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27 independent press books to add to your 2026 TBR list
Crime, thrillers, essays, ghost stories and works in translation are among those being published by indie press publishers.
38 novels and nonfiction books coming in 2026 to add to your TBR
There's much to read in the the coming months of this year from authors including George Saunders, Tayari Jones, Helen Garner, Ibram X. Kendi, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and Michael Pollan.
At 60, Rick Bass suited up to play semi-pro football. The result is ‘Wrecking Ball’
Bass chronicles his experience playing for the "incredibly unknown" Brenham Express and the life lessons he took from it.
32 mysteries and thrillers from 2025 to read over the holidays
We combed through a bunch of bestselling mysteries and thrillers published this year for your end-of-the-year reading.
Elaine Hsieh Chou aimed to write Asian American characters she hadn’t seen before
The author discusses her new collection, 'Where Are You Really From.'
Fall book preview: 34 new titles you’ll want to read in 2025
From novels and nonfiction to titles that resist easy classification, these exciting books are coming to your local library or favorite independent bookstore.
How the ’60s and ’70s Los Angeles scene inspired Ella Berman’s ‘LA Women’
The author's third novel follows two writers who take different paths during the Laurel Canyon era.
How Michael Koresky explores Hollywood’s gay golden age in ‘Sick and Dirty’
The book examines films with queer subtexts made under the Hays Code, the infamous guidelines that forced filmmakers to censor content.
Why Jeff Weiss melds fiction and nonfiction in ‘Waiting for Britney Spears’
The book's subtitle is “A True Story … Allegedly.”
Books: ‘The Confessions’ remorseful AI echoes real tech news
In a new novel by tech journalist and bookseller Paul Bradley Carr, an artificial intelligence program begins confessing LL the harm it has caused.