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

HOPE will the first memoir published by a sitting pontiff and will become a global publication on January 14, 2025. Random House will publish HOPE, the autobiography of Pope Francis in the US. Italian publisher Mondadori made the announcement yesterday at the Frankfurt Book Fair and will manage world rights. Molly Turpin, Senior Editor, Random House, acquired world English rights to

On October 5, the respective 2021 National Book Award judges for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature revealed their short-list selections in each category.

To celebrate the September 24, 2024 launch of MS. RACHEL AND THE SPECIAL SURPRISE! and the broader publishing collaboration with Random House Children’s Books, Penguin Random House is donating 5,000 books to Save the Children’s early education programs in rural America. This donation also marks the 10-year anniversary of Penguin Random House and Save the Children working together as charitable partners!

This week, Spotify released their “Best Audiobooks of the Year So Far” collection and we are ecstatic to share that three audiobooks published by Penguin Random House Audio were represented on the list! The three audiobooks included on Spotify’s 2024 list encompassed a wide range of genres and interests, including historical fiction, romance, and mystery.

It’s officially here! In a blog post, George R.R. Martin revealed a gorgeous revamp of A Game of Thrones, including classic mass market editions of A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. The books inside the box have brand new covers. The mass market and trade paperback boxed

Welcome to this month’s installment of In Case You Missed It! The thing that you missed? Cover reveals! ICYMI: Cover Reveals is a round-up of all the cover reveals that were announced in the last month for upcoming titles. Spoiler alert: readers can anticipate an upcoming YA novel complete with a rivals-to-lovers romance and a

Last week, Audible released their “Best of the Year So Far” list and we are happy to announce that Penguin Random House Audio represents 11 of the 24 selected audiobooks – nearly half! Regarding the news, Maren Monitello, VP, Imprint Sales Director, shared that PRH was “delighted to have such a strong showing on Audible’s

On Sunday, June 8th, the 2024 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners were announced. As a delightful (and delicious) surprise, five Penguin Random House titles were honored in the Book Awards category, which recognizes cookbooks and other non-fiction food or beverage-related books that were published in the U.S. in 2023. Among the thirteen categories, Penguin

We are thrilled to announce that Penguin Random House author Patricia Evangelista has won the prestigious 2024 Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism for her book Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country. The award, presented by the New York Public Library, honors outstanding journalists whose books have brought clarity

The Aspen Words Literary Prize is an “annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture,” according to the official website. The 2024 Shortlist showcases five fiction works, honoring two Penguin Random House titles: Chain-Gang All Stars, by Nana Kwame