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It’s time to stock up on the most giftable books of the year! Due to ongoing industry-wide supply chain complications stemming from COVID-19 and other global factors, ordering stock early is more crucial than ever. Both front and backlist titles are being affected. The fastest and easiest way to ensure you have the stock you need is to place holiday orders now.
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Below please find highlights of both front and backlist titles that readers around the world will be looking for this holiday season. Utilizing proprietary consumer insights data, we’ve compiled the top books in trending categories. Over the next several weeks, we will send you highlights of these trending categories as well as everything you need to effectively promote top titles in your store and online. Be on the lookout for author videos, exclusive content, printable materials, social media assets, and much more!
Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material.This s a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories to the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality.
9780593236314
$48 Export Price US | Hardcover
US, Canada, Open Mkt
10/26/2021
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.
9781984879868
$20 US | Int’l C
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11/09/2021
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
9780525509028
$10.99 US | Int’l B
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
09/19/2017
#1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon returns with the newest novel in the epic Outlander series. The past may seem the safest place to be . . . but it is the most dangerous time to be alive.
9780593497197
$23 US | Int’l C
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
11/23/2021
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s.
9780385547758
$19 US | Int’l C
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
09/14/2021
A modern masterpiece. With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.
9780525562627
$12 Export Price US | Trade Paperback
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
09/01/2020
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.
9781524763169
$45 US | Hardcover
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11/17/2020
Now in paperback—the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.
9781524763145
$17.50 Export Price US | Trade Paperback
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03/02/2021
One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents.
9781984854858
$12 US | Int’l B
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
10/30/2018
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel that introduced Khaled Hosseini to millions of readers the world over. Since its publication in 2003 Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America’s most treasured writers.
9781594631931
$17 US | Trade Paperback
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
03/05/2013
The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. Also available now in Int’l C format!
9781524761349
$12.50 Export Price US | Trade Paperback
US, Canada, Open Mkt
11/09/2021
The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men: the WASPY fiancé of her family’s dreams and George Zao, the man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with.
9780385546362
$18 US | Int’l C
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
06/30/2020
Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality, and religious ecstasy in a mesmerizing portrait of consuming passion, aberrant faith, and a woman that history moves both through and around. Lauren Groff’s new novel, her first since Fates and Furies, is a defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world.
9780593421192
$19 US | Int’l C
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09/07/2021
The Nobel Prize–winner’s richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious leader as he blazes his way across eighteenth-century Europe. The Books of Jacob captures a world on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence.
9780593332528
$21 US | Int’l C
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11/09/2021
The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it’s an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set in the present day. Never is an extraordinary novel, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times, and a delivers a visceral, heart-pounding read that transports readers to the brink of the unimaginable.
9780593300015
$26 Export Price US | Hardcover
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11/09/2021
In her latest book, five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Brené Brown writes, “If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and to be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection.”
9780399592553
$27.50 Export Price US | Hardcover
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11/30/2021
Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits–whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.
9780593189641
$18 US | Int’l C
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10/01/2019
Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in. Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that’s about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you’re finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.
9780593329917
$14 US | Trade Paperback
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10/27/2020
In this post-apocalytpic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what’s left of man has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. People believe their 50-meter-high walls will protect them from the Titans, but the sudden appearance of an immense Titan is about to change everything.
9781612620244
$10.99 US | Trade Paperback
World
06/19/2012
In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale—from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a open-hearted exploration of the paths we forge and an unironic celebration of falling in love with the world.
9780525555230
$19 US | Int’l PB
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05/18/2021
In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.
9780385546133
$24.50 Export Price US | Hardcover
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02/16/2021
The all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! A sturdy and beautiful book to give as a gift for new babies, baby showers, birthdays, and other new beginnings! Featuring interactive die-cut pages, this board book edition is the perfect size for little hands and great for teaching counting and days of the week.
9780399226908
$10.99 US | Board
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03/23/1994
Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird.
9780553509977
$9.99 US | Int’l PB
US, Canada, Open Mkt
07/08/2014
The worldwide phenomenon Wonder showed over 13 million readers how to choose kind. Now, the #1 New York Times bestselling author is back with an enthralling adventure that will show readers how to choose courage. A modern classic about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion and a mysterious pony as his guide.
9780553508116
$17.99 US | Hardcover
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09/28/2021
Dig deep in this award-winning, modern classic that will remind readers that adventure is right around the corner. Stanley Yelnats is under a curse, and he’s been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center. While digging holes, Stanley tries to uncover the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.
9780440414803
$8.99 US | Trade Paperback
US, Canada, Open Mkt
05/09/2000
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon is back with her eagerly anticipated third novel. With all the heart and hope of her last two books, this is an utterly unique romance.
9780593425640
$11.5 US | Int’l PB
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
06/01/2021
All the secrets of the Bayview Four will be revealed in the TV series soon to be streaming on NBC’s Peacock! “Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.
9781524764722
$10 US | Int’l PB
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05/30/2017
The epic conclusion to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs. Jacob and his friends will face deadly enemies and race through history’s most dangerous loops in this thrilling page-turner.
9780593354612
$16.5 US | Int’l PB
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02/23/2021
Prepare for the jaw-dropping finale of Sabaa Tahir’s beloved New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series. Picking up just a few months after A Reaper at the Gates left off, readers will be asking: Who will survive the storm?
9780448494531
$16.75 Export Price US | Hardcover
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12/01/2020
New from Stephanie Perkins, and the perfect companion to her New York Times bestseller There’s Someone Inside Your House, coming to Netflix October 6! Perkins returns with a heart-stopping, gut-wrenching novel about friendship, survival, and navigating unmarked paths even as evil watches from the shadows.
9780593324677
$10 US | Int’l PB
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08/31/2021
Top Shelf Productions is proud to announce It Rhymes With Takei — a new full-color graphic memoir from the team behind George Takei’s award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, telling the untold story of his journey from closeted actor to international gay icon. Scheduled for publication in June 2025, It Rhymes With Takei will offer
On Wednesday, October 16, Penguin Random House colleagues attending the Frankfurt Book Fair were surprised with special author guest Yuval Noah Harari at the annual PRH reception that Nihar Malaviya, CEO of Penguin Random House, hosts each year in our German company’s fair booth. Harari’s most recent book NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone
