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Chris Mooney to Discuss His New Thriller via Facebook Live (8/18)

Chris Mooney, author of BLOOD WORLD (Berkley), will be in conversation with Gregg Hurwitz at a Murder by the Book virtual launch event via Facebook Live on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Delacorte Press to Publish Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges’ New Book for Young People This Fall

Civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges has written a new book for young people, THIS IS YOUR TIME, to be published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, it was announced by Barbara Marcus, President & Publisher. The book is the first from Bridges in over twenty years and will be released November 10, 2020, just a few days prior to the sixtieth anniversary of her becoming the first Black student to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960, as a six-year-old. Beverly Horowitz, Senior Vice President and Publisher, Delacorte Press, acquired World Rights from Lance Volland and will edit the project. The title will release with a first printing of 200,000 copies. Continue reading →

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Bette Midler’s Picture Book about NYC’s Beloved Mandarin Duck Coming in February 2021

Singer, songwriter, actress, comedienne, and film producer Bette Midler will publish a children’s picture book, THE TALE OF THE MANDARIN DUCK: A Modern Fable, featuring photographs from Michiko Kakutani and illustrations from Joana Avillez, it was announced by Barbara Marcus, President & Publisher, Random House Children’s Books. The book will be published by Random House Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, on February 16, 2021. Mallory Loehr, SVP, Publisher, Random House Books for Young Readers Group, acquired World rights from Jonathan Ehrlich at Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks and will edit the project. Additional art from illustrator Joana Avillez was acquired from Kate Mack at Aevitas Creative. To watch the Good Morning America segment on this announcement, click here. Continue reading →

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Putnam Celebrates Two Years and 100 Bestselling Weeks of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

G. P. Putnams’ Sons is celebrating two major milestones this month for Delia Owens’s beloved WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING: August 14^th marks the second anniversary of publication and, as of the list in print on August 16^th, the novel has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for 100 weeks. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Sisters

“A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double.” —Toni Morrison

This summer we’ve noticed a spate of titles featuring sisters – sisters who are wicked, good, homicidal, close, distant, troubled, and sometimes saviors. In fiction and memoir, whether you have a sister or not, please take your pick of our sisterly lot…. Continue reading →

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Your Daily Guide to PRH’s Virtual Events: Share on Social!

Connecting readers with our books and authors is more important than ever in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing social distancing, racism and police use of deadly force that has mobilized our country. Across Penguin Random House, we are hosting a variety of virtual events, and you can help promote them. Share the day’s complete calendar or your favorite individual listings via the share button, which will allow you to directly deliver all the relevant event information to your social network.
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Dr. Christine Montross to Discuss WAITING FOR AN ECHO: The Madness of American Incarceration via Zoom (8/16)

Book Passage presents Dr. Christine Montross, author of WAITING FOR AN ECHO: The Madness of American Incarceration (Penguin Press), in conversation with Sussanah Cahalan via Zoom on Sunday, August 16 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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T. Jefferson Parker to Talk about His New Mystery via Zoom (8/14)

T. Jefferson Parker, author most recently of THEN SHE VANISHED (Putnam), will be in conversation with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett at Laguna Beach Books via Zoom on Friday, August 14 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: August Book Clubs

Are you in a book club? Do you read along with Reese, Oprah, Jenna, et al…? The spirit of the “book club” is strong this summer – meeting people’s needs for community and the exchange of ideas in turbulent times. August’s book club selections feature many Penguin Random House authors and their books and we’ve rounded them up for you to join the discussion, beginning with our Penguin Random House Companywide Read:

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi

From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a bracingly original approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves.

OPRAH’S AUGUST 2020 BOOK CLUB

Caste (Oprah's Book Club) by Isabel Wilkerson CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS by Isabel Wilkerson

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

REESE’S AUGUST 2020 BOOK CLUB PICK

Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat EVERYTHING INSIDE: STORIES by Edwidge Danticat

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

Set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to a small unnamed country in the Caribbean and beyond, here are eight emotionally absorbing stories, rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity.

GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S AUGUST 2020 BOOK CLUB

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE: A NOVEL by Fiona Davis

In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis’s latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces.

TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICKS

The Comeback by Ella Berman THE COMEBACK by Ella Berman

Alternating between past and present, The Comeback is a powerful and provocative story of justice in the #MeToo era—a true page-turner about a young woman, and actress, finding her voice.

Here for It by R. Eric Thomas HERE FOR IT: OR, HOW TO SAVE YOUR SOUL IN AMERICA: ESSAYS by R. Eric Thomas

From one of the most beloved popular culture writers today, humorist and playwright R. Eric Thomas’s heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope, and every awkward, extraordinary stumble along the way. R. Eric Thomas didn’t know he was different until the world told him so. Everywhere he went—whether it was his rich, mostly white, suburban high school, his conservative black church, or his Ivy League college in a big city—he found himself on the outside looking in. As the world continues to shift in unpredictable ways, Eric re-envisions what “normal” means and the powerful alchemy that occurs when you at last place yourself at the center of your own story.

BELLETRIST’S AUGUST 2020 BOOK PICK

Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh BLUE TICKET: A NOVEL by Sophie Mackintosh

Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you’ve taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you’re given is the wrong one?

An urgent inquiry into free will, social expectation, and the fraught space of motherhood, Blue Ticket

VOX AND BUZZFEED AUGUST 2020 BOOK CLUB PICK

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett THE VANISHING HALF: A NOVEL by Brit Bennett

From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing.

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