Celebrating Our 2026 Carnegie Medal Finalists from Penguin Random House

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Megha Majumdar’s electrifying new novel, following her acclaimed New York Times bestseller A Burning is set in a near-future Kolkata, India in which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other. A piercing and propulsive tour de force.

“Desperation permeates Majumdar’s long-awaited second book, another exquisitely wrenching novel after her glorious debut. . . Majumdar brilliantly blurs right  and wrong, ethics and legality.”—Booklist, starred review

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

Han Kang’s most revelatory book since The Vegetarian—and her first published in English since winning the Nobel Prize—We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history.

“Once more, Han brilliantly examines the breadth of human relationships. . .”—Booklist, starred review

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America.

“Goldstone is a model of ethical journalism. . . Make a place for this book alongside Jane Jacobs’ classic Death and Life of Great American Cities.”—Kirkus Reviews