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Penguin Press was founded in 2003 by Ann Godoff and launched its debut list in the Winter of 2004. Dedicated to publishing quality nonfiction and literary fiction, it has published numerous New York Times and national bestsellers, including four Pulitzer Prize winners: Steve Coll’s Ghost Wars, in 2005 for General Nonfiction; Liaquat Ahamed’s Lords of Finance, in 2010 for History; Ron Chernow’s Washington, in 2011 for Biography; and John Lewis Gaddis’s George F. Kennan, in 2012 for Biography.

Most Requested Books (36 Total )

Boy from the North Country

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
Mark Twain

Biographies & Memoirs, History
Murderland

History, True Crime
The Peepshow

History, True Crime
Bug Hollow

General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction
Pan

General Fiction (Adult), New Adult
Paper Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Parenting & Families, Politics & Current Affairs
Where Are You Really From

General Fiction (Adult), Humor & Satire, Multicultural Interest
National Dish

Cooking, Food & Wine, Essays & Collections, Travel
Fonseca

General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction
The Future of Truth

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Wounded Generation

History
The Gunfighters

History
America, América

History
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
To Lose a War

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Be Useful

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help
Baddest Man

Biographies & Memoirs, Sports, True Crime
Good for a Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
What an Owl Knows

Nonfiction (Adult), Outdoors & Nature, Science
Boy from the North Country

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
Mark Twain

Biographies & Memoirs, History
Murderland

History, True Crime
The Peepshow

History, True Crime
Bug Hollow

General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction
Pan

General Fiction (Adult), New Adult
Paper Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Parenting & Families, Politics & Current Affairs
Where Are You Really From

General Fiction (Adult), Humor & Satire, Multicultural Interest
National Dish

Cooking, Food & Wine, Essays & Collections, Travel
Fonseca

General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction
The Future of Truth

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Wounded Generation

History
The Gunfighters

History
America, América

History
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
To Lose a War

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Be Useful

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help
Baddest Man

Biographies & Memoirs, Sports, True Crime
Good for a Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
What an Owl Knows

Nonfiction (Adult), Outdoors & Nature, Science
Boy from the North Country

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
Mark Twain

Biographies & Memoirs, History
Murderland

History, True Crime
The Peepshow

History, True Crime
Bug Hollow

General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction
Pan

General Fiction (Adult), New Adult
Paper Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Parenting & Families, Politics & Current Affairs
Where Are You Really From

General Fiction (Adult), Humor & Satire, Multicultural Interest
National Dish

Cooking, Food & Wine, Essays & Collections, Travel
Fonseca

General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction
The Future of Truth

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Wounded Generation

History
The Gunfighters

History
America, América

History
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
To Lose a War

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Be Useful

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help
Baddest Man

Biographies & Memoirs, Sports, True Crime
Good for a Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
What an Owl Knows

Nonfiction (Adult), Outdoors & Nature, Science