New Literature Titles from Penguin Random House

By Allan Spencer | March 5 2024 | Literature

Browse these new and notable titles for use in your Literature courses. To request complimentary exam copies for course-use consideration, click here. 

James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
A Novel
Percival Everett
9780385550369

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.

$28.00 US
Mar 19, 2024
Hardcover
320 Pages
Doubleday
God's Country
God's Country
Percival Everett
9780807016299
“Mr. Everett is successful combining heart with rage. . . . The novel sears.” ―David Bowman, The New York Times Book Review
This ‘comic and fierce’ novel spoofs the classic Western format with the dark, incisive humor we’ve come to expect from its acclaimed author.
$17.00 US
Mar 05, 2024
Paperback
232 Pages
Beacon Press
Memory Piece
Memory Piece
A Novel
Lisa Ko
9780593542101
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?
$28.00 US
Mar 19, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Riverhead Books
The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison
The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison
9780593730065
A classic and “elegant” (The New York Times) collection of essays from the renowned author of Invisible Man, that captures the breadth and complexity of his insights into racial identity, jazz and folklore, and citizenship across six decades.
$30.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Paperback
816 Pages
Modern Library
The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison
The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison
9780593730072
A radiant collection of letters from the renowned author of Invisible Man that trace the life and mind of a giant of American literature, with insights into the riddle of identity, the writer’s craft, and the story of a nation over six decades.
$30.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Paperback
1072 Pages
Modern Library
The Black Box
The Black Box
Writing the Race
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
9780593299784
A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country’s history.
$30.00 US
Mar 19, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Penguin Press
Old God's Time
Old God's Time
A Novel
Sebastian Barry
9780593296127
“You should be reading Sebastian Barry. [He] has a special understanding of the human heart.”—Adam Begley, The Atlantic
From the two-time Booker Prize finalist, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, grief, and long-buried secrets.
$18.00 US
Mar 19, 2024
Paperback
272 Pages
Penguin Books
Victim
Victim
A Novel
Andrew Boryga
9780385549974

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bold-faced lies, and Javier Perez is willing to cross it. Victim is a fearless satire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the veneer of diversity initiatives and decides to cash in on the odd currency of identity.

$27.00 US
Mar 12, 2024
Hardcover
288 Pages
Doubleday
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