Mariner Books, originally an imprint of HMH Books, was established in 1997 as a publisher of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in trade

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. Mariner is also the publisher of the Harvest backlist, formerly published by Harcourt Brace/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. HarperCollins bought HMH in May 2021 for US$349 million. As of fall 2021, Mariner Books was listed as an imprint of HarperCollins.

List of books published

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The Hobbit ''The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'' is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the ...

'' by J.R.R Tolkien (1937) *''

The Fellowship of the Ring ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' is the first of three volumes of the epic novel ''The Lord of the Rings'' by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien; it is followed by ''The Two Towers'' and ''The Return of the King''. The action takes place in th ...

'' by J.R.R Tolkien (1954) *''

The Two Towers ''The Two Towers'', first published in 1954, is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel ''The Lord of the Rings''. It is preceded by '' The Fellowship of the Ring'' and followed by ''The Return of the King''. The volume's t ...

'' by J.R.R Tolkien (1954) *''

The Return of the King ''The Return of the King'' is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', following '' The Fellowship of the Ring'' and '' The Two Towers''. It was published in 1955. The story begins in the kingdom of Gondor, ...

'' by J.R.R Tolkien *'' The Man in the High Castle'', by Philip K. Dick (1962) *'' The Castle of Crossed Destinies'', by

Italo Calvino Italo Calvino (, ; ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the ''Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the '' Cosm ...

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William Weaver William Fense Weaver (24 July 1923 – 12 November 2013) was an English language translator of modern Italian literature. Weaver was best known for his translations of the work of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, and Italo Calvino,Bruce Webe"Willi ...

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If on a winter's night a traveler ''If on a winter's night a traveler'' () is a 1979 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. The Postmodern literature, postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called ''If on a winter's n ...

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, 1982. *''Downhill All the Way: An autobiography of the Years 1919 - 1939'' by

Leonard Woolf Leonard Sidney Woolf (; – ) was a British List of political theorists, political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant. He was married to author Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party and the Fabian Socie ...

, 1989. *'' The Blue Flower'', by

Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Mary Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 ''The Times'' listed her among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ''The Ob ...

(1997) *''101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No one Else Does Either'' by James Trefil (1997) *''Suspicious River'', Laura Kasischke (1997) (adapted into a film of the same name) *''

Fasting, Feasting ''Fasting, Feasting'' is a novel by Indian writer Anita Desai, first published in 1999 in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for fiction in 1999. Plot summary Anita Desai's novel of intricate family r ...

'' by Anita Desai (1999) *'' Becoming Madame Mao'',

Anchee Min Anchee Min (; born January 14, 1957) is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, '' Red Azalea'' and ''The Cooked Seed: A Memoir'', and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes stro ...

(2001) *'' The Namesake'' by Jhumpa Lahiri (2003) *''The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon'' by

Donald Hall Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of more than 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and inc ...

(2005) *''The Every Boy'' by Dana Adam Shapiro (2005) *''The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic'' by Edward Beauclerk Maurice (2005) *''Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies'' by Greg Critser (2005) *'' The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking: An Insider's Guide to Making Movies Outside of Hollywood'', The Polish brothers and Jonathan Sheldon. (2005) *''Afterlands: A Novel'' by Steven Heighton (2006) *'' Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic'' by

Alison Bechdel Alison Bechdel ( ; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip ''Dykes to Watch Out For'', she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her Graphic novel, graphic memoir ''Fun ...

(2006) *''My Latest Grievance'' by Elinor Lipman (2006) *'' The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl'' by Timothy Egan (2006) * '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' by

Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels '' Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), '' Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fiction works '' Eat ...

(2005) *'' The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science'' by

Natalie Angier Natalie Angier /ænˈdʒɪər/ (born February 16, 1958 in the Bronx, New York City) is an American nonfiction writer and a science journalist for ''The New York Times''. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 1991 and the A ...

(2007) *'' Just a Couple of Days'' by Tony Vigorito (2007) *''Lately'' by Sara Pritchard (2007) *'' Hunting Eichmann'' by Neal Bascomb *'' Ramshackle Ode'' by Keith Leonard (2016) *'' The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States'' by Jeffrey Lewis *'' Lessons From the Edge: A Memoir'' by

Marie Yovanovitch Marie Louise "Masha" Yovanovitch (born November 11, 1958) is a Canadian-American former diplomat and retired senior member of the United States Foreign Service. She served in multiple State Department posts, including Senior Advisor to the Under ...

(2022) *'' No Ordinary Assignment: A Memoir'' by Jane Ferguson (2023) * '' A Council of Dolls'' by Mona Susan Power (2023)

References

External links

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