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08/17/2023

08/15/2023

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08/15/2023

Wow! 🥳 We are thrilled to announce that Tom Baragwanath's debut novel PAPER CAGE has been named a finalist for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards: Best First Novel!

Get ready for an unforgettable read as this nail-biting thrill-ride and beautifully written portrait of a community will be released in February 2024. Have you been eagerly awaiting the release of PAPER CAGE?

Preorders avavilable on PRH.com.

08/02/2023

There is still time to refresh your summer reading list! Bestselling author Brad Thor joins TODAY to share his book recommendations, including the book that inspired the new hit movie “Oppenheimer” and “The Stolen Coast,” a beach read being called the continuation of “Casablanca."

08/02/2023

🎉 Happy Birthday James Baldwin 🎉

Today marks his 99th birthday and to celebrate we are looking back at two of the many beloved books he authored that continue to shape our world.

The Fire Next Time
&
No Name in the Street

Let us know how James Baldwin's legacy impacted you over the years 👇

08/01/2023

It's a big book birthday today! 🎉 FIT FOR THE GODS, an anthology of stories featuring diverse and inclusive reinterpretations of Greek myth, is out now! This collection is sure to leave you spellbound with its captivating tales. So why not grab a copy today and get a glimpse into the ancient world!

And a shoutout to all the featuring stories by Marika Bailey • Alyssa Cole • Zoraida Córdova • Maya Deane • Sarah Gailey • Zeyn Joukhadar • Mia P. Manansala • Juliana Spink Mills • Susan Purr • Taylor Rae • Jude Reali • Suleikha Snyder • Valerie Valdes • S. Zainab Williams • Wen Wen Yang

Available now at PRH.com

07/26/2023

Brooklyn! Tickets are now on sale for An Evening with Fran Lebowitz at Kings Theatre:
https://www.kingstheatre.com/events/fran-lebowitz/

07/25/2023

Happy Publication Day to THE PARIS MYSTERY by Kirsty Manning! We're going back to 1938 on the summer solstice eve, the Circus Ball is in full swing, with the Parisian elites entranced by burlesque dancers, tightrope walkers, a jazz band . . . and a horrific murder. A wealthy but unscrupulous investor is dead, and the list of suspects is a veritable who's who of le haut monde.

Intrepid reporter Charlotte "Charlie" James arrives in Paris eager to make a fresh start, but little does she know the trouble that awaits her. She finds herself drawn into the magical parties, couture houses, and bohemian wine bars of the City of Lights. Soon secrets start to unravel, including some Charlie has a personal stake in keeping hidden.

Who wants to join the party? Available Now at PRH.com

07/21/2023

Hello to our readers on the west coast because San Diego Comic Con is officially here!🦸As you enjoy the wonders of the con, remember to come by our booth and get your hands on a copy of SUCKER by Daniel Hornsby! Plus, you may get to take home a special swag item too. Join us on the fun with this sharp-toothed satire of Silicon Valley.

07/20/2023

Have you read any Samuel R. Delany? If not, check out this New Yorker article about this “visionary novelist” and then we recommend starting with BABEL-17/EMPIRE STAR, which includes the story “Babel-17” for which Delany won his first Nebula Award.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/38902/babel-17empire-star-by-samuel-r-delany/9780375706691

A visionary novelist and a revolutionary chronicler of gay life, he’s taken American letters to uncharted realms.

07/20/2023

How is your summer reading of SAVE WHAT'S LEFT going? 🏖️🐚 Let us know in the comments what you have loved about this pick so far!

And of course we had to take a moment to show off another great cover recreation from Pie Lady Books!

07/19/2023

Philip Roth’s fearlessly filthy, funny and moving novel takes the stage in this new play from Ariel Levy and John Turturro.

