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The Penguin Podcast Special: How Penguin turned the UK into a nation of readers

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Jodi Picoult on the theory behind Shakespeare’s plays

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The 9 must-read Vintage debuts of 2025

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How I came to write In Search of Amrit Kaur 

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The Penguin Podcast: episode 10 - history special

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Extract: Recognising the Stranger by Isabella Hammad

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7 Vintage books to celebrate Windrush Day

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Zeinab Badawi

'Life is full of surprises': 21 Questions with Zeinab Badawi

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5 books to read in celebration of LGBT+ History Month

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Empireworld extract: What would a decolonized India look like?

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The ultimate Kings and Queens pub quiz from David Mitchell’s Unruly

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Christmas gifts for 2024: Books for 9 to 12-year-olds

Children's reading lists

Christmas gifts for 2024: Books for 6 to 9-year-olds

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Funny books for Secret Santa for colleagues, friends and family

Best books for your Secret Santa and stocking filler gifts

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Download our Little Leaders drawing sheet

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Extract: Unruly by David Mitchell

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A photo of an illustration from the book Little Leaders by Vashti Harrison

5 inspirational female role models from Black history

Children's reading lists
An image of a selection of children's books by black authors and illustrators on a darker orange background with a lighter shape that is filled with squiggles.

13 wonderful children's books by Black authors and illustrators

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10 Vintage Non-Fiction Recommendations

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Oppenheimer biography Inside the Circle by Ray Monk

Extract: Inside the Centre by Ray Monk

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The greatest books ever written about the Second World War