zaina Arafat, and More

By Maris Kreizman | September 17, 2026

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