Riverhead Reader Request Form July Offerings

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10.The Castle by Jon Ronson



“A dogged feat of investigation from one of our greatest non-fiction storytellers.” –Patrick Radden Keefe

“Wise, timely and extremely funny.” –Louis Theroux

From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test and So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed comes a darkly comic trip to the furthest reaches of the masculinity crisis.

Learn more about this book here.
11.The Disappearers by Marlon James



From Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings: a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences

Learn more about this book here.
12.Ply by Hernan Diaz



The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Trust turns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in the American imagination.

Learn more about this book here.
13.The Art of Fighting by Priya Parker



“A must read for all of us.” —Alicia Garza, co-founder, Black Lives Matter and author of The Purpose of Power

“A life-giving book.”—Krista Tippett, host of On Being and author of Becoming Wise

A paradigm-shattering exploration of how we fight and how we build healthy conflict, from the author of the bestselling The Art of Gathering.

Learn more about this book here.
14.The Ghost of the Mountains by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi



“Thrilling and intrepid.” —Andrea Wulf, bestselling author of The Invention of Nature

“By turns beautiful, terrible, and encouraging.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction

The vivid account of a leading conservationist’s efforts to find, study, and protect snow leopards.

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15.Ruth by Kate Riley



Named a Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2025

Named a Washington Post Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025

Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, Marie Claire and Vanity Fair

“I loved Ruth.”–Lorde

In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman’s life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning.

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16.Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang



“Vivid, smart, suspenseful.” –Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize

Enter the world of an elite Chinese couple: a life of luxury, wealth, and around-the-clock service, which includes their trusted nanny, Yu Ling. Slipping in and out of the shadows, meticulous in her care of their only son, she has served the family for years and knows their secrets. But little do they suspect that Yu Ling has secrets of her own.

Learn more about this book here.