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Maddow’s BLOWOUT and Streep-Starring CHARLOTTE’S WEB PRH Audio 2021 GRAMMY® Nominees

Recording Academy hugs for two terrific Penguin Random House productions:

Rachel Maddow’s BLOWOUT and a full-cast production of CHARLOTTE’S WEB starring Meryl Streep are nominated for this year’s Best Spoken Word GRAMMY^® Album. The respective Random House Audio and Listening Library releases are among the category’s five finalists, announced November 24. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Thanksgiving 2020

Tomorrow we celebrate Thanksgiving like no other before it, probably. While the food traditions may be the same, our guests will be fewer as we are advised by the CDC to stay within our “pod” (i.e. those we live with). To quote a social media meme, “This Thanksgiving is about next Thanksgiving.” Still, families and friends are finding new ways to connect and give thanks. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Enjoy these books for all ages: Continue reading →

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Watch Video: President Barack Obama Surprises CPS High School Students with Free Access to A PROMISED LAND

On Monday, November 23, Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Janice K. Jackson joined President Barack Obama as he surprised CPS high school students in a virtual assembly to announce that all CPS high school students have received free access to digital copies of A PROMISED LAND, President Obama’s riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making during his time in office. All CPS high school students were invited to tune-in to the live stream with hundreds of students participating in the Zoom call. Continue reading →

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Announces the Follow-Up to His Global Bestseller 12 RULES OF LIFE

The author of the global bestseller 12 RULES OF LIFE, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson has reached a publishing agreement for his next book with three imprints of Penguin Random House: Portfolio in the United States, Penguin Press in the United Kingdom, and Random House Canada in Canada. This highly anticipated follow-up, titled BEYOND ORDER: 12 More Rules for Life, delivers twelve more life-saving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order our worlds inevitably takes. Continue reading →

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Alexander McCall Smith on How His Characters Keep His Stories Fresh

Alexander McCall Smith’s latest novel in his bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series , HOW TO RAISE AN ELEPHANT (Knopf), sees Precious Ramotswe calling upon all her maternal instincts when she’s faced with a two-ton case. In this Meet Our Author Igloo interview, McCall Smith talks about how he continues to bring a fresh approach to writing this series, the origin of the idea to introduce an elephant into the book’s storyline, and a personal message for readers. Continue reading →

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Ernest Cline’s READY PLAYER TWO is Here, Celebrate at a Virtual Author Event

Ernest Cline’s READY PLAYER TWO, published by Ballantine Books on November 24, is the highly-anticipated sequel to Cline’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Ready Player One, the “ridiculously fun and large-hearted” (NPR) near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. Check out Cline’s feature interview with Entertainment Weekly; listen to Cline’s interview on NPR’s “Here & Now” on 11/24; and watch Cline’s appearance on CBS Saturday Morning on 11/28. Continue reading →

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MARTHA STEWART’S CAKE PERFECTION Serves Baking Secrets

In MARTHA STEWART’S CAKE PERFECTION, published by Clarkson Potter, Martha Stewart demystifies even the most extraordinary creations with her guidance and tricks for delicious cake perfection. Martha says, “I, my daughter Alexis, and many of my friends and colleagues bake our own cakes—for celebrations, of course, but also for all sorts of non-events, just because we love to bake, to experiment, to be challenged. We have worked a long time perfecting the new and old favorites in this book, honing techniques so each cake will look and taste like the prototype pictured. Your cakes will be Instagram-perfect and will not last very long once that first slice is cut. I think you will enjoy all the cakes and the clear instructions in this book, and that you will wish there were something special to bake them for every week. Don’t wait, bake anyway!” Continue reading →

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Barnett’s A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT Named Amazon’s Best Book of 2020

Brittany K. Barnett’s A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT: A Story of Hope, Justice and Freedom (Crown) has been named Best Book of 2020 by Amazon. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: National Book Award-Winning Fiction

Congratulations are in order! The 71^st National Book Awards was held virtually this week and Penguin Random House has winners in two categories. Charles Yu took home the Fiction award for INTERIOR CHINATOWN (Pantheon) while Morgan Giles and Yu Miri took home the Translated Literature award for TOKYO UENO STATION (Riverhead). To celebrate, we’ve gathered them in the good company of some Natoinal Book Award-winning predecessors: Continue reading →

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”An Oral History of BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME” – Read on PRH.com, Share on Social!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of something very exciting on PRH.com: An Oral History of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME! This is a great example of something we offer readers that no one else can – a true behind-the-scenes look at a history-making book. Continue reading →

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