To learn more about the play: https://thenewgroup.org/production/sabbaths-theater/

And to read the book before you see the show: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/158029/sabbaths-theater-by-philip-roth/9780679772590

07/18/2023

Your favorite sweeping epic fantasy saga rich in Eastern European folklore is now available in paperback! Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott is a beloved debut novel about estranged siblings who are reunited after receiving a mysterious inheritance. As a one of the best books of the year from NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Independent Review of Books, BookPage, Book Riot as well as a Jewish Fiction Award Nominee and NEIBA Finalist, we're so excited to be celebrating this release and hoping you join us in the adventure. Did anyone call the house with chicken feet for pick-up? 😉🐓🏠

07/17/2023

July is a wonderful month for Jane Austen fans! Today marks Jane Austen's memorial - a classic treasure that was not widely celebrated until after her death, and yet she remains a literary icon more than 200 years later. We're here to share her classics as well as few adaptations over the years. Let us know your favorite Jane Austen novels and adaptations in the comments below.

Classics by Jane Austen
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
PERSUASION
EMMA
NORTHANGER ABBY
MANSFIELD PARK
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
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Novel Adaptations inspired by Jane Austen
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
EMMA A MODERN RETELLING
THE MURDER OF MR. WICKHAM
THE LATE MRS. WILLOUGHBY
JANE AUSTEN

07/11/2023

It's a big day for fans of horror fiction! 📚 Sucker, the Succession meets Bad Blood sharp-toothed satire novel by Daniel Hornsby, is officially out today! This story hilariously skewers the insatiable hungers of the ultrarich in a novel that no one will be able to resist sinking their teeth into and is sure to leave readers craving for more. Have you already picked up your copy? Available now at PRH.com
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"Exceptional, horrifically hilarious, and deeply original.” —Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here
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“Tantalizing. . . . A gonzo, slow-burning speculative thriller. . . . [A] sharp-fanged Silicon Valley satire.” —Publishers Weekly
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“A rollicking Silicon Valley tech satire. . . . It’s very funny . . . and Hornsby has a knack for pillorying the vast industries of bu****it that dominate America c. 2023. . . . Let Hornsby set us free!” —Janet Manley, Literary Hub, “The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer”

07/01/2023

Last week the American Ballet Theater premiered a new ballet in New York City based on the novel LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE by Laura Esquivel!

Read the mouthwatering novel that inspired the incredible performance: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/47042/like-water-for-chocolate-by-laura-esquivel/

Nothing could be sweeter than the New York Premiere of Like Water for Chocolate. This full-length ballet created by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon brings the famous novel by Laura Esquivel to mouth-watering life.

06/30/2023

Let's keep celebrating LGBTQ+ identities and stories all year round! 🌈 📚 Here's a list of books to help us stay connected to the community - even as Pride Month ends. Do you have any of these on your upcoming reading list?

06/30/2023

Love musical theater? Then you may have seen that Parade won the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. If you're interested in learning more about the story behind the play, read Steve Oney's AND THE DEAD SHALL RISE, the definitive book on the Leo Frank case.

Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/124618/and-the-dead-shall-rise-by-steve-oney/

“Parade,” a star-studded show about a Jewish man’s wrongful conviction and lynching in Georgia a century ago, won the Tony Award for best musical revival on Sunday.

06/27/2023

Happy Publication Day to July pick SAVE WHAT'S LEFT by Elizabeth Castellano ☀️🏠🏖️

Save What’s Left can best be described as the “un-beach read.” It pulls back the curtain on life in a beach town, revealing the true cost of a pretty view. Told from the candid and irreverent perspective of a newcomer turned local, this is a story of forgiveness, fortitude, and second chances. Swipe Left to check out tour dates in a city near you!

And thank you to our industry friends for the stellar reviews! Available now
“Irreverent and unexpectedly tender, this story takes neighborhood feuding to new heights and finds beauty and reinvention in unlikely places." —Oprah Daily
"Brings a tongue-in-cheek tone to the beach read genre."—TIME
"When her marriage goes bust, Kathleen heads for Long Island, where the challenges of owning a beach house—okay, a converted oyster shack—fuel a series of unfortunate, yet absolutely hilarious, events."
—People

06/27/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/movies/sterling-k-brown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Tap in! Sterling K Brown recommends THE BLUEST EYE.

