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Publisher: Random House
Years in Operation: 1927 - ?
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: http://www.randomhouse.com/ Brands: 24 Indicia Publishers: 25 Series: 287 Printings: 908 (894 Issues) Disclose Notes: IMPORTANT: Alfred A. Knopf and Pantheon both maintain editorial independence from their parent Random House. Series for those imprints should be set up under their respective publisher records, not under Random House.


Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House.

American publishers Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Pantheon Books were acquired by Random House in 1960 and 1961, respectively; works continue to be published under these imprints with editorial independence.

In 1965, RCA bought Random House as part of a diversification strategy. Random House acquired the paperback book publisher Ballantine Books in 1973. RCA sold Random House to Advance Publications in 1980. In 1988, Random House acquired Crown Books. In 1998, Bertelsmann AG bought Random House and merged it with Bantam Doubleday Dell. In 2008, Random House restructured and created three divisions--Random House Publishing Group, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and Crown Publishing Group. In October 2012, Bertelsmann entered into talks with rival conglomerate Pearson plc, over the possibility of combining their respective publishing companies, Random House and Penguin Group. The merger was completed on July 1, 2013 and the new company is Penguin Random House. In October 2018, Penguin Random House merged two of its most known publishing lines, Random House and the Crown Publishing Group. The two lines retain their distinct editorial identities.


The publisher's main office in the United States is located at 1745 Broadway in Manhattan, in the Penguin Random House Tower. Earlier addresses were 457 Madison Avenue, New York 22, NY; 20 East 57th Street, New York 22, NY; and 201 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022.


Random House, Inc. maintains several independently managed subsidiaries around the world:

The Random House Group in the UK, based in London. The Group comprises five publishing companies: Cornerstone Publishing, Vintage Publishing, Ebury Publishing, Random House Children's Publishers UK and Transworld Publishers, with more than 40 diverse imprints.

Verlagsgruppe Random House was established after Bertelsmann's 1998 acquisition of Random House, grouping its German imprints (until then operating as Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann). With Bertelsmann acquiring full ownership of Penguin Random House in April 2020, Verlagsgruppe Random House is being reintegrated with the main Penguin Random House company.

Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial is Random House's Spanish-language division, targeting markets in Spain and South and Central America. It is headquartered in Barcelona with locations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and the United States.

Random House of Canada was established in 1944 as the Canadian distributor of Random House Books. In 1986 the company established its own indigenous Canadian publishing program that has become one of the most successful in Canadian history.
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100 Years of American Newspaper Comics #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1996 117 (102 stories, 0 covers)
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Air Gear #1 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon July 2006 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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Air Gear #3 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #4 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #5 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #6 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #7 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #8 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #9 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #10 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #11 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #12 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #13 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #14 (Trade Paperback) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #15/16/17 (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon January 2010 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Air Gear #15 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Ali-A Adventures: Game On! #[nn] (Comic Book) October 2017 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Alive: The Final Evolution #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon July 2007 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Alive: The Final Evolution #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2007 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Alive: The Final Evolution #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2008 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Alive: The Final Evolution #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2008 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Alive: The Final Evolution #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Alive: The Final Evolution #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2008 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Alive: The Final Evolution #7 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2009 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Alive: The Final Evolution #8 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2009 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
All Out for the Sack Race! #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1945 7 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All the Rage: The Boondocks Past and Present #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2007 44 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Amefurashi: The Rain Goddess #1 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Amefurashi: The Rain Goddess #2 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
American Splendor #[nn] (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon August 2003 64 (53 stories, 1 cover)
American Splendor: Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 2006 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
American Splendor: Our Movie Year #[nn] (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon December 2004 56 (47 stories, 1 cover)
Arisa #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2010 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye #[nn] (Comic Book) January 2016 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Aster and the Accidental Magic #[nn] (Comic Book) January 2002 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Aster and the Accidental Magic #[nn] (Comic Book) January 2002 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Astrosmurf #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1979 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Aventura #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2007 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Aventura #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2008 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Aventura #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes #1 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes #2 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #1 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 December 2005 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Babymouse #2 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon December 2005 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #3 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 2006 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #4 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 2006 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Babymouse #5 (Hardcover) December 2006 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #6 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon May 2007 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #7 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 2007 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Babymouse #8 (Hardcover) December 2007 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #9 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon August 2008 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #10 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 2009 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #11 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon August 2009 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Babymouse #12 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 2010 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Babymouse #13 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 2010 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Babymouse #14 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 2011 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #15 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 2011 10 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #16 (Hardcover) July 2012 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #17 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 2013 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #18 (Hardcover) January 2014 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #19 (Hardcover) April 2015 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2005 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #2 [Eighteenth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2005 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #2 [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2005 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #2 [Fourth Printing] (Comic Book) February 2006 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #3 (Comic Book) May 2006 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #4 (Comic Book) September 2006 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #5 (Comic Book) December 2006 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #6 (Comic Book) May 2007 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #7 (Comic Book) September 2007 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #8 (Comic Book) December 2007 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #9 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 2008 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #10 (Comic Book) January 2009 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #11 (Comic Book) August 2009 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #12 (Comic Book) January 2010 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #13 (Comic Book) September 2010 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #14 (Comic Book) May 2011 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #15 (Comic Book) September 2011 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #16 (Comic Book) July 2012 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Babymouse #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2013 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Babymouse #18 (Comic Book) January 2014 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Babymouse #19 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 2015 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
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Bakugan Battle Brawlers #2 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bakugan Battle Brawlers #3 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bakugan Battle Brawlers #4 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bakugan Battle Brawlers #5 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
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Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 2006 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 2006 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 2006 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 2007 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Ben 10 Alien Force: Ben 10 Returns #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2008 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Ben 10 Alien Force: Doom Dimension #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 2010 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
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