Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Larry Schweikart • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: United States - GeneralThe bestselling coauthor of A Patriot's History of the United States examines some of the pivotal--y...

• Author(s): Mike Huckabee • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Conservatism & LiberalismWhen Governor Mike Huckabee entered the Republican presidential race, he w...

• Author(s): Nonie Darwish • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: WomenA political and personal odyssey from hatred to love When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert ...

• Author(s): Miriam Grossman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Schools - Levels - HigherOur campuses are steeped in political correctness--that's hardly news to anyone. But no one realize...

• Author(s): Rachel Gold • Publisher: Bella Books • Publisher Imprint: Bella Books • BISAC: Romance - LGBTQ+The decision can't be put off any longer. A medical crisis turns Nico's body into a battleground, crushing Nico under conflicting family ...

• Author(s): Rachel Pastan • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryIn an inspired restaging of Daphne du Maurier's classic Rebecca, a young curator finds herself haunted by the legacy o...

• Author(s): Manuel Gonzales • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryIn the tradition of George Saunders and Aimee Bender, an exuberantly imagined debut that chronicles an ordinary worl...

• Author(s): Tim Harford • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Economics - MacroeconomicsA provocative and lively exploration of the increasingly important world of macroeconomics, by the author of the...

• Author(s): Meg Wolitzer • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: WomenThe early novel that established Meg Wolitzer's career, later made into Nora Ephron's first film as a director. The third ...

• Author(s): Daniel Alarc N. • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Thrillers - SuspenseThe breakout novel from a prizewinning young writer: a "surrealistic tour de force" (O, The Oprah Magazi...

• Author(s): Margaret Talbot • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing ArtsUsing the life and career of her father, an early Hollywood actor, New Yorker writer Marg...

• Author(s): Steven Amsterdam • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryIn this incandescent novel, a family's superpowers bestow not instant salvation but the miracle of accepting who th...

• Author(s): Jon Ronson • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: EssaysNew York Times-bestselling author of The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson writes about the dark, uncanny sides of humanity with c...

• Author(s): Alex Witchel • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Memoirs"Haunting, unflinching and at times unexpectedly hilarious...A powerful affirmation of family bonds." -The New York Times Book Rev...

• Author(s): Gideon Lewis-Kraus • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Essays & TraveloguesIn medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, i...

• Author(s): Rosie Dastgir • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA smart debut novel that explores the complexities of cultural differences, family loyalties, and what is lost in tran...

• Author(s): Doreen Carvajal • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Europe - SpainThe unexpected and moving story of an American journalist who works to uncover her family's long-buried Jewish...

• Author(s): Francine Mathews • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralIn "one of the most deliciously high-concept thrillers imaginable" (The New Yorker) a young JFK travels...

• Author(s): Patrick Flanery • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA bold and exciting literary novel set in South Africa that contemplates the elusive line between truth and self-per...

• Author(s): Catherine Chung • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Cultural HeritageA Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2012 pick A Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick "A richly emotional portrait of a fam...

• Author(s): Akash Kapur • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralA New Republic Editors' and Writers' Pick 2012A New Yorker Contributors' Pick 2012 A Newsweek "Must Read o...

• Author(s): Lizz Winstead • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Form - EssaysThe hilarious and poignant account of how one woman found her comedic voice.Growing up in the Midwest, the younge...

• Author(s): Jeanne Darst • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Literary Figures"Beautifully paced . . . heartbreaking and hilarious."--USA Today Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply ...

• Author(s): Ramona Ausubel • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralFrom the award-winning author of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty and the new story collection, Away...

• Author(s): Jeffrey Kluger • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: SiblingsA provocative and surprising exploration of the longest sustained relationships we have in life--those we have with o...

• Author(s): Charlotte Silver • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: MemoirsLike Eloise growing up in the Plaza Hotel, Charlotte Silver grew up in her mother's restaurant. Located in Harvard Square, Ups...

• Author(s): Shalom Auslander • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Humorous - GeneralThe bestselling debut novel from Shalom Auslander, the darkly comic author of Foreskin's Lament and Beware of God. Hope: A...

• Author(s): Rebecca Wolff • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: GhostTheo and Raquel Motherwell are the only newcomers to the sleepy town of Wick in fifteen-year-old Ginger Pritt's memory. H...

• Author(s): Jamil Ahmad • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Historical - GeneralFor readers of Khaled Hosseini, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and Mohsin Hamid, a story set among the mountain tribes of Pakista...

