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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 (33 Total )

What an Owl Knows

Nonfiction (Adult), Outdoors & Nature, Science
The Wolves of Eternity

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
Be Useful

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help
The Collaborators

History
The Absent Moon

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
Mott Street

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics & Current Affairs
The Wife of Willesden

Arts & Photography, Poetry & Verse, Women's Fiction
End Times

Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
The MANIAC

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
The Identity Trap

History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
I Love Russia

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
America, América

History
The Wounded Generation

History
What an Owl Knows

Nonfiction (Adult), Outdoors & Nature, Science
The Wolves of Eternity

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
Be Useful

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help
The Collaborators

History
The Absent Moon

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
Mott Street

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics & Current Affairs
The Wife of Willesden

Arts & Photography, Poetry & Verse, Women's Fiction
End Times

Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
The MANIAC

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
The Identity Trap

History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
I Love Russia

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
America, América

History
The Wounded Generation

History
What an Owl Knows

Nonfiction (Adult), Outdoors & Nature, Science
The Wolves of Eternity

General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction
Be Useful

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help
The Collaborators

History
The Absent Moon

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
Mott Street

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics & Current Affairs
The Wife of Willesden

Arts & Photography, Poetry & Verse, Women's Fiction
End Times

Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
The MANIAC

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
The Identity Trap

History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics & Current Affairs
I Love Russia

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
America, América

History
The Wounded Generation

History