5 Middle-Grade Books to Enjoy before School Starts

It’s almost September! Share these stories with your kids before the dreaded assigned reading begins again!

5 Most Popular Posts: July 2015

We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. Having said that, here are July’s winners.

Meet the (Small) Press: July 2015

Pulling back the curtain on DC-based Barrelhouse Books

Bedtime Stories: July 2015

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

6 Transportive Summer Titles

Globe-spanning stories to carry you away

10 Findings about Historical Fiction

Readers offer their input on the much-loved genre.

Bedtime Stories: June 2015

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

Meet the (Small) Press

A look at DC-based Paycock