• Author(s): Kyran Pittman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Topic - Marriage & Family "[Pittman's] tales of modern motherhood are fearless and addictive" (People, four stars) A regul...

• Author(s): Maxine Swann • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: WomenA glittering, energetic novel about three women-each experiencing an awakening in the gloriously conflicted and sexy city ...

• Author(s): David Spangler • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: MemoirsAn absorbing memoir of one man's path to understanding how we can learn to lead lives of greater blessing and to be so...

• Author(s): Wendy McClure • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: MemoirsWendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder--a fan...

• Author(s): Constance Squires • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryFrom the author of Live from Medicine Park, a powerful coming-of-age novel. Set against the closing years of the ...

• Author(s): David Owen • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental) Look out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes. The Conund...

• Author(s): Richard Restak • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceSudoku is a fun, easy to play logic-based number puzzle. The more you do, the better you get!This...

• Author(s): Brett C. Hoover • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: SpiritualityFor readers of Kathleen Norris and Gretchen Rubin, a thought-provoking examination of the meaning of comfort. C...

• Author(s): Heather Havrilesky • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Memoirs"Smart, hilarious, unique-- just terrific." --Anne Lamott A thoughtful, witty memoir from the author of How to Be ...

• Author(s): Adrian Tinniswood • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Africa - NorthThe true story that's "bloody good entertainment" (New York Times) about the colorful and legendary pirates ...

• Author(s): Heather Sellers • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Medical (Incl. Patients)A "poignant" (Boston Globe) family memoir that gives new meaning to hindsight, insight, and forgiveness Heathe...

• Author(s): Lewis Black • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Form - EssaysFrom Lewis Black, the uproarious and perpetually apoplectic New York Times-bestselling author and Daily Show regular, comes a...

• Author(s): Rosecrans Baldwin • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Medical"Beautiful, brainy, and offbeat" (Entertainment Weekly), a perfect sophisticated summer read. By turns funny, cha...

• Author(s): Doug Dorst • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)From the author of Alive in Necropolis "a brazen, roiling, confident collection." (Los Angeles Times...

• Author(s): Michael D'Antonio • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: SportsToday Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more than the Lipton tea empire. R...

• Author(s): Dora Calott Wang • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Medical (Incl. Patients)A look at the realities of free-market medicine in America. A Yale-trained psychiatrist, Dora Calott Wang e...

• Author(s): Joe Flood • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentA revealing account of the first time computer modeling met City Hall -- and ...

• Author(s): Ivan Doig • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - General"[A] novel that best expresses the American spirit." -The Chicago Tribune "If America was a melting pot, Butt...

• Author(s): Sloane Crosley • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Form - EssaysThe hilarious New York Times bestselling literary essay collection from Sloane Crosley, the author of I Was Told...

• Author(s): Ann Brashares • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Fantasy - ContemporaryThe latest from Ann Brashares, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling ...

• Author(s): Chang-Rae Lee • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryChang-rae Lee, the bestselling and award-winning author of Native Speaker, Aloft, and My Year Abroad returns with his...

• Author(s): Judith Warner • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Parenting - GeneralA bold, brilliant, and provocative look at childhood medication by New York Times bestselling author Judith...

• Author(s): David Aaronovitch • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Historiography"Meticulous in its research, forensic in its reasoning, robust in its argument, and often hilarious in its debunking.....

• Author(s): Anne Lamott • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Almost Everything, and Bird by Bird, a powerful and red...

• Author(s): Paula Butturini • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: MemoirsA story of food and love, injury and healing, Keeping the Feast is the triumphant memoir of one couple overcoming dep...

• Author(s): Jami Attenberg • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryFrom one of today's hottest novelists and author of the bestselling The Middlesteins -- a provocative story about fri...

• Author(s): Mark Kurlansky • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author) All-new stories about the food we share, love, and fight over from the national bestselling aut...

• Author(s): David Owen • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanLook out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes. A challenging, controversial, and highly readable loo...

• Author(s): Randal Keynes • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Science & TechnologyHow Charles Darwin saw the world changed it forever. Creation: The True Story of Charles Darwin is now...

• Author(s): Nick Hornby • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryThe #1 New York Times bestseller from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, High Fidelity, and About...

• Author(s): John Farmer • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: United States - 21st CenturyFrom the senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, a mesmerizing real-time portrayal of September 11th, 2001, why...