New Indie Bookseller Picks

Your August book recommendations are here. [View In Browser]( [Penguin Random House]( [Indie Picks]( We asked indie booksellers what they're reading and recommending this month! Take a look at new stories that will sweep you away. “ Marra effortlessly takes us back and forth in time and across oceans ... It's a masterful feat and a joy to experience. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and life-affirming, this book is an absolute gem. Carroll Gelderman, [The Garden District Bookshop]( [Mercury Pictures Presents]( [Shop Now]( [Buy Now from IndieBound]( [Buy Now from Libro.fm]( [Mercury Pictures Presents]( By Anthony Marra Written with intelligence, wit, and an exhilarating sense of possibility, Mercury Pictures Presents spans many moods and tones, from the heartbreaking to the ecstatic. It is a love letter to life’s bit players, a panorama of an era that casts a long shadow over our own, and a tour de force by a novelist whose work The Washington Post calls “a flash in the heavens that makes you look up and believe in miracles.” [Read More ▸]( “ This novel's an intimate look into the lives of the residents of one run-down building in America's rust belt. It's told from and through many perspectives, always convincingly, never overwrought. John Francisconi, [P&T Knitwear Bookstore]( [The Rabbit Hutch]( [Shop Now]( [Buy Now from IndieBound]( [Buy Now from Libro.fm]( [The Rabbit Hutch]( By Tess Gunty Set across one week and culminating in a shocking act of violence, Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutch chronicles a town on the brink, desperate for rebirth. How far will its residents — especially Blandine — go to achieve it? A gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and community, entrapment and freedom, The Rabbit Hutch announces a major new voice in American fiction, one bristling with intelligence and vulnerability. [Read More ▸]( “ I was sucked into the urgency, vividness, and honesty of this novel from the very first page ... After a decade of separation, he must return to China to search for his lost parent. Destinee Hodge, [East City Bookshop]( [A Map for the Missing]( [Shop Now]( [Buy Now from IndieBound]( [Buy Now from Libro.fm]( [A Map for the Missing]( By Belinda Huijuan Tang An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post–Cultural Revolution China, A Map for the Missing reckons with the costs of pursuing one’s dreams and the lives we leave behind. [Read More ▸]( [FIND YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSTORE]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Preferences]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( Penguin Random House LLC 1745 Broadway, NY, NY 10019 ©2022 Penguin Random House LLC