Patriotic Picks: Dec. 2019

Enjoy these Grateful American™ reading recommendations.

“The Best Book I Read All Year Was…”

Members of the Independent team share their favorites.

Bedtime Stories: Dec. 2019

What do book lovers have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked one of them, and here’s what she said.

7 Best-Reviewed Books in November 2019

We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony this past month.

5 Most Popular Posts: November 2019

We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. Seriously, though, here are November’s winners.

Giving Tuesday Is Here!

Why not show your favorite bookish nonprofit some love?

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51 Favorite Books of 2019

Who are we to declare certain books "the best"? Instead, we offer here, in no particular order, some of our most-loved titles of the year.