Staff Picks

Holiday Picks from Our Employee Ambassadors

If you’re looking for the best book recommendations, you go to the experts. And who could be more expert than Penguin Random House employees? No one, that’s who. You can entrust your holiday gifting to our lovely employee ambassadors: satisfaction guaranteed.

Plus, when you shop with us, your gift goes even further. For every book you buy, we’ll donate one to We Need Diverse Books, a non-profit whose mission is to put more diverse books into the hands of all children.

P.S. For even more recommendations, browse our holiday gift guide!

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Create Your Own Calm

By Meera Lee Patel

Paperback $ 16.00

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A Promised Land

By Barack Obama

Hardcover $ 45.00

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The Purpose of Power

By Alicia Garza

Paperback $ 18.00

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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The Thursday Murder Club

By Richard Osman

Paperback $ 18.00

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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

By Phoebe Robinson

Paperback $ 16.00

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Cravings by Chrissy Teigen, Adeena Sussman

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Cravings

By Chrissy Teigen and Adeena Sussman

Hardcover $ 29.99

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Miss Benson's Beetle

By Rachel Joyce

Paperback $ 18.00

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Ties That Tether

By Jane Igharo

Paperback $ 16.00

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The Vanishing Half

By Brit Bennett

Paperback $ 18.00

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Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition) by Bryan Stevenson

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Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition)

By Bryan Stevenson

Paperback $ 17.00

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Choose Joy

By Ink & Willow

Adult Coloring Book $ 14.99

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Whatever Is Lovely by WaterBrook, Ink & Willow

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Whatever Is Lovely

By WaterBrook and Ink & Willow

Adult Coloring Book $ 14.99

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The Archer

By Paulo Coelho

Hardcover $ 22.00

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Eat a Peach

By David Chang and Gabe Ulla

Paperback $ 17.99

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Homegoing

By Yaa Gyasi

Paperback $ 18.00

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The Great Believers

By Rebecca Makkai

Paperback $ 19.00

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The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

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The Evening and the Morning

By Ken Follett

Paperback $ 22.00

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Jane Eyre

By Charlotte Bronte

Hardcover $ 27.00

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Carry

By Toni Jensen

Paperback $ 18.00

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The Death of Vivek Oji

By Akwaeke Emezi

Paperback $ 18.00

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Antiracist Baby Picture Book by Ibram X. Kendi

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Antiracist Baby Picture Book

By Ibram X. Kendi

Hardcover $ 8.99

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Royal Holiday

By Jasmine Guillory

Paperback $ 17.00

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Beach Read

By Emily Henry

Paperback $ 16.00

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Know My Name

By Chanel Miller

Paperback $ 19.00

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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

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How to Be an Antiracist

By Ibram X. Kendi

Paperback $ 18.99

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Untamed

By Glennon Doyle

Hardcover $ 28.00

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Sex and Vanity

By Kevin Kwan

Paperback $ 17.00

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Dear Girls

By Ali Wong

Paperback $ 18.00

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The Nickel Boys

By Colson Whitehead

Paperback $ 16.00

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Know My Name

By Chanel Miller

Paperback $ 19.00

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Dessert Person

By Claire Saffitz

Hardcover $ 35.00

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Old World Italian

By Mimi Thorisson

Hardcover $ 40.00

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The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) by Philip Pullman

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The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)

By Philip Pullman

Paperback $ 14.99

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Dark Age

By Pierce Brown

Paperback $ 18.99

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The Midnight Library

By Matt Haig

Paperback $ 18.00

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Olive, Again

By Elizabeth Strout

Paperback $ 18.00

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Holiday Picks from Our Employee Ambassadors

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