7 PRH Titles on CNN’s “10 of the Decade’s Most Influential Books” List
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CNN posits that “a decade is in part defined by its books.” Looking back at the 2010s, the cable news network picked 10 of the time-period’s most influential titles, noting, “These books are sexy, courageous, vulnerable and venerated. Many have been adapted into films, merchandise or Netflix specials. These are the printed works that most left their mark on the 2010s.”
Penguin Random House imprints publish 7 of the selected titles:
- Rebecca Skloot’s THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS (Crown/Broadway Books)
- E L James’s FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (Vintage)
- Gillian Flynn’s GONE GIRL (Crown/Broadway Books)
- Bryan Stevenson’s JUST MERCY: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Spiegel & Grau/Random House)
- Marie Kondo’s THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Ten Speed Press)
- Ta-Nehisi Coates’s BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME (Spiegel & Grau/Random House)
- Colson Whitehead’s THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Doubleday/Anchor)
To view the complete CNN list of “10 of the Decade’s Most Influential Books,” click here.
Posted: January 3, 2020