These are the essential books that form the foundations of a lifelong love of literature, the ones that stick with a reader forever and help to form their personal preferences. Discover the best classics the Penguin Random House backlist has to offer with this collection.

“It’s August, so I wanted to let you know about a few books I’ve been reading this summer, in case you’re looking for some suggestions. To start, you can’t go wrong by reading or re-reading the collected works of Toni Morrison. Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Sula, everything else — they’re transcendent, all of them. You’ll be glad you read them. And while I’m at it, here are a few more titles you might want to explore.” President Barack Obama on Instagram, 8/14/19

The first annual Bookstore Romance Day is 8/17/19. With 61% of Romance books still being purchased in the physical format (according to Nielsen’s US Romance Landscape report), Romance is a great category for booksellers to be focusing on. This list features PRH’s best-in-category titles, from genre series titles to fiction with romance at its heart.

The 2019 US Open Tennis Championship runs from Monday, August 26th, to Sunday, September 8th, making this the perfect time to stock up on stories straight from the court. This collection features fiction and nonfiction titles that highlight the sport of tennis.

Libraries and bookstores will pay tribute during Hispanic Heritage Month this September to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have influenced and enriched our country. Includes books by Hispanic writers as well as those that tell their stories.

Banned Books Week takes place September 22 – 28. For every book that is challenged or banned, there are advocates fighting to get [it] reinstated. For accounts and libraries fighting for our freedom to read, this list features challenged and cherished PRH titles, including classics and contemporaries. Does not include children’s banned books.