Children’s Holiday Gift Guide 2014

Need a last-minute present for the literary tots in your life? Check out these 10 titles. They’re very different from one another, but they’re all interesting. Just like kids!

Holiday Gift Guide 2014

From novels and memoirs to cookbooks and short stories, 2014 was an embarrassment of riches for readers. And in case you weren’t aware, books are the perfect shape for mile-high stacking under the tree. Here are 10 of the year’s best.

Meet Civil Coping Mechanisms

There's no such thing as "too quirky" for this small publisher.

Bedtime Stories: December 2014

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

Declare Your Independent!

Meet Washington, DC's newest bookshop, Upshur Street Books.

5 Most Popular November Posts

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

Sand, Surf, and Seminars

A look back at this fall’s Miami Book Fair International.

9 Bookish Gifts for the Lit-Lovers on Your List

Instead of adding to their shelves, consider a different approach to satisfying you book-loving friends’ literary needs this season with gifts that celebrate their passion for words. Or just keep all these goodies for yourself. Either way, you won’t go wrong!