Our CEO Shares Her Holiday Favorites

[Reading Recommendations from Madeline McIntosh]( [View In Browser]( [Logo]( [Madeline's Picks]( ‘Tis the season for giving something special – and there’s no better gift than a great book. Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House US, has hand-picked some of her recent favorite reads. Whether you’re shopping for a loved one or looking for a book to cuddle up with yourself, we’ve got just the thing. [The Last Course]( [The Last Course]( By Claudia Fleming with Melissa Clark This landmark desserts book by the chef famous for her stint at Gramercy Tavern was out of print for a while, but I’m among the many fans who lobbied for its rebirth. My particular favorite in here is the Guinness Stout Ginger Cake, and I’m very excited that this holiday I can make it from the beautiful new edition. [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple]( [Google Play Store]( [Books A Million]( [IndieBound]( [Purchase From Other Retailers ▸]( [Love Poems for People with Children]( [Love Poems for People with Children]( By John Kenney The title says it all. The painfully funny and sweet follow-up to the equally on-target [Love Poems (for Married People)](. [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple]( [Google Play Store]( [Books A Million]( [IndieBound]( [Purchase From Other Retailers ▸]( [Disappearing Earth]( [Disappearing Earth]( By Julia Phillips I love novels that take me deep into a world I otherwise know nothing about, and this one does that with an absolute perfect balance of character, setting, and suspense. Before reading this book, all I knew about the Kamchatka Peninsula came from playing Risk as a kid, but now it’s this story of two sisters who go missing, and the impact of that disappearance on different rings of their community, that will stay with me. [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple]( [Google Play Store]( [Books A Million]( [IndieBound]( [Purchase From Other Retailers ▸]( [The Beautiful Ones]( [The Beautiful Ones]( By Prince Because I grew up in the Twin Cities in the 80s, I’ve always felt a particular attachment to Prince, but of course his appeal as one of the greatest talents of his musical generation is global and timeless. We’ll never know everything that he would have put on the pages of his memoir, but this book is the closest we’ll get: Here you’ll find the pages-in-progress at the time of his death, combined with a treasure-trove scrapbook of photos, writing, and ephemera. The final form feels to me, as a fan, exquisite. [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple]( [Google Play Store]( [Books A Million]( [IndieBound]( [Purchase From Other Retailers ▸]( [Fleabag: The Scriptures]( [Fleabag: The Scriptures]( By Phoebe Waller-Bridge Speaking of fandom...have you binge-watched Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag yet? No? Okay, go do it now, and when you’re back (and you will be), you’re going to want to dig deeper and talk about it with all those friends who’ve been telling you to watch it. And the perfect companion for that conversation is this book, which contains the complete scripts of both seasons. Photos of the Priest sold separately. [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Apple]( [Google Play Store]( [Books A Million]( [IndieBound]( [Purchase From Other Retailers ▸]( [My Book with No Pictures]( [My Book with No Pictures]( By B.J. Novak Speaking of lacking pictures...I hope you’ve had the belly-laugh-inducing experience of reading B.J. Novak’s The Book with No Pictures to someone young in your life. Now, in a Mad Libs-like riff, Novak’s latest lets you and your young one fill in the blanks and make your own new set of giggles, together. [Amazon]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Books A Million]( [IndieBound]( [Purchase From Other Retailers ▸]( [SEE ALL OF MADELINE'S PICKS]( [left confetti] Love to Read? Join Reader Rewards and earn points towards free books. [LEARN MORE ▸]( [right confetti] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Instagram]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Preferences]( | [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( Penguin Random House LLC 1745 Broadway, NY, NY 10019 ©2019 Penguin Random House LLC