Random House to Release Bennett Cerf Biography

Random House will publish Nothing Random: Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built by longtime PW contributor Gayle Feldman on January 13, 2026.

According to the publisher, Nothing Random will trace Cerf’s beginnings as a TV star to his ascent as a publishing titan. Cerf cofounded Random House in 1927. It will also draw on more than 200 interviews, previously unavailable private letters, and extensive archival research.

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