My book FREE AND EQUAL is out today in the US & Canada! It presents a unifying vision for progressive politics, drawing on the philosopher John Rawls Get the US edition here: buff.ly/425uWDA or the UK edition here: buff.ly/41oZZcb Thread about the book👇

In this award-winning graphic novel, one teen boy’s coming-of-age story is told through fairy tales drawing upon the author’s own Vietnamese heritage. Now adapted to audio, featuring a full-cast narration. commonreads.com/2025/07/25/spo…

This is an article contributed by Prachi Gupta, author of They Called Us Exceptional, in which she articulates the dissonance, shame, and isolation of being upheld as an American success story while privately navigating traumas. commonreads.com/2025/07/24/mes…

We’re excited to announce our 2025-2026 award recipients! 17 colleges, and universities are represented among this year’s recipients! Many thanks to our award sponsors, Penguin Random House Higher Education and DIA Higher Education Collaborators, for your support of this year’s awards campaign.

Watch Arthur C. Brooks discuss Build the Life You Want as a part of the #UnCommonAuthors series: commonreads.com/2025/08/06/unc…

Read an excerpt from Ashley Cordes’s Indigenous Currencies: Leaving Some for the Rest in the Digital Age. #fromthepage #excerpt commonreads.com/2025/08/06/exc…

How to stay in charge in a world populated by algorithms that beat us in chess, find us romantic partners, and tell us to “turn right in 500 yards.” Read an excerpt from Gerd Gigerenzer’s How to Stay Smart in a Smart World. commonreads.com/2025/08/19/exc…

Read an excerpt from Adam Met’s Amplify: How to Use the Power of Connection to Engage, Take Action, and Build a Better World. commonreads.com/2025/08/25/exc…

Read an excerpt from Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull’s The Jailhouse Lawyer. commonreads.com/2025/08/27/exc…

From Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Greg Grandin, America, América is the first comprehensive history of the Western Hemisphere. It offers a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of both. commonreads.com/2025/09/09/exc…

Read an excerpt from 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus’s The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound. commonreads.com/2025/09/15/exc…

Ten colleges are given the highest ranking for first-year experiences for students. Read more here: mycentraljersey.com/story/news/edu…

Watch Daniel Chandler discuss FREE AND EQUAL, which is a part of the UnCommon Authors Series. #UnCommonAuthors commonreads.com/2025/09/18/fre…

We are delighted to present our new First-Year & Common Reading Catalog for 2026! commonreads.com/2025/09/23/202…

Watch Dr. Michael Stein discuss his book, A Living: Working-Class Americans Talk to Their Doctor, as a part of the UnCommon Authors series. commonreads.com/2025/09/29/unc…

The Banned Wagon hits the road this Banned Books Week, beginning October 5th, for its third annual tour to celebrate the freedom to read and express ideas, highlight the value of free and open access to information, and confront the harms of censorship. sites.prh.com/banned-books-m…

Read an excerpt from Angus Fletcher’s Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know. commonreads.com/2025/10/15/exc…

Read an excerpt from Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly’s Somebody Should Do Something. commonreads.com/2025/10/17/exc…

With the fall semester in full swing, colleges and universities around the country have announced their Common Reading books for the upcoming 2025-26 academic year. We’ve compiled a list of programs and their title selections which you can download here: commonreads.com/2025/10/20/wha…

Read an excerpt from Colin M. Fisher’s The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups. commonreads.com/2025/10/21/exc…