title: JC Lattès
text: # 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
  