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As the latest contributor to the Future Library project, South Korean novelist Han Kang’s newest book will be buried in a Norwegian forest for nearly one hundred years. In the year 2114, the book—along with its ninety-nine fellows, one for each year since the project’s inception—will be unearthed and printed. The paper will be harvested

  Congratulations to our Penguin Random House authors and their publishing teams who have been chosen by the respective category judges as “longlisted” semi-finalists–including five of the ten Fiction titles–for the 2018 National Book Awards.     Wednesday, October 10: The “shortlist” of five finalists per category will be announced. Wednesday, November 14: The five winners

Join Khaled Hosseini on Tuesday 9/18 from 1:30pm ET / 5:30pm GMT on his Facebook page, where he will be responding to questions from fans all over the world.   From Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner, And The Mountains Echoed, and A Thousand Splendid Suns, comes an illustrated book for readers of all ages: Sea Prayer.

It has often been pointed out – first by the Greek poet Archilochus, and then more thoroughly in an essay by Isaiah Berlin – that writers can be classified as foxes, who know and are interested in a wide variety of different things, or as hedgehogs, who specialize, burrowing deeply into a single issue or

With public interest in The Supreme Court percolating, we’re highlighting books about the highest court in the land—its history, landmark cases, personalities and its crucial role in American democracy.

In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, Lauren Markham offers an unforgettable testament to the migrant experience.

Mr. Naipaul, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001, wrote about the liberation movements that swept across Africa and the Caribbean, where he was born. The New York Times writes: Mr. Naipaul personified a sense of displacement. Having left behind the circumscribed world of Trinidad, he was never entirely rooted in England.

Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa’s cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent.

Approaching classic works of literature through the eyes of a modern, thoughtful reader is one way to enhance a reading experience that can otherwise feel musty and dated. Writing for Signature Reads, Jennie Yabroff offers up a list of memoirs written by contemporary authors working their way through five classics.

The United States’ current border issues with Mexico draw attention to the hardships of life there. CNN reports that nearly 35,000 individuals were arrested crossing the southern US border illegally in June. The separation of children from their families created public outcry and nationwide human rights protests. Read on for a selection of books about Mexico and border crossing.

Antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

This fall, Arizona State University will be using three Penguin Random House titles in its long-running Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program brings incarcerated “inside” and nonincarcerated “outside” students together to learn about issues of crime and justice over a full semester.