The Emmy-winning actor and star of the new movie “Biosphere” is sweet on vegan cookies, his Audi e-Tron and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye.”

06/27/2023

“Save What’s Left,” the “outrageously funny” debut novel of author Elizabeth Castellano, is our “GMA” Book Club pick for July.

06/23/2023

Congratulations to Allegra Hyde!

33 Books, 33 Days - the 2023 Ohioana Book Award finalists! Day 23: Willa Marks joins a group of ecowarriors at Camp Hope, but things are not what they seem. What will it cost Willa to carry out their mission? Her journey is the heart of Allegra Hyde's debut novel, "Eleutheria," our fourth finalist in fiction. Hyde is also the author of two short story collections. Her work has appeared in The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, The Best Small Fictions, The Best American Travel Writing, and elsewhere. She lives in Ohio and teaches at Oberlin College (Photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones). For more information https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688125/eleutheria-by-allegra-hyde/

06/22/2023

Some of our favorite books made this incredible list from the New York Times! Be sure to check out:

GIOVANNI’S ROOM by James Baldwin
THE SWIMMING-POOL LIBRARY by Alan Hollinghurst
PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL by Andrea Lawlor
A SCATTERING OF SALTS by James Merrill
WRITTEN ON THE BODY by Jeanette Winterson

Six opinionated writers debate — and define — the state of L.G.B.T.Q. writing in order to make a list of the most essential works of fiction, poetry and drama right now.

06/21/2023

Just a few days left! 🎉 Preorder SAVE WHAT’S LEFT or enter our challenge to win one of our new Vintage & Anchor tote bags! https://bit.ly/PackABook or link in bio.

06/20/2023

Are you ready to be un-settled? 🤫

Because get ready to immerse yourselves in a bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection -- Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by .hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Featuring stories by Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce Young Wolf, and Mathilda Zeller.

Preorder at PRH.com

06/19/2023

Celebrate Juneteenth with a good read 📚 We recommend checking out these two books for a deeper understanding of the holiday's history and two significant American writers - Ralph Ellison and Ernest J. Gaines

"Juneteenth is written with unmistakable Ellisonian zest, depth, and elegance. . . . The work holds together as a complete, aesthetically satisfying, and at times thrilling whole.” —The Atlantic

"A Lesson Before Dying reconfirms Ernest J. Gaines's position as an important American writer." —Boston Globe

06/14/2023

introduced their Amazon Editors’ official selection of the Top 20 Best Books of 2023 So Far, and we are beyond thrilled to announce that SYMPHONY OF SECRETS by shines brilliantly at #15! 📚🍾

And thank you Kami Tei for choosing Symphony of Secrets are your personal favorite. "Engrossing and heart pounding, this must read--about devastating secrets--had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end."

Congratulations to Brendan and join the fan club by grabbing a copy!

06/13/2023

In light of the release of a new Frank Bascombe Novel from Richard Ford, we figured that there was no better time to revisit the books that started it all. Featuring one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction, THE SPORTSWRITER, INDEPENDENCE DAY, and THE LAY OF THE LAND constitute an astonishing meditation on self and nation.

Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/END/bascombe-trilogy

06/12/2023

“Real Emily Henry vibes but gay. Joyous, funny, sexy, and romantic—a triumph!”—Kate Sawyer, award-winning author of The Stranding 🏳️‍🌈

Another incredible pie, cover recreation of WILD THINGS by Laura Kay. What a ~treat~ during pride month to enjoy this q***r rom com. Thank you for their stunning hard work!

Available now at PRH.com

06/09/2023

Who's ready to join the murder mystery party? 🕵️

Excited to reveal the stunning cover of one of our anticipating fall titles, GRAVE EXPECTATIONS by Alice Bell. A fast-paced and hilarious debut crime novel, in which almost-authentic medium Claire and her best friend, Sophie, agree to take on a seemingly simple job at a crumbling old manor in the English countryside: performing a seance for the family matriarch's 80th birthday. The pair have been friends since before Sophie went missing when they were seventeen. Everyone else is convinced Sophie simply ran away, but Claire knows the truth. Claire knows Sophie was murdered because Sophie has been haunting her ever since.

