Ten Great Summer Reads from Indie Presses

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

From Tin House: This stunningly illustrated homage to nature includes writings from Ursula Le Guin, Zadie Smith, Radiohead, James Gleick & more. From Amazon forest fragments to a 3,500 cypress tree, the stories of wondrous trees are organized according to a unique tree alphabet.

In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy

From Melville House: This book is the closest thing to a summer adventure in Sardinia without actually going there. Explore the unique characters, flavors, archaeological discoveries and untold stories of one of the Mediterranean’s great treasures.

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

From New Directions: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, this chilling story set on the interstellar Six-Thousand Ship is a stinging critique of the modern quest for productivity.

The House on Via Gemito

From Europa Editions: The Strega Prize-winning novel from one of Italy’s greatest living writers is an atmospheric tale of autofiction told against the backdrop of Naples in the 1960s.

A Heart That Works

From Spiegel & Grau: Actor and comedian Rob Delaney shares the grief of losing his two-year-old son to cancer in one of the most critically acclaimed memoirs of the past year.

Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery

The first book put out by Gillian Flynn's new imprint got her hooked in the first five pages. It's a modern-day hard-boiled detective thriller with a major twist.

A Horse at Night: On Writing

From Dorothy Project: Blending memoir, essay and literary criticism, the author shares a holy reverence for how reading and writing fiction can shape our understanding of life and create purpose. You'll walk away wanting to read or reread Virginia Woolf, Elena Ferrante and so much more.

Flying Green: On the Frontiers of New Aviation

From Columbia Global Reports: Feeling flight shame? It's a thing, now more than ever. You might find inspiration in this tour of the inventors, visionaries, and entrepreneurs who are at the frontier of new technologies in green aviation.

All-Night Pharmacy

COMING SOON from Catapult: A young woman commits a drunken act of violence before her sister vanishes in this novel billed as "Rachel Kushner meets David Lynch."

The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World

COMING SOON from Milkweed Editions: A Pulitzer finalist documents the groundbreaking trip of scientists to the vulnerable Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, never before visited by humans.