This Month's Top Indie Picks

[Indie booksellers share their can't-miss books.]( [View In Browser]( [Penguin Random House]( [Indie Picks]( We checked in with indie booksellers about their favorite books; here’s what they’re recommending! [open-quote] Like so many big, statement-making novels, Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle is an inviting, ambitious, and commodious work. But unlike so many of them, Great Circle makes the statement without dragging across its page count. It gallops, in fact, in its telling of Marian Graves's triumphant and ill-fated trek across the globe and of the Hollywood starlet, decades later, charged with playing her on screen. —Uriel Perez, [BookPeople]( [closed-quote] [Great Circle]( [Great Circle]( By Maggie Shipstead The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost—Great Circle “soars and dips with dizzying flair ... an expansive story that covers more than a century and seems to encapsulate the whole wide world” (Boston Globe). [READ MORE ▸]( [Buy Now from IndieBound]( [open-quote] Madhouse at the End of the Earth is a gripping account of an early Antarctic exploration gone horribly wrong. Riveting from page one, this is narrative history at its finest. Anyone interested in adventure or just a great story will be captivated by the saga of the Belgica. —Pat Rudebusch, [Orinda Books]( [closed-quote] [Madhouse at the End of the Earth]( [Madhouse at the End of the Earth]( By Julian Sancton The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry—with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. [READ MORE ▸]( [Buy Now from IndieBound]( [open-quote] Justice may sleep, but I certainly didn't—at least not until I finished this riveting book! Abrams hooks you from the first page and keeps you on your toes until the dramatic final scenes in front of the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Readers will eagerly follow the twists and turns, the hidden messages and unique codes that Avery Keene, Supreme Court law clerk, has to decipher to see justice done. —Cecilia Cackley, [East City Bookshop]( [closed-quote] [While Justice Sleeps]( [While Justice Sleeps]( By Stacey Abrams From celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps is a gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. [READ MORE ▸]( [Buy Now from IndieBound]( [FIND YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSTORE]( [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 ©2021 Penguin Random House LLC