Random House: Books to Take With You
When you’re looking for a book light enough for your carry-on but substantial enough to get lost in, pick up one of these reads.
FAST-MOVING FICTION
A Stories & Sunshine pick!A woman who longs to avoid risk at all costs learns that men who love danger are the most exciting in this moving novel from New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. READ MORE »
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Danielle Steel
HannahIshle Yi Park
SUMMER READING WITH ONE WORLD
Expansive and transformative, One World fiction represents voices across the globe, telling universally important and compelling stories about a changing world. All summer, we’re revisiting the many places our authors have taken us!
“A lush depiction of privilege and power, sex and stability . . . following three women in São Paulo . . . An elegant arrival of a new talent.”—Elle
An exquisite debut novel by young Brazilian American author Gabriella Burnham, It Is Wood, It Is Stone is about women whose romantic and subversive entanglements reflect on class and colorism, sexuality, and complex, divisive histories. READ MORE »Order It Is Wood, It Is Stone Shop Penguin Random House ▸
This “powerful” (BuzzFeed) debut about love, grief, and family welcomes you into its pages and invites you to linger, staying with you long after you’ve closed its covers.“I am madly in love with this book, a kaleidoscopic wonder.”—T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls READ MORE »
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NOTEWORTHY NONFICTION
A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation. READ MORE »
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1I’m a weird alcoholic. I don’t fit the stereotypes. There was no single “trigger” that would set me off on a binge. Not a sad anniversary, not a time of the day, not going to a party. It was all of those things, and none of them. I didn’t ever drink more if I pitched bad; I would drink just as much if I pitched good. There was always a reason to drink. I just really liked to drink, and drink, and drink, many times until I blacked out. For a long time it was mostly fun—like when I got my first major league win and five of my Cleveland Indians teammates took me out to a Baltimore bar and stuffed every pocket of my suit with cash. The next morning I woke up wearing $10,000 in crumpled bills, as if I was the world’s largest fully clothed stripper. And there was never any trouble finding guys to go drinking with. There’s a lot of alcoholics in baseball. A lot. Many of them great players.But here’s the truly weird part: I could turn it on and off. For three days I would get absolutely ripped—starting fights, pissing in the bed, that kind of ripped. And then I wouldn’t touch a drop for two days leading up to my next start. Say I pitched on Monday. That night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, I was hammered. Thursday, Friday—detox, nothing but water and Gatorade. Saturday, when I came out of the game, I needed a Crown and Sprite at my locker. From the last pitch I threw the cycle started all over again. CONTINUE READING
NYT Bestseller
NYT Bestseller
NYT Bestseller
