JC Lattès

JC Lattès is a French publishing house. A division of Hachette Livre since 1981, JC Lattès' catalogue includes the works of Dan Brown, as well as Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James.

Founder Jean-Claude Lattès died on 17 January 2018.

Background

JC Lattès was founded in 1968 as Edition Speciale by Jean-Claude Lattès and Jacques Lanzmann. Lattès took it over in 1972, renamed it Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès, and ran it until 1981. JC Lattès currently has a catalog of more than 1000 titles. Its major successes include:

Over the years, JC Lattès has published general-interest books by French and foreign authors, including both fiction and non-fiction.[1] Its authors have included Scott Turow, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, Jean-François Parot, Jean d'Aillon, Åke Edwardson, Lars Christensen Saabye, and Karin Fossum.[1]

  • Un Sac de billes (A Bag of Marbles) by Joseph Joffo
  • Le Vent du soir (The Wind in the Evening) by Jean d'Ormesson
  • Le Nabab (The Nabob) by Irène Frain
  • Léon l'Africain (Leo Africanus) by Amin Maalouf
  • Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
  • The Red Scarves
  • The Officers
  • Geisha[1]

Notable novels in French

  • Un sac de billes by Joseph Joffo
  • Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
  • Le Code De Vinci by Dan Brown

References

  1. Who Are We? JC Lattès, retrieved 18 January 2013^