JC Lattès
# 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:

* 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

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 Joffo
* Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
* Le Code De Vinci by Dan Brown
