Hachette India is the Indian arm of Hachette UK, which is the second-biggest publishing group in the UK and is itself owned by Hachette Livre, the third largest trade publisher in the world and a part of the Lagardère Group.
Hachette India, which commenced operations on 7 May 2008, began its local publishing programme, in May 2009, with Amit Varma’s My Friend Sancho, the highest selling fiction debut of the year. A wide array of books has been published since, ranging from general, literary and commercial fiction, children’s and reference books, as well as non-fiction, covering memoirs, self-help, travel, history, business, popular culture, lifestyle, and sports.
Hachette India has published authors like Subroto Bagchi, DSC Prize winner Anuradha Roy, World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka, Sachin Tendulkar, former CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, Malala Yousafzai, Manjula Padmanabhan, S.B. Divya, Bora Chung, Rana Safvi, Shinie Antony, chefs Manish Mehrotra and Ritu Dalmia, to name a few.
The Children’s Books division got off to a great start as well, with the bestselling The Mahatma and the Monkeys. Our most popular children’s titles include Roopa Pai’s The Gita for Children(with its follow-ups The Vedas and Upanishads for Children and The Yoga Sutras for Children), Archana Garodia Gupta and Shruti Garodia’s two-volume History of India for Children