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  • WINNER | 2018
    Order of the Coif Biennial Book Award
  • WINNER | 2018
    Stowe Prize
  • WINNER | 2017
    PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
  • WINNER | 2017
    PEN New England Award
  • WINNER | 2017
    Pulitzer Prize (Non-Fiction)
  • WINNER | 2017
    American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award
  • WINNER | 2017
    Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
  • WINNER | 2017
    Sidney Hillman Prize
  • WINNER | 2017
    Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
  • WINNER | 2017
    Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
  • WINNER | 2017
    Eastern Sociological Society, Komarovsky Book Award
  • WINNER | 2016
    National Book Critics Circle Awards
  • WINNER | 2016
    Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award
  • WINNER | 2015
    MacArthur 'Genius' Award
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Society for the Study of Social Problems, C. Wright Mills Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    800-CEO-READ Business Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Los Angeles Times Book Prize
  • AWARD | 2015
    MacArthur 'Genius' Award

How housing is ignored in the poverty discussion | Author Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond (author of Evicted) | What I'm Reading

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Awards

  • WINNER | 2018
    Order of the Coif Biennial Book Award
  • WINNER | 2018
    Stowe Prize
  • WINNER | 2017
    PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
  • WINNER | 2017
    PEN New England Award
  • WINNER | 2017
    Pulitzer Prize (Non-Fiction)
  • WINNER | 2017
    American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award
  • WINNER | 2017
    Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
  • WINNER | 2017
    Sidney Hillman Prize
  • WINNER | 2017
    Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
  • WINNER | 2017
    Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
  • WINNER | 2017
    Eastern Sociological Society, Komarovsky Book Award
  • WINNER | 2016
    National Book Critics Circle Awards
  • WINNER | 2016
    Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award
  • WINNER | 2015
    MacArthur 'Genius' Award
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Society for the Study of Social Problems, C. Wright Mills Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    800-CEO-READ Business Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction
  • FINALIST | 2016
    Los Angeles Times Book Prize
  • AWARD | 2015
    MacArthur 'Genius' Award

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How housing is ignored in the poverty discussion | Author Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond (author of Evicted) | What I'm Reading

Book Trailer

Guides

First-Year Reading (FYR) Guide for

Designed specifically to be used by faculty or program facilitators for college First-Year Common Reading programs.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

Discussion Guide for

Provides questions, discussion topics, suggested reading lists, introductions and/or author Q&As, which are intended to enhance reading groups’ experiences.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

Videos from the 2024 First-Year Experience® Conference are now available

We’re pleased to share videos from the 2024 First-Year Experience® Conference. Whether you weren’t able to join us at the conference or would simply like to hear the talks again, please take a moment to view the clips below.   Penguin Random House Author Breakfast Monday, February 19th, 7:15 – 8:45 am PST This event

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