You can now request galleys of this debut with our KDPG newsletter or preorder at PRH.com!

06/06/2023

Cover Reveal Alert 🎯 Who's ready to enter the world of Cyberpunk?

Award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five different countries that both establish and subvert the classic cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic—from gritty, near-future noir to pulse-pounding action.

As we live in an increasingly cyberpunk world—packed with complex technologies and globalized social trends, The Big Book of Cyberpunk offers a hundred ways to understand where we are, and where we're going—or simply venture down some dazzling, neon-slicked streets.

Preorder is now available at PRH.com

06/06/2023

"The book [Girl, Interrupted] soon became a New York Times bestseller, and, when it was adapted for the big screen in 1999, an Oscar-winning film. Girl, Interrupted’s publication coincided with the height of the ‘90s disaffected youth culture — Nirvana’s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" had already made grunge mainstream; My So-Called Life was in production — and audiences were primed to see themselves in Kaysen’s portrait of misanthropy."

A fantastic read in Bustle as Susanna Kaysen reflects on the legacy of Girl, Interrupted, 30 years after it was first published.

Susanna Kaysen reflects on the legacy of her ground-breaking memoir, 30 years after it was first published.

06/05/2023

“The tales in Night Shift are well-crafted and preternaturally fluid works of storytelling, with a master’s sense of structure and suspense. They also are the earliest evidence of King’s greatest gift: his twisted and seemingly inexhaustible imagination…."

The book that crowned Stephen King is now a movie our on release. The Boogeyman out in theatre and The Night Shift available at PRH.com

“The Boogeyman” is just one of the short stories in the 1978 collection that cemented Stephen King’s status as the master of horror.

06/05/2023

Happy Pride Bookworms! 🏳️‍🌈 We're excited to celebrate the second edition of the Pride in Your Words zine featuring a range of our V&A/PRH authors. The zine includes excerpts, author interviews, a 2023 LGBTQ+ Reading List, a feature on Drag Story Hour, and Q+As with q***r booksellers from across the country.

Also The Pride in Your Words website is an ever-expanding collection of ​over 250 titles from q***r voices, curated to help readers find exactly the right book they need. You can find this collection at PRH.com/prideinyourwords

06/01/2023

"The piercing eyes stare out intently from the cover of 'American Prometheus,' a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb. The book, by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin, was the inspiration for Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated 'Oppenheimer,' opening July 21. And as Nolan was working on the script, only one actor came to mind: Cillian Murphy."

The “Oppenheimer” star is carrying a major movie for the first time, a responsibility he takes very seriously. Christopher Nolan wrote it with him in mind.

05/25/2023

“When in a lighthearted manner I set out, 15 years ago, to write the first ‘Lord Peter’ book,” she wrote, “it was with the avowed intention of producing something ‘less like a conventional detective story and more like a novel.’”

Dorothy L. Sayers dealt with emotional and financial instability by writing “Whose Body?,” the first of many to star the detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

05/25/2023

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Please Look After Mom
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05/25/2023

Allow us to re-introduce QUIETLY HOSTILE as a New York Times Bestseller! 🥳🍾🎉🥂 Join us in sending Sam Irby the biggest congratulations today.

Available now at PRH.com and your nearest bookstore.

05/24/2023

Thank you to our friends at USA Today for featuring SAVE WHAT'S LEFT by Elizabeth Castellano for a book you should read by the poolside! 🏖️🩴

If you're looking for more titles to add to your to-read pile, here are the 20 books we can’t wait to read this summer.

05/23/2023

Enter for a chance to win a copy of each author’s GMA Book Club Pick book plus a bonus novel from each author

https://sites.prh.com/gmabookclubsweepsmay2023