Our Authors' Most-Loved Indie Bookstores

[Show Your Support for Independent Bookstore Day]( [View In Browser]( [Penguin Random House]( [Celebrate Independent Book Store Day]( Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day [dots] Indie bookstores are near and dear to our hearts. That’s why we’re celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with a tribute to some of our authors’ favorite shops from around the country. [Yaa Gyasi]( Yaa Gyasi Author of Transcendent Kingdom [dots] "Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Iowa. I love it because the Black Riders and sticky buns in the cafe were to die for, but also because it was a place where the life I wanted to lead, a writer’s life, felt possible. Every time I went in to browse or attend a reading or write in the cafe upstairs, I would see another writer doing the very same thing, and, suddenly, all of the warnings I’d heard said about pursuing the arts, that it was impractical or foolish or indulgent, fell away." [Buy From Prairie Lights]( [dots] [Kurt Andersen]( Kurt Andersen Author of Evil Geniuses [dots] "Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. As with all the best bookstores, great people work there, and at Elliott Bay a plurality seem unusually cheerful. But it was the sheer woody scale of the place (fir floors, cedar shelves, huge ceiling beams) that made me fall in love the first time I walked in." [Buy From Elliott Bay Book Company]( [dots] [Melanie Benjamin]( Melanie Benjamin Author of Mistress of the Ritz [dots] "Asking me which bookstore is my favorite is like asking me which of my children is my favorite—I love them all equally and passionately. And I love to spoil them all from time to time, so today I’ll shower some extra love on Jill Miner and Saturn Booksellers in Gaylord, MI. This is such a charming store in a charming vacation spot, and Jill is a champion for authors. Her events are fun and have a lot of thought put into them. Please support Saturn in person and online!" [Buy From Saturn Booksellers]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Instagram]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Preferences]( | [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( Penguin Random House LLC 1745 Broadway, NY, NY 10019 ©2020 Penguin Random House LLC