Gessen, Grann, MacLean 2017 PRH Nonfiction NBA Semi-Finalists
September 14, 2017
The National Book Foundation presents its longlist in the 2017 National Book Award (NBA) Nonfiction category.
Three of the ten semi-finalists are published by Penguin Random House imprints:
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November 17, 2016
Our authors’ and our treasured long-standing good fortune with the annual National Book Awards continued Wednesday night in downtown Manhattan, as Colson Whitehead’s THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD won the 2016 prize for Fiction. This is the fourth consecutive year a Penguin Random House title has been honored in this category.
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