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Penguin Random House LLC is an Anglo-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House. Penguin Books was originally founded in 1935 and Random House was founded in 1927. It has more than 300 publishing imprints. Along with Simon & Schuster, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House is considered one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase of Penguin Random House, which had been announced in December 2019, by buying Pearson plc's 25% ownership of the company. With the purchase, Bertelsmann became the sole owner of Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann's German-language publishing group Verlagsgruppe Random House will be completely integrated into Penguin Random House, adding 45 imprints to the company, for a total of 365 imprints. As of 2021, Penguin Random House employed about 10,000 people globally and published 15,000 titles annually under its 250 divisions and imprints. These titles include fiction and nonfiction for adults and children in both print and digital. Penguin Random House comprises Penguin and Random House in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and India; Penguin in Brazil, Asia and South Africa; Dorling Kindersley worldwide; and Random House's companies in Spain, Hispanic America, and Germany. On November 25, 2020, The New York Times reported that Penguin Random House was planning to purchase Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global for $2.175 billion. However, on November 2, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice sued to stop the deal on antitrust grounds, a suit that eventually succeeded on October 31, 2022. The deal formally collapsed on November 22, 2022. History Penguin Random House was formed on July 1, 2013 by Markus Dohle upon the completion of a £2.4 million transaction between Bertelsmann and Pearson to merge their respective trade publishing companies, Random House and Penguin Group. Bertelsmann and Pearson, the parent companies, initially owned 53% and 47%, respectively. Jane Ciabattari of Library Journal has referred to this merger as the publishing industry's response to the increasing dominance of Amazon.com in the book market.Dohle was named CEO of the new company, which had more than 10,000 employees worldwide with more than 250 imprints and publishing houses and a publishing list of more than 15,000 new titles a year. Penguin Random House relaunched Book Country, Penguin's online writing community, on July 29, 2013. On September 24, 2014, Random House Studio signed a first-look production deal with Universal Pictures, under which Random House would be the producer of films based on Penguin Random House books. The Universal subsidiary Focus Features has frequently collaborated with Random House Films. Having previously created Puffin Rock animation, Richard Haines was chosen to head Penguin Random House Children's TV development strategy with the assistance of licensing, publishing, and TV development executive Emily Campan. In November 2015, Pearson announced it would rebrand to focus on its education division. On July 11, 2017, Pearson sold 22% of its stake in the business to Bertelsmann, thereby retaining a 25% holding. On December 18, 2019, Bertelsmann agreed to acquire Pearson's 25% stake in Penguin Random House, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann. The sale was completed on April 2, 2020. In June 2020, Penguin Random House became part of a group of publishers who sued the Internet Archive, arguing that its collection of e-books was denying authors and publishers revenue and accusing the library of "willful mass copyright infringement". On November 25, 2020, Penguin Random House agreed to purchase American publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for $2.175 billion, with a formal regulatory approval process to follow the purchase agreement. On November 2, 2021, the US Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House's proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster, alleging that the acquisition would create a publisher with too much influence over books and author payments. On November 21, 2022, Penguin Random House officially scrapped the deal. As a result, it was to pay a $200 million termination fee to the recently-rebranded Paramount Global. Simon & Schuster would instead be sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts on October 30, 2023. Divisions and imprints DK DK (Dorling Kindersley) was founded in London in 1974 and is a reference publisher focusing on non-fiction for adults and children. Alpha, publishes Complete Idiot's Guides As of 2015, DK also has official publishing relationships with Angry Birds, Lego, Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney. Crown Publishing Group Crown Publishing was founded in 1933 as the Outlet Book Company, a remainder house, and is now a publisher of fiction and narrative non-fiction. In 2018, Crown was combined with the main Random House Publishing Group. Amphoto Books, publishes photography books Broadway Books, founded in 1996 as part of Bantam Doubleday Dell and is now the paperback imprint of Crown Clarkson Potter, produces cookbooks, illustrated gift books, and journals Crown Archetype, hardcover publisher of pop-culture titles Crown Business, publishes business-related content Crown Forum, publishes political discourse Harmony Books, publishes self-help titles Hogarth Press, partnership between Crown in the US and Windus in the UK Convergent, Image Catholic Books (Doubleday Religion), Waterbrook & Multnomah publish Christian non-fiction and fiction titles Pam Krauss Books, founded in 1915 and publishes culinary, food, and lifestyle related titles Rodale Books Ten Speed Press, joined Crown in 2009 as a West Coast publisher of nonfiction and gift titles Tim Duggan Books, founded in 2014 Watson-Guptill, publishes illustrated art books as part of Ten Speed Press Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Alfred A. Knopf, publisher of hardcover fiction and nonfiction, founded in 1915 by Alfred A. Knopf, and Blanche Knopf. Titles under Alfred A. Knopf have won 58 Pulitzers as well as Nobel and National Book Awards. Doubleday, publisher of commercial, literary, and serious nonfiction founded in 1897 Pantheon, founded in 1942 by Kurt Wolff Schocken, publisher of Judaica, became a part of Random House in 1945 Vintage Books, trade paperback publisher founded by Alfred A. Knopf in 1954 Anchor Books, publisher of history, science, women's studies, sociology and fiction Vintage Español, Spanish-language publisher in the United States, founded in 1994 by Alfred A. Knopf Black Lizard, also known as Vintage Crime, publisher of crime fiction, acquired by Random House in 1990 Nan A. Talese, literary imprint formed in 1990 to house authors published by editor Nan A. Talese Everyman's Library, a series of reprinted classic literature curr.... Discover the Penguin Random House popular books. 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A Clash of Kings
George R.R. MartinTHE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK TWO In this thrilling sequel to A Game of Thrones, Geo...
