Popular Penguins - The Idea 

He just wanted a decent book to read . . .

Not too much to ask, was it? It was in 1935 when Allen Lane stood on a British railway platform looking for something good to read on his journey. His choice was limited to popular magazines and poor quality paperbacks. Lane's disappointment and subsequent anger at the range of books available led him to found a company – and change the world.

'We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.'
Sir Allen Lane, 1902–1970, founder of Penguin Books

Reading habits have changed since 1935, but Penguin still believes in publishing the best books for everyone to enjoy, and that quality books published passionately and responsibly make the world a better place.



75 New Titles - July 2010

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

        



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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Popular Penguins
Twain Mark | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045184 | 0141045183
 
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Popular Penguins
Doyle Arthur Conan | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045160 | 0141045167
 
The Age of Reason: Popular Penguins
Satre Jean-Paul | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045573 | 0141045574
 
And the Ass Saw the Angel: Popular Penguins
Cave Nick | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045610 | 0141045612
 
The Art of War: Popular Penguins
Tzu Sun | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045276 | 0141045272
 
The Beach: Popular Penguins
Garland Alex | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037585 | 014103758X
 
The Big Sleep: Popular Penguins
Chandler Raymond | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037592 | 0141037598
 
The Bodysurfers: Popular Penguins
Drewe Robert | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143180241 | 014318024X
 
Breakfast at Tiffany's: Popular Penguins
Capote Truman | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037264 | 0141037261
 
Brideshead Revisited: Popular Penguins
Waugh Evelyn | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045627 | 0141045620
 
Cannery Row: Popular Penguins
Steinbeck John | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045399 | 0141045396
 
Casino Royale: Popular Penguins
Fleming Ian | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045429 | 0141045426
 
Cat's Cradle: Popular Penguins
Vonnegut Kurt | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045443 | 0141045442
 
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy: Popular Penguins
Vine Barbara | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037608 | 0141037601
 
The Chrysalids: Popular Penguins
Wyndham John | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045436 | 0141045434
 
The Classical World: Popular Penguins
Fox Robin Lane | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037615 | 014103761X
 
Clockwork Orange: Popular Penguins
Burgess Anthony | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037226 | 0141037229
 
Cold Comfort Farm: Popular Penguins
Gibbons Stella | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045481 | 0141045485
 
A Confederacy of Dunces: Popular Penguins
Toole John Kennedy | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045641 | 0141045647
 
Congo Journey: Popular Penguins
O'Hanlon Redmond | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037271 | 014103727X
The Consolations of Philosophy: Popular Penguins
De Botton Alain | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141038377 | 0141038373
 
Crimes Against Humanity: Popular Penguins
Robertson Geoffrey | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037288 | 0141037288
 
Dark Star Safari: Popular Penguins
Theroux Paul | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037295 | 0141037296
 
Delta of Venus: Popular Penguins
Nin Anais | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037301 | 014103730X
 
Dracula: Popular Penguins
Stoker Bram | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045221 | 0141045221
 
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World: Popular Penguins
Ferguson Niall | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037318 | 0141037318
 
Eva Luna: Popular Penguins
Allende Isabel | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045559 | 0141045558
 
Everything is Illuminated: Popular Penguins
Foer Jonathan Safran | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037325 | 0141037326
 
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Popular Penguins
Greene Brian | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037622 | 0141037628
 
Farewell My Lovely: Popular Penguins
Chandler Raymond | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045597 | 0141045590
 
Fever Pitch: Popular Penguins
Hornby Nick | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045498 | 0141045493
 
For the Term of His Natural Life: Popular Penguins
Clarke Marcus | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202691 | 0143202693
 
Frankenstein: Popular Penguins
Shelley Mary | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045115 | 0141045116
 
The Getting of Wisdom: Popular Penguins
Richardson Henry Handel | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202707 | 0143202707
 
Going Solo: Popular Penguins
Dahl Roald | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037332 | 0141037334
 
Goodbye To All That: Popular Penguins
Graves Robert | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045542 | 014104554X
 
The Great Gatsby: Popular Penguins
Fitzgerald F Scott | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037639 | 0141037636
 
A Handful of Dust: Popular Penguins
Waugh Evelyn | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037233 | 0141037237
 
The Harp in the South: Popular Penguins
Park Ruth | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202752 | 0143202758
 
The Haunted Hotel: Popular Penguins
Wilkie Collins | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045108 | 0141045108
 
Hell's Angels: Popular Penguins
Thompson Hunter S | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045566 | 0141045566
 
High Fidelity: Popular Penguins
Hornby Nick | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037356 | 0141037350
 
The History of Sexuality: Volume 1: Popular Penguins
Foucault Michel | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037646 | 0141037644
 
Holding the Man: Popular Penguins
Conigrave Timothy | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202820 | 0143202820
 
How I Live Now: Popular Penguins
Rosoff Meg | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045474 | 0141045477
 
How Language Works: Popular Penguins
Crystal David | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037363 | 0141037369
 
In Cold Blood: Popular Penguins
Capote Truman | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141038391 | 014103839X
 
Jane Eyre: Popular Penguins
Bronte Charlotte | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037370 | 0141037377
 
Journey from Venice: Popular Penguins
Cracknell Ruth | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202738 | 0143202731
 
Junky: Popular Penguins
Burroughs William S | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045405 | 014104540X
 
