Staff Picks

Read to Sleep 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. Our bookish staff reads to wind down at the end of the day, so we turned to them for tips!

P.S. For even more recommendations, browse our Read to Sleep Guide!

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Becoming

By Michelle Obama

Paperback $ 18.99

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A Promised Land

By Barack Obama

Paperback $ 25.00

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The Ex Talk

By Rachel Lynn Solomon

Paperback $ 17.00

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Hamnet

By Maggie O'Farrell

Hardcover $ 29.00

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Jane Eyre

By Charlotte Bronte

Paperback $ 19.00

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Self Care

By Leigh Stein

Paperback $ 18.00

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The Comeback: A Read with Jenna Pick

By Ella Berman

Paperback $ 19.00

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The Prophets

By Robert Jones, Jr.

Paperback $ 18.00

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Detransition, Baby

By Torrey Peters

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The Vanishing Half

By Brit Bennett

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The Roommate

By Rosie Danan

Paperback $ 18.00

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The Swallowed Man

By Edward Carey

Paperback $ 17.00

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Lean Against This Late Hour

By Garous Abdolmalekian

Paperback $ 24.00

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The Aeneid

By Vergil and Virgil

Paperback $ 18.00

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Mike Nichols

By Mark Harris

Paperback $ 24.00

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Love is the Way

By Bishop Michael Curry and Sara Grace

Hardcover $ 29.00

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Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Read with Jenna Pick

By Linda Holmes

Paperback $ 19.00

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Paris for One and Other Stories

By Jojo Moyes

Paperback $ 17.00

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House of Trelawney

By Hannah Rothschild

Paperback $ 16.95

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Almost Everything

By Anne Lamott

Hardcover $ 20.00

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Create Your Own Calm

By Meera Lee Patel

Paperback $ 16.00

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Interior Chinatown

By Charles Yu

Paperback $ 17.00

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