Founded: 1968
Éditions JC Lattès, which is open to all aspects of contemporary culture, has gradually emerged as a front-ranking publisher of general fiction and nonfiction in France. French authors from Nina Bouraoui and Valérie Tong Cuong to Éric Giacometti and Jacques Ravenne have gained a readership at home and abroad. Among international authors, Dan Brown, E.L. James, John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, John Boyne, Rose Tremain and more have appeared on bestseller lists. Laurent Alexandre, Michel Lejoyeux and Bertrand Périer have scored similar success in nonfiction. Lattès has several Nobel laureates on its list, including Muhammad Yunus, Luc Montagnier and Svetlana Alexievitch. Maryse Condé was presented with the New Academy Prize in Literature.