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