In The Art of Fighting, Priya Parker explains that we can’t form and grow effective relationships without a fight. She rejects the idea that conflict is abnormal or that good groups don’t fight. All groups change and evolve; indeed, it’s because people disagree that good groups flourish.   Chapter One: Why Is This Happening? When

Penguin Random House/Common Reads presents: unCommon Authors unCommon Authors is a monthly video series highlighting exceptional and unique authors talking about their books. Kalina Silverman, creator of Big Talk and author of Big Talk, is a journalist, speaker, and Fulbright ambassador whose work explores meaningful human connection and cross-cultural communication.   Kalina Silverman is the

We are delighted to present our new First-Year & Common Reading Catalog for 2027! From award-winning fiction, poetry, memoir, and biography to new books about the environment, current events, history, public health, science, social justice, student success, and technology, the titles presented in our common reading catalog will have students not only eagerly flipping through

Penguin Random House/Common Reads presents: unCommon Authors unCommon Authors is a monthly video series highlighting exceptional and unique authors talking about their books. Ravi Gupta, educator, civic entrepreneur, and author of The Invisible List, teaches us how to transform hobbies to habits in a book that is part memoir, part guidebook, part manifesto.   Ravi