Penguin Press Volumes

Happy publication day to The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne! Listen to editor John Burnham Schwartz share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: Griffin Dunne’s memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstances.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717278/the-friday-afternoon-club-by-griffin-dunne/Follow us onl...

Happy publication day to Brat by Gabriel Smith! Listen to editor Kiara Barrow share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protagonist grappling with grief, inheritance, and the ghosts of his past.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740750/brat-by-gabriel-smith/Follow us online—Website: https://www.penguin.com/penguin-press-overview/ Inst...

Happy publication day to The Playbook by James Shapiro! Listen to editor Will Heyward share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide, by the acclaimed Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/702390/the-playbook-by-james-shapiro/Follow us online—Website: h...

Happy publication day to My First Book by Honor Levy! Listen to editor Mia Council share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: From groundbreaking debut author Honor Levy, stories to delight and ensnare. Honor Levy’s uniquely riveting voice emerges from the chaos of coming of age in Generation Z. Never far from a digital interface, her characters grapple with formative political, existential, and romantic experiences in a web-drenched soc...

Happy publication day to Swimming in Paris by Colombe Schneck! Listen to editor Ginny Smith Younce share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: From the award-winning and bestselling French author Colombe Schneck, a woman’s personal journey through abortion, sex, friendship, love, and swimming. Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736968/swimming-in-paris-by-colombe-schneck-translated-by-lauren-elkin-and-natasha-lehrer/Follow us o...

Happy publication day to The Way You Make Me Feel by Nina Sharma! Listen to editor Juli Kiyan share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the book.About the book: A hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711680/the-way-you-make-me-feel-by-nina-sharma/Follow us online—Website: https://www.penguin.com/penguin-press-overview/ Instagram: https://...

Happy publication day to The Unexpected by Emily Oster and Nathan Fox! Listen to editor Ginny Smith Younce share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: From the New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned—with Dr. Nathan Fox, maternal fetal medicine specialist. Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717163/the-unexpected-by-emily-oster-and-natha...

Happy publication day to The Work of Art by Adam Moss! Listen to editor Ann Godoff share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the book.About the book: From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669522/the-work-of-art-by-adam-moss/Follow us online—Website: https://www.penguin.com/penguin-press-o...

Happy publication day to Finding a Likeness by Nicholson Baker! Listen to editor Ann Godoff share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the book.About the book: From the acclaimed and bestselling writer Nicholson Baker, a deeply personal account of his journey learning how to paint for the first time, and a meditation on the power of art in times of crisis.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635820/finding-a-likeness-by-nicholson-baker/Follow us online—Websi...

Happy publication day to Perris, California by Rachel Stark! Listen to editor John Burnham Schwartz share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law’s property, encounters the woman she used to love—leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she’s built.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomho...

Happy publication day to The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt! Listen to editor Ginny Smith Younce share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729231/the-anxious-generation-by-jonathan-haidt/Foll...