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Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Summer Reading Sale!

Through Friday, June 12, you can save 40% on all available books here on pennpress.org when you use code PENN-SUMMER26 at checkout. Plus, the sale is also available for customers outside of the Americas via our overseas distributor, and you can save 25% on individual journal subscriptions through our journals shopping cart with code SUMMERJOURNAL26 — click through to learn more.

Franklin’s Faves: 75% Off Select Titles!

Franklin’s Faves is a special section of the Penn Press website where you’ll always find 20 of our favorite titles for 75% off the listed price! We’ve just rotated the selection to highlight a new slate of great books both old and new and spanning a wide range of topics and disciplines. Browse the list and use code FRANKLINSFAVES at checkout to receive your discount!

Announcing Our Spring 2026 Catalog!

Click through to view the PDF and browse our exciting new and upcoming releases in US history and politics, medieval and early modern studies, indigenous studies, world history, Jewish studies, anthropology and human rights, and more!

Greater Philadelphia:
A New History for the Twenty-First Century

Now available from Penn Press, a landmark book project celebrates Philadelphia’s role as the beating heart of the nation’s story, unearthing the hidden histories, points of pride, people, places, and communities in the city and region we all love. Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, Greater Philadelphia brings to the public an up-to-date, diverse history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions.

Sold separately and as a three-volume set—order yours today!