Kingdom of Fear: Popular Penguins
Thompson Hunter S | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037417 | 0141037415
 
Lady Chatterley's Lover: Popular Penguins
Lawrence D H | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037424 | 0141037423
 
The Language Instinct: Popular Penguins
Pinker Steven | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037653 | 0141037652
 
Lolita: Popular Penguins
Nabokov Vladimir | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037431 | 0141037431
 
Love in a Cold Climate: Popular Penguins
Mitford Nancy | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037448 | 014103744X
 
Love in the Time of Cholera: Popular Penguins
Marquez Gabriel Garcia | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037455 | 0141037458
 
The Lucky Country: Popular Penguins
Horne Donald | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202813 | 0143202812
 
Madame Bovary: Popular Penguins
Flaubert Gustave | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045153 | 0141045159
 
The Mayor of Casterbridge: Popular Penguins
Hardy Thomas | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045177 | 0141045175
 
The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea: Popular Penguins
Stow Randolph | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202745 | 014320274X
The Mind of God: Popular Penguins
Davies Paul | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037660 | 0141037660
 
Monkey Grip: Popular Penguins
Garner Helen | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202714 | 0143202715
 
Mother Tongue: Popular Penguins
Bryson Bill | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037462 | 0141037466
 
My Family and Other Animals: Popular Penguins
Durrell Gerald | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037479 | 0141037474
 
Of a Boy: Popular Penguins
Hartnett Sonya | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202615 | 0143202618
 
Of Mice and Men: Popular Penguins
Steinbeck John | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141038421 | 014103842X
 
On The Road: Popular Penguins
Kerouac Jack | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037486 | 0141037482
 
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: Popular Penguins
Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045351 | 0141045353
 
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Popular Penguins
Kesey Ken | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037493 | 0141037490
 
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Popular Penguins
Marquez Gabriel Garcia | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045634 | 0141045639
 
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: Popular Penguins
Suskind Patrick | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037509 | 0141037504
 
Persuasion: Popular Penguins
Austen Jane | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045146 | 0141045140
 
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Popular Penguins
Lindsay Joan | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202721 | 0143202723
 
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Popular Penguins
Wilde Oscar | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037684 | 0141037687
 
The Pigeon: Popular Penguins
Suskind Patrick | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045269 | 0141045264
 
The Plague: Popular Penguins
Camus Albert | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045511 | 0141045515
 
Pride and Prejudice: Popular Penguins
Austen Jane | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037516 | 0141037512
 
Rabbit, Run: Popular Penguins
Updike John | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037523 | 0141037520
 
Regeneration: Popular Penguins
Barker Pat | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045528 | 0141045523

A Room of One's Own: Popular Penguins
Woolf Virginia | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141044880 | 0141044888
 
Rumpole and Penge Bungalow Murders: Popular Penguins
Mortimer John | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037530 | 0141037539
 
The Secret History: Popular Penguins
Tartt Donna | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037691 | 0141037695
 
The Shadow of the Sun: Popular Penguins
Kapuscinskui Ryszard | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037707 | 0141037709
 
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Popular Penguins
Shakespeare William | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045382 | 0141045388
 
Six Easy Pieces: Popular Penguins
Feynman Richard P | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037547 | 0141037547
 
Six Thinking Hats: Popular Penguins
De Bono Edward | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037554 | 0141037555
 
South: The Endurance Expedition: Popular Penguins
Shackleton Ernest | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037561 | 0141037563
 
Steppenwolf: Popular Penguins
Hesse Hermann | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045535 | 0141045531
 
Summer Crossing: Popular Penguins
Capote Truman | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045375 | 014104537X
 
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: Popular Penguins
Winchester Simon | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037714 | 0141037717
 
Tales of the Unexpected: Popular Penguins
Dahl Roald | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037578 | 0141037571
 
Tender is the Night: Popular Penguins
Fitzgerald F Scott | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045214 | 0141045213
 
Usage and Abusage: Popular Penguins
Partridge Eric | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037721 | 0141037725
 
The War of the Worlds: Popular Penguins
Wells H G | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045412 | 0141045418
 
The Well: Popular Penguins
Jolley Elizabeth | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN | $12.95 | 9780143202769 | 0143202766
 
What is History?: Popular Penguins
Carr E H | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037738 | 0141037733
 
The Witches of Eastwick: Popular Penguins
Updike John | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045603 | 0141045604
 
Wuthering Heights: Popular Penguins
Bronte Emily | PB | 29 Jun 2009 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141045207 | 0141045205
 
A year in Provence: Popular Penguins
Mayle Peter | PB | 1 Sep 2008 | PENGUIN (GENERAL UK) | $12.95 | 9780141037257 | 0141037253

Popular Penguins - The Idea 

He just wanted a decent book to read . . .

Not too much to ask, was it? It was in 1935 when Allen Lane stood on a British railway platform looking for something good to read on his journey. His choice was limited to popular magazines and poor quality paperbacks. Lane's disappointment and subsequent anger at the range of books available led him to found a company – and change the world.

'We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.'
Sir Allen Lane, 1902–1970, founder of Penguin Books

Reading habits have changed since 1935, but Penguin still believes in publishing the best books for everyone to enjoy, and that quality books published passionately and responsibly make the world a better place.



75 New Titles - July 2010

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

        



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