Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Maile Meloy • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009-- now adapted into the feature film Certain Women, ...

• Author(s): Joe Pernice • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryIts more than just the debut novel from the acclaimed singer and songwriter-it's "the best messed up love song you'll ever read." ...

• Author(s): Juan Gabriel Vasquez • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryThe first novel from a global literary superstar and author of The Sound of Things Falling. "Juan Gabriel Vásquez's The I...

• Author(s): Gin Phillips • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryA novel of warmth and true feeling, The Well and the Mine explores the value of community, charity, family, and hope that we can ...

• Author(s): Barbara Bradley Hagerty • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Religion & ScienceThe New York Times bestseller that explores the startling discoveries that science is making about faith...

• Author(s): Alan Beattie • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Personal Finance - InvestingA "provocative...persuasive" (The New York Times) book that examines countries' economic destinies. In False...

• Author(s): Erik Reece • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: MemoirsFrom the award-winning author of Lost Mountain, a stirring work of memoir, spiritual journey, and historical inquiry. At the age o...

• Author(s): Aleksandar Hemon • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)From the celebrated author of the bestselling Lazarus Project "a dazzling collection of storie...

• Author(s): Cristina Henriquez • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryThe "beautiful" (Chicago Sun-Times) novel from the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart and The Great...

• Author(s): Seth Stevenson • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Essays & Travelogues An eye-opening and fascinating slow travel journey from an acclaimed writer who circled the globe wi...

• Author(s): Rebecca Walker • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Alternative FamilyMore important and timely than ever--a collection of illuminating essays on the shifting definition of the modern Ame...

• Author(s): Stuart McLean • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryBestselling author and radio storytelling sensation Stuart McLean revisits the heartwarming and hilarious friends from...

• Author(s): Bernardine Evaristo • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Alternative HistoryA provocative and "dizzying satire" (The New Yorker) that "boldly turns history on its head" (Elle) from the Ma...

• Author(s): Patricia Weitz • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Coming of Age"A raw and resonant debut novel" (Megan McCafferty) and a vivid portrait of life on a modern college campus. Col...

• Author(s): Geoff Nicholson • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: MemoirsHow we walk, where we walk, why we walk tells the world who and what we are. Whether it's once a day to the car, or for long we...

• Author(s): Steven Johnson • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: HistoryFrom the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the "exhila...

• Author(s): Maggie Scarf • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Marriage & Long Term RelationshipsSince the beginning of the twentieth century, thirty years have been added to the normal human life...

• Author(s): Nami Mun • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA major voice in fiction debuts with the story of a teenage runaway on the streets of 1980s New York. Teenage Joon is a Ko...

• Author(s): Beatrice Colin • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA celebration of cabaret in Berlin and the birth of cinema, set against the rise and fall of Germany between World Wa...

• Author(s): Martha Sherrill • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Dogs - BreedsDog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain is a stunning portrait of the Japanese rebel who single-handedl...

• Author(s): Jennifer Traig • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: MemoirsThe hilarious first-person account of life as a hypochondriac-from the critically acclaimed author of Devil in the Det...

• Author(s): David Lida • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: MexicoThe definitive book on Mexico City: a vibrant, seductive, and paradoxical metropolis-the second-biggest city in the world, ...

• Author(s): Da Na Chaviano • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA magical new novel "of loss and love across more than a century of Cuba's past."(Chicago Sun-Times) Alone in a city ...

• Author(s): Mary Pipher • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Marriage & Long Term Relationships"Simple solutions for survival in this family-unfriendly culture...Eye-opening...heart-wre...

• Author(s): Lewis Black • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Topic - ReligionWhat do we believe? And for God's sake why? These are the thorny questions that Lewis Black, the bitingly funny comedian, ...

• Author(s): Paula Uruburu • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: WomenThe scandalous story of America's first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity--Evelyn Nesbit. By the time of her ...

• Author(s): Jonathan Goldstein • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)A hilarious re-imagining of the heroes of the Old Testament for a modern world-and the neuro...

• Author(s): James McBride • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award f...

• Author(s): Rebecca Flowers • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: WomenA funny, entertaining novel of love and family for our times: a single woman who fears she's lost her chance at a famil...

