Media Monitor: Penguin Random House Spotlights Bestselling Books and Recommended Reads

Penguin Random House is reporting that it is highlighting several recommended reads, including new and bestselling titles. Among the featured books is "Puppy Kindergarten" by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods, authors of "The Genius of Dogs." The book details their work at Duke University studying puppy development.

Also recommended is "Patriot" by Alexei Navalny, with a foreword by Yulia Navalnaya. This memoir is a New York Times bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, also recognized as a best book of the year by The New Yorker, The Atlantic and NPR.

Peter Ames Carlin's "The Name of This Band Is R.E.M." is presented as a cultural biography of the band, earning a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Additionally, Chris Hayes' "The Sirens' Call" is featured as a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller and a pick for Barack Obama's Summer Reading List. Hayes, an MSNBC and podcast host, offers a wide-angle reckoning in his book.