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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 )

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

History, Politics & Current Affairs
To Lose a War

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Awe

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Science
The Absent Moon

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
Good for a Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
Seventy Times Seven

History, Nonfiction (Adult), True Crime
Mott Street

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics & Current Affairs
The Manuscripts Club

Arts & Photography, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Country of the Blind

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult)
The MANIAC

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Soldiers Don't Go Mad

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, History
The Soldier's Truth

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Travel
I Love Russia

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Myth of American Idealism

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

History, Politics & Current Affairs
To Lose a War

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Awe

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Science
The Absent Moon

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
Good for a Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
Seventy Times Seven

History, Nonfiction (Adult), True Crime
Mott Street

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics & Current Affairs
The Manuscripts Club

Arts & Photography, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Country of the Blind

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult)
The MANIAC

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Soldiers Don't Go Mad

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, History
The Soldier's Truth

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Travel
I Love Russia

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Myth of American Idealism

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Fraud

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

History, Politics & Current Affairs
To Lose a War

History, Politics & Current Affairs
Awe

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Science
The Absent Moon

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
Good for a Girl

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult), Sports
Seventy Times Seven

History, Nonfiction (Adult), True Crime
Mott Street

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics & Current Affairs
The Manuscripts Club

Arts & Photography, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Country of the Blind

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult)
The MANIAC

General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Soldiers Don't Go Mad

Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, History
The Soldier's Truth

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Travel
I Love Russia

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction (Adult)
The Myth of American Idealism

History, Politics & Current Affairs