27 independent press books to add to your 2026 TBR list

If you keep up with chain bookstore displays, bestseller lists, and celebrity book clubs, you might notice that you start to see the same books and authors over and over again.

There’s nothing wrong with that — there’s no shortage of great books backed by huge publicity campaigns and big-budget publishers — but it’s well worth seeking out books you might not have heard of as well.

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