About
Hodder & Stoughton was founded in 1868, and built on publishing the biggest quality commercial books of each era, and promoting them adventurously. Publishing in the early years included Winston Churchill, GK Chesterton and The Bible, then the 1920s brought an explosion of commercial fiction at keen prices – Hodder’s “Yellow jackets” series were the pre-cursors to the first paperbacks, and included bestsellers from John Buchan, Sapper and Edgar Wallace.
After the war Hodder published landmark non-fiction bestsellers like John Hunt’s The Ascent of Everest and Anthony Sampson’s Anatomy of Britain, and an expanded range of quality commercial voices like Mary Stewart and Elizabeth Goudge.
Hodder & Stoughton now publishes under three imprints:
Hodder & Stoughton
General fiction including bestselling authors John le Carré, Stephen King, Rosamunde Pilcher, Jodi Picoult and Robyn Young. A strong crime and thriller list includes John Connolly, Jeffery Deaver, Elizabeth George, Sophie Hannah and Peter Robinson, and bestselling women’s fiction authors include Jojo Moyes, Fiona Walker and Alexandra Potter. General non-fiction categories including Biography, Memoir, Sports, Humour, Health, Lifestyle and the Environment, and our authors include Kate Adie, Pam Ayres, Russell Brand, Alex Ferguson, John Grogan, John Humphrys, James May and Ray Mears.
Sceptre
Prize-winning authors include Melvyn Bragg, Keri Hulme, Siri Hustvedt, Thomas Keneally, Andrew Miller, David Mitchell, Sceptre also publishes innovative non-fiction as diverse as Tracey Emin’s memoirs to Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s The Cloudspotter’s Guide.
Hodder Faith
Religious books for the general and Christian markets, including The NIV, The World’s Most Popular Bible, and top authors RT Kendall, Jay John, Joyce Meyer and Philip Yancey.
Hodder & Stoughton’s style has always been to launch big authors with huge campaigns to create tomorrow’s brand names and iconic bestsellers. In different but equally innovative ways Hodder does the same today.