Because what you read matters. Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here. It’s  officially summer, and as we continue to social distance, stay home, and thank essential and frontline workers through these months, we share new Penguin Classics that we hope will offer you an escape, transport you around the world, and keep you company. Read

Bryan Washington has been named the 2020 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize winner for his story collection LOT. In LOT, Washington explores his hometown of Houston—a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America—where the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He’s working at his family’s restaurant, weathering his brother’s blows,

As Penguin Random House, we recognize that our company and our industry can and must do better. We have taken the past week to reflect and listen, and to further identify how we can impact meaningful and lasting change in our company and in our society. Here is our plan of action:     Anti-Racist

Because what you read matters. Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Presented here are some

Because what you read matters. Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here. What classic books would you place together on a shelf to represent the course of your life? This is the question that sparks our new hardcover series, Penguin Vitae, or, loosely translated, “Penguin of one’s life.” A diverse world of storytellers from the past speaks