Books for Back to School 2025

A new school year is a great opportunity for students to reconnect with reading and explore new ideas. These back-to-school collections include a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles, including inspiring life stories, exciting graphic novels, and classroom staples meant to deepen understanding and engage students across a variety of interests.  Browse our elementary,

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Three Penguin Random House Authors Win Pulitzer Prizes

On Monday, May 5, three Penguin Random House authors were honored with a Pulitzer Prize. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes are the most prestigious awards in American letters. To date, PRH has 143 Pulitzer Prize winners, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Josh Steinbeck, Ron Chernow, Anne Applebaum, Colson Whitehead, and many more. Take a look at our 2025 Pulitzer Prize

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A Letter to Readers from Eve J. Chung, author of Daughters of Shandong

Dear Reader, When I was born, my parents could not afford childcare. So they could make ends meet, they sent me to Taiwan to live with my maternal grandmother, my Puo Puo, while they studied and worked in the United States. She and I developed a special relationship that continued even after I returned to

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