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Three-Inch Teeth
C. J. BoxWyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beastsone animal, one humanin this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.A rogue griz...
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Origin
Dan Brown#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER "Dr. Langdon is once again wrapped up in a globalscale event that could have massive ramifications on the world’s religions. As he does in all hi...
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene & Joost ElffersAmoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multimillioncopy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing...
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Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste NgThe #1 New York Times bestseller!“To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and ...
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The Whistler
John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A highstakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as “the best thriller writer alive” by Ken Follett ...
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The Scorch Trials
James DashnerRead the second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series that is soon to be a motion picture, hitting theaters September 18, 2015, and is perfect for fans ...
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Educated
Tara Westover#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept ou...
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A Game of Thrones
George R.R. MartinNOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESTHE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost o...
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The Martian
Andy WeirNominated as one of America’s bestloved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadSix days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he...
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg LarssonONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ...
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Wild
Cheryl Strayed#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an elevenhundredmile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastropheand built ...
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The Power of Habit
Charles DuhiggNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal Fina...
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Wonder
R. J. Palacio#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary facewho shows us that kindness brings us t...
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The Litigators
John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER After leaving a fasttrack legal career and going on a serious bender, David Zinc is sober, unemployed, and desperate enough to take a job at Finley &a...
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia OwensNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 18 million copies sold, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a painfully beau...
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Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GMA BOOK CLUB PICK Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly selfassured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 19...
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Looking for Alaska
John GreenThe awardwinning, genredefining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our StarsWinner of the Michael L. Printz Award ...
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Outlander
Diana Gabaldon#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s...
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIMEThe extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest o...
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The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James BrownNow a Major Motion Picture Directed by George ClooneyThe #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germanyfrom the author of Facing the ...
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Defending Jacob
William LandayNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW AN APPLE TV+ LIMITED SERIES STARRING CHRIS EVANS, MICHELLE DOCKERY, AND JAEDEN MARTELL “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classic...
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Dune
Frank HerbertDUNE: PART TWO THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE NOW IN THEATERSDirected by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel Dune by Fra...
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Big Little Lies
Liane MoriartyTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE AWARDWINNING HBO® SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, LAURA DERN, ZOË KRAVITZ, AND MERYL STREEPAVAILABLE FOR STREA...
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Gray Mountain
John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grisham has a new hero ... and she’s full of surprises. The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street ...
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The Chaos Agent
Mark GreaneyArtificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.A car accident in Japan.A drowning in Seou...
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Paper Towns
John GreenWinner of the Edgar AwardThe #1 New York Times BestsellerPublishers Weekly and USA Today BestsellerMillions of Copies SoldQuentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magn...
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The Racketeer
John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The Racketeer is guilty of only one thing: keeping us engaged until the very last page.”USA Today In the history of the United States, only four act...
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A Dance with Dragons
George R.R. Martin#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK FIVE In the aftermath of a colossal battle, Daenerys Targaryen rules with her three dragons as queen of a c...
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Inferno
Dan Brown#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirtysix hours, includ...
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Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.“Extrao...
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Dark Places
Gillian FlynnNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR NOW IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO LIMITED SERIES From the acclaimed author of Gone Girl, “a riveting tale of tru...
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The Help
Kathryn StockettThe #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Awardwinning filma timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’tnominated as one...
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The Fault in Our Stars
John GreenThe beloved, #1 global bestseller by John Green, author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and Turtles All the Way Down“John Green is one of the best writers alive.” ...
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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thr...
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The A Song of Ice and Fire Series
George R.R. MartinFor the first time, all five novels in the epic fantasy series that inspired HBO’s Game of Thrones are together in one eBook bundle. An immersive entertainment experience unlike an...
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No Easy Day
Mark Owen & Kevin MaurerThe #1 New York Times bestselling firstperson account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his...
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Me Before You
Jojo MoyesFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Bef...
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Sycamore Row
John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grisham returns to the iconic setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill, as Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a controversial trial that ...
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Becoming
Michelle ObamaAn intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WATCH THE EMMYNOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINA...
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Before We Were Yours
Lisa WingateTHE BLOCKBUSTER HITOver two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller“Poignant, engrossing.”People “Lisa Wingate take...
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Winnie the Pooh
A. A. Milne & Ernest H. ShepardHappy 90th birthday, to one of the world's most beloved icons of children's literature, WinniethePooh! The adventures of Pooh and Piglet, Kanga and tiny Roo, Owl, Rabbit, and ...
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A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor TowlesThe megabestseller with more than 2 million readerssoon to be a Showtime/Paramount+ series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander RostovFrom the #1 New York Timesbestselling aut...
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Sharp Objects
Gillian FlynnNOW AN HBO® LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIESFROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHO...
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A Storm of Swords
George R.R. MartinTHE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes ...
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If I Stay
Gayle FormanThe critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from Gayle Forman, author of Where She Went, Just One Day, and Just One Year. Soon to be a major motion picture, sta...