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Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent who has reported from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Sudan, Bosnia, El Salvador and many other strife-torn countries. A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, his work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Harper’s and Outside. He is the author of two novels and six works of nonfiction, including Lawrence in Arabia, an international bestseller, and most recently King of Kings, the story of the 1978-79 Iranian Revolution, and winner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction.
King of Kings
The Quiet Americans
Fractured Lands
Lawrence in Arabia

Books

King of Kings
The Quiet Americans
Fractured Lands
Lawrence in Arabia

Random House Drop-In Titles: Announced in October 2016

Newly announced in October 2016, treat yourself to a great read before seeing these film adaptations: JULIETA: In these three linked stories, “Chance,” “Soon,” and “Silence”—which, together, inspired Pedro Almodóvar’s film Julieta—Alice Munro’s virtuosic talents are once again on display. These stories all first appeared in Munro’s story collection RUNAWAY. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING: This Man

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