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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 (26 Total )

A World Appears

Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Science
Football

Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
The School of Night

General Fiction (Adult)
The Penguin Book of the International Short Story

Essays & Collections, General Fiction (Adult)
A Scandal in Königsberg

History, Politics & Current Affairs, Religion & Spirituality
Stay Alive

History
A Time to Gather

Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction (Adult), Self-Help
The Monuments of Paris

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction
Five Bullets

History, Professional & Technical
The Rolling Stones

Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Elements of Power

Business, Leadership, Finance, History, Professional & Technical
The Infinity Machine

Business, Leadership, Finance, Professional & Technical, Science
Verb Your Enthusiasm

Nonfiction (Adult), Professional & Technical
Two Ships

History
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Streetwise

Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Leadership, Finance
The Wolves of Eternity

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
The Identity Trap

History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
3 Shades of Blue

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Reference
America, América

History
A World Appears

Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Science
Football

Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
The School of Night

General Fiction (Adult)
The Penguin Book of the International Short Story

Essays & Collections, General Fiction (Adult)
A Scandal in Königsberg

History, Politics & Current Affairs, Religion & Spirituality
Stay Alive

History
A Time to Gather

Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction (Adult), Self-Help
The Monuments of Paris

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction
Five Bullets

History, Professional & Technical
The Rolling Stones

Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Elements of Power

Business, Leadership, Finance, History, Professional & Technical
The Infinity Machine

Business, Leadership, Finance, Professional & Technical, Science
Verb Your Enthusiasm

Nonfiction (Adult), Professional & Technical
Two Ships

History
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Streetwise

Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Leadership, Finance
The Wolves of Eternity

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
The Identity Trap

History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
3 Shades of Blue

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Reference
America, América

History
A World Appears

Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Science
Football

Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
The School of Night

General Fiction (Adult)
The Penguin Book of the International Short Story

Essays & Collections, General Fiction (Adult)
A Scandal in Königsberg

History, Politics & Current Affairs, Religion & Spirituality
Stay Alive

History
A Time to Gather

Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction (Adult), Self-Help
The Monuments of Paris

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction
Five Bullets

History, Professional & Technical
The Rolling Stones

Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Elements of Power

Business, Leadership, Finance, History, Professional & Technical
The Infinity Machine

Business, Leadership, Finance, Professional & Technical, Science
Verb Your Enthusiasm

Nonfiction (Adult), Professional & Technical
Two Ships

History
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Streetwise

Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Leadership, Finance
The Wolves of Eternity

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
The Identity Trap

History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
3 Shades of Blue

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Reference
America, América

History