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Meet the kids learning to rule the world. When 17-year-old Theo Baker arrived on Stanford’s campus as a freshman, he was prepared to meet likeminded students ready to change the world with their ideas. What he didn’t expect was the commodification of students and the excess wealth and greed that enticed them. At Stanford, students aren’t just students – they’re products in a high-stakes pipeline to power.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Part searing exposé, brilliant journalism, and coming-of-age memoir, How to Rule the World pulls back the curtain on the corner-cutting system that grooms Silicon Valley’s chosen few, and follows Baker’s reportage of the university president who was investigated for research misconduct, and subsequently resigned.⁠ “How to Rule the World is to be devoured.” —Mark Leibovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Town⁠ ⁠ “How to Rule the World is a fascinating safari through modern academia, based on meticulous, damning reporting.” —Jake Tapper, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award–winning anchor at CNN⁠ ⁠ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eGx4jxHe

This week, the Supreme Court declined to review Little v. Llano, leaving in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that allows officials to remove books from public library shelves based on ideological disagreement. As Dan Novack, VP & Associate General Counsel, shared, this is “a setback in timing, but not in justice.” Penguin Random House and our partners remain fully committed to defending the freedom to read — including active cases in the Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits. 🔗 Read our full statement here. https://lnkd.in/eV-6CcVf

Congratulations to our author Omar El Akkad! ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS is the National Book Awards winner for Nonfiction🎉 https://lnkd.in/ebA4N-T5

Congratulations to Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording GRAMMY® Award nominees Trevor Noah and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson! ⁣ ⁣ Learn more about our nominees and listen to audiobook clips: https://lnkd.in/erku-Saa ⁣ Congrats to PRH Audio producers Kelly Gildea, Denise Lee, and Nithya Rajendran! ⁣ ⁣ ⭐ INTO THE UNCUT GRASS written & read by Trevor Noah ⁣ Trevor Noah’s timeless illustrated story invites people to connect with one another in a world brought to life with imagination. Infused with the author’s signature wit and imagination, it’s a tale for listeners of all ages. Noah has received three previous nominations in the Best Comedy Album category. ⁣ ⁣ ⭐ LOVELY ONE: A MEMOIR written & read by Ketanji Brown Jackson ⁣ Justice Jackson’s memoir chronicles her extraordinary life story as the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. With this unflinching account, she invites readers into her life and world. She reveals what it takes to advance in the legal profession when most people in power don’t look like you, and to reconcile a demanding career with the joys and sacrifices of marriage and motherhood. This is Jackson’s first nomination. ⁣ The Recording Academy | Penguin Random House

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This month, #RIF celebrates COMMUNITY with #RallytoRead. Watch acclaimed author, Drew Daywalt read aloud his book from Penguin Random House, The Day the Crayons Made Friends. Duncan’s crayons have disappeared again! This time they’ve gone out to make friends. Watch this read-aloud with your class or at home, then use standards-aligned book and theme activities to align with core curriculum at RallytoRead.org. Plus challenge your students to read 100 books over the next 6 months! #ReadingIsFundamental

Applications for the 2026 Creative Writing Awards are NOW OPEN! 📝 📙 Penguin Random House is partnering with We Need Diverse Books for the 2026 Creative Writing Awards—with a new Chinua Achebe Award for Freedom of Expression. This award will honor the influential Nigerian author whose works forever changed the global literary landscape.  Applications are open NOW! Seniors at U.S. public high schools, apply today to win $10,000 in #scholarship funds. The application and scholarship details can be found at the website below: bit.ly/CWA2026