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.

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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:

Un Sac de billes by Joseph Joffo
Le Vent du soir by Jean d'Ormesson
Le Nabab by Irène Frain
Léon l'Africain by Amin Maalouf
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
The Red Scarves
The Officers
Geisha

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

Notable novels in French

Un sac de billes by Joseph JoffoLeo Africanus by Amin MaaloufLe Code De Vinci by Dan Brown