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JC Lattès is a French publishing house. A division of
Hachette Livre Hachette () is a French publisher. Founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, the company later became L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, Hachette SA and Hachette Livre in France. After acquiring an Australian publisher, Hachette ...
since 1981, JC Lattès' catalogue includes the works of
Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), '' The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), ''The Lost Symbol'' (2009), '' Inferno'' (2013), ...
, as well as ''
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'' 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 Editions Jean-Claude Lattès, and ran it until 1981. JC Lattès currently has a catalog of more than 1000 titles. Its major successes include: *Le 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 Irene Frain *Leon l'Africain (Leo Africanus) by Amin Maalouf *
Fifty Shades of Grey ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It became the first instalment in the ''Fifty Shades'' novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, ...
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, Ake Edwardson, Lars Christensen Saabye, and Karin Fossum.


Notable novels in French

* '' Un sac de billes'' by Joseph Joffo * ''
Leo Africanus Joannes Leo Africanus (born al-Hasan Muhammad al-Wazzan, ar, الحسن محمد الوزان ; c. 1494 – c. 1554) was an Andalusian diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book '' Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica'', later ...
'' by Amin Maalouf * '' Le Code De Vinci'' by
Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), '' The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), ''The Lost Symbol'' (2009), '' Inferno'' (2013), ...


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