"Penguin Random House India is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House, a leading global publishing company. Penguin Random House was formed in 2013 after the merger between Penguin and Random House. As part of the global merger, Penguin Books India and Random House India came together to form Penguin Random House India. Bertelsmann became the sole owner of Penguin Random House in 2020. With a commitment to publishing quality literature across various genres, Penguin Random House India publishes in both English and Hindi and partners with regional publishing houses to publish across various Indian languages including Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, and Kannada.
We have published books by both well-known and emerging authors from India and abroad, such as Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, Arundhati Roy, Ruskin Bond, Sudha Murty, Durjoy Datta, (Late) Khushwant Singh, Former President of India (Late) APJ Abdul Kalam, Upmanyu Chatterjee, the Satyajit Ray Library, Hussain Zaidi, Ravinder Singh, Sudeep Nagarkar, Novoneel Chakraborty, Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi, Krishna Udayshankar, Saurabh Mukherjea, Prakash Iyer, R. Gopalakrishnan, Harish Bhat, Sadhguru, and Gaur Gopal Das, among others. Apart from publishing, Penguin Random House India promotes reading and literacy in the country and the sub-continent through various literary events, book launches, and participation in book fairs.
Since its inception in 1985 in India, Penguin Random House India has grown to be one of the most recognised names in the industry. We have an active backlist of over 3000 titles and release around 300 new titles every year, ranging from modern fiction to narrative non-fiction, including biography, travel, business, politics, history, religion, philosophy, lifestyle, cookery, health, fitness, sports, and leisure, as well as illustrated and children’s books from India and across the sub-continent. We have a portfolio of authors who have won major literary prizes, including the Booker Prize, the International Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize, the Magsaysay Award, the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, and more.
Penguin Random House India publishes books across various genres, including literary fiction, romance, thrillers, fantasy, memoirs, biography, self-help, mind, body, and spirit, historical non-fiction, politics, creative non-fiction, health and wellness, children’s literature, young adult fiction, and non-fiction. We have a rich collection of audiobooks and e-books, and many of our stories have been adapted into films and web series."
