Our Longlisted Books for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
February 18, 2020
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced its 10-title longlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, which includes three books published by Penguin Random House imprints and one book published by a Penguin Random House Publisher Services publisher client. The five finalists will be announced in March. The winner will be named in April and presented with a $15,000 prize at the 40th Annual PEN/Faulkner Award ceremony on Monday, May 4, in Washington, DC.

Friday Reads: Our Finalists for the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards
January 26, 2018
PEN America has announced the finalists for its 2018 PEN America Literary Awards, in the categories of debut fiction, diversity, translation, biography, essay, science and sports writing, as well as for the PEN/Jean Stein Award. The shortlisted titles include 14 books published by Penguin Random House imprints, as well as two books from PRHPS client publishers.
















21 PRH 2018 PEN Literary Awards Longlisters
December 21, 2017
PEN America has announced the longlists for its 2018 Literary Awards in the categories of debut fiction, essay, diversity, science, sports writing, biography, and translation. The 21 longlisted titles published by Penguin Random House imprints are presented below, with some of the category winners to be publicly revealed on February 20.

- SOUR HEART by Jenny Zhang (Lenny/Random House)
- EASTMAN WAS HERE by Alex Gilvarry (Viking)
- AUGUSTOWN by Kei Miller (Pantheon)
- THE BOOK OF EMMA REYES by Emma Reyes (Penguin) Translated from Spanish by Daniel Alarco
- A HORSE WALKS INTO A BAR by David Grossman (Vintage)
Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen
- OUT IN THE OPEN by Jesus Carrasco (Riverhead) Translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa
- HOMING INSTINCTS by Sarah Menkedick (Pantheon)
- GRANT by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press)
- RICHARD NIXON: The Life by John A. Farrell (Doubleday
- THE KELLOGS: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek by Howard Markel (Pantheon)
- THE FAR AWAY BROTHERS: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham (Crown)
- MARTIN LUTHER: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper (Random House)
- LENIN: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen (Pantheon)

- WHERE THE WATER GOES: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen (Riverhead)
- THE EVOLUTION OF BEAUTY: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us by Richard O. Prum (Doubleday)
- BEHAVE: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky (Penguin Press)
- OFF SPEED: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception by Terry McDermott (Pantheon)
- STING LIKE A BEE: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of
America, 1966–1971 by Leigh Montville (Doubleday)
- BONES: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream by Joe Tone (One World/Random House)
- IRON AMBITION: My Life with Cus D’Amato by Mike Tyson & Larry “Ratso” Sloman (Blue Rider Press)
- THE CUBS WAY: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse by Tom Verducci (Crown Archetype)
There’s a Book for That: PEN Literary Awards
November 1, 2017
PEN Center USA, The West Coast center of PEN International, which is the world’s oldest international literary and human rights organization, held their 27th annual Literary Awards last Friday, October 27 in Beverly Hills, California. Hosted by Nick Offerman, the ceremony honored Margaret Atwood with a Lifetime Achievement Award and winners in 8 categories were announced. Congratulations to all winners and finalists!
Our 4 2017 PEN Literary Awards Winners
February 22, 2017
PEN America, the U.S. chapter of the world’s leading international literary-human rights organization, has announced the winners in selected categories for its 2017 Literary Awards, with titles published by Penguin Random House imprints winning for nonfiction, diversity, science and sports writing:

Our 16 PEN Literary Awards Shortlisters
January 19, 2017
PEN America has announced the finalists for its 2017 Literary Awards in the categories of debut fiction, nonfiction, essay, diversity, science, sports writing, biography and translation. The 16 shortlisted titles published by Penguin Random House imprints are:



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