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 Ali Smith, Ayelet Waldman, Emily LaBarge, and more

By Book Marks | May 22, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that sets the agenda for the planet.”

By Book Marks | May 21, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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By Literary Hub | May 21, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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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

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By Heather Eng | May 19, 2026

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

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life

By Ailsa Ross | May 15, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“It’s a character study of a woman becoming corrupted by the only kind of power she considers herself able to wield.”

By Book Marks | May 14, 2026

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Fazlur Rahman Recommends John Bayley, Danielle Ofri, Ayaz Virji, and More

By Fazlur Rahman | May 14, 2026

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

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

Featuring Lee Jenny, Cynthia Cruz, Henry Goldkamp, and More

By Diana Arterian | May 14, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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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

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