Masha Gessen wins 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction

Masha Gessen, author of THE FUTURE IS HISTORY, was honored Wednesday night at a ceremony in Manhattan with the National Book Award for Nonfiction, continuing a cherished, time-honored connection for Penguin Random House authors with one of America’s most coveted literary prizes. THE FUTURE IS HISTORY: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen (Riverhead Books Hardcover

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You Can’t Spell America Without Me (A So-Called Parody) by Alec Baldwin & Kurt Andersen

YOU CAN’T SPELL AMERICA WITHOUT ME: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody) by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen. Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump’s presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally. Here is a look between the covers: “I

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Nnedi Okorafor to write a story for Marvel’s Black Panther series

This week Nnedi Okorafor announced that she will be writing a story for Marvel’s Black Panther series, picking up where author Ta-Nehisi Coates left off! Read more on CNN here. The new story will be three-issues and will be titled Black Panther: Long Live the King, according to her announcement on Twitter: I’ll be writing a 3-issue (so

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See Our Books Adapted for the Big Screen This Autumn: Watch Their Previews

Several motion pictures based on Penguin Random House books are debuting on theater screens across the world this fall, beginning this weekend and continuing into the pre-holiday season.  Our hope is that the old adage – “see the movie, read the book” – will continue to prevail among filmgoers. Please see local listings for international

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MAZE RUNNER: DEATH CURE first movie trailer revealed

The first MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE trailer was revealed this week on TV and online! You can watch here   BUZZFEED also released a first look at images from Twentieth Century Fox’s MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE film! Click here for more.   The movie stars Kaya Scodelario, Dylan O’Brien, Walton Goggins and Ki Hong Lee and begins a staggered worldwide release 25

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John Green Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down

On September 5th, John Green read the first chapter of his new book, Turtles All the Way Down, on his Youtube Channel. The video already has over 258,000 views. Check it out below!   The next day, Buzzfeed continued the hype by posting the first and second chapters of the book, which you can read

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