Ten Great Summer Reads from Indie Presses
The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
Katie HoltenFrom 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.
Amitav Ghosh & Tin HouseOut of stock
In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy
Jeff BiggersFrom 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.
Tobias Carroll & Darrell DelamaideHardcover, 2023
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
Olga RavnFrom 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 New York Review of Books & Los Angeles Review of BooksPaperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe House on Via Gemito
Domenico StarnoneFrom 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.
National Book Critics Circle & Not That John WilliamsHardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookA Heart That Works
Rob DelaneyFrom 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.
Frankie Boyle Updates & Judd Apatow 🇺🇦Hardcover, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookScorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery
Margot DouaihyThe 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.
Mara Wilson & Sarah WeinmanHardcover, 2023
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookA Horse at Night: On Writing
Amina CainFrom 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.
Los Angeles Review of Books & BOMB MagazinePaperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookFlying Green: On the Frontiers of New Aviation
Christopher de BellaigueFrom 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.
Andrew Keen & Christopher de BellaiguePaperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookAll-Night Pharmacy
Ruth MadievskyCOMING 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."
Nicole Chung | @nicolechung on Bluesky & BOMB MagazineHardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World
Elizabeth RushCOMING 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.
roxane gay & Matt BellHardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book