• Author(s): Sylvia Sellers-Garcia • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryThe award-winning debut novel that ?brings to mind the atmosphere and tension of Gabriel García Márquez.?( Kat...

• Author(s): Meg Wolitzer • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: WomenThe New York Times bestselling novel by the author of The Interestings and The Female Persuasion that woke up critics, boo...

• Author(s): Shalom Auslander • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: MemoirsA New York Times Notable Book, and a "chaotic, laugh riot" (San Francisco Chronicle) of a memoir. Shalom Auslander ...

• Author(s): Jami Attenberg • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryNow in paperback, from the author of the bestselling The Middlesteins the novel that's "unabashedly emotional, refres...

• Author(s): Adam Davies • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA dazzling and funny romantic comedy from Adam Davies, the author of The Frog King and Goodbye Lemon The once-rising sta...

• Author(s): Jenni Ferrari-Adler • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Essays & NarrativesIn this delightful and much buzzed-about essay collection, 26 food writers like Nora Ephron, Laur...

• Author(s): Lian Hearn • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Fantasy - EpicThe new beginning and the grand finale of Lian Hearn's celebrated Tales of the Otori is "rivetingly elegant" (Washi...

• Author(s): Jennifer Belle • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryIn the tradition of Tom Perrotta, an offbeat and hilarious story of voyeurism, obsession, and relationships-both real...

• Author(s): Maxine Swann • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Literary'A work of stunning lyricism and intense originality' (Mary Gordon, author of Pearl). From an award-winning short story...

• Author(s): Fiona Neill • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Humorous - GeneralA smart, laugh-out-loud debut novel about a deeply flawed but endearing stay-at-home mom, a book for anyone wh...

• Author(s): Martha Moody • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryFrom the nationally bestselling author of the novel Best Friends a touching novel about five very different people navi...

• Author(s): Rebecca Walker • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Parenting - GeneralFrom the international bestselling author of Black, White, and Jewish comes a "wonderfully insightful" (As...

• Author(s): Larry J. Kolb • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Conspiracy TheoriesFrom the author of Overworld, America at Night reads like a thriller, but is "the kind of story about which...

• Author(s): Will Beall • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Mystery & Detective - Police ProceduralA gritty and ferocious novel written by Will Beall, an LAPD officer who continues to patrol the ...

• Author(s): Valerie Steiker • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,A tribute to New York City's most literary borough-featuring original ...

• Author(s): Ellis Avery • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - General"Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties--each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious."--...

• Author(s): Emma Campbell Webster • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Romance - Historical - RegencyWhat a heroine. No romance for HER, she will never leave her wonderfully idiosyncratic father .......

• Author(s): Lian Hearn • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Fantasy - EpicThe Harsh Cry of the Heron is the fourth book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, ...

• Author(s): Cristina Henriquez • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)With eight short stories and a novella that travel from dusty city streets to humid beaches,...

• Author(s): Joel R. Primack • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Space Science - CosmologyIn this strikingly original book, a world-renowned cosmologist and an innovative writer of the hist...

• Author(s): Tyler Perry • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Form - ParodiesIf you can count on one thing from "Madea" Mabel Simmons, star of the smash hits Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Made...

• Author(s): Tariq Nasheed • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Love & RomanceThe Art of Mackin' was written by Tariq "King" Nasheed.

• Author(s): Gail Saltz • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Personal Growth - SuccessAn inspiring work that pushes us to mature past the obstacles we create for ourselves. In this refreshing and uniq...

• Author(s): Elliot Perlman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)The stories in this collection explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants,...

• Author(s): John Hodgman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Form - ParodiesThe Areas of My Expertise is a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom-...

• Author(s): Harold Bloom • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: European - GeneralA critical novel about the ways in which we absorb various forms of wisdom from the literature we consume, fr...

• Author(s): Iain Pears • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA national bestseller from acclaimed author Iain Pears, The Portrait is a novel of suspense and a tour de force. An art c...

• Author(s): Hector Tobar • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - Hispanic & Latino StuFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of th...

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

• Author(s): Wendy McClure • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Women's Health - GeneralA hilarious and sometimes poignant look at the absurdities of weight-loss culture from an appealing an...

• Author(s): Robert Thurman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Buddhism - General (see also Philosophy - Buddhist)One of Time magazine's 25 Most Influential People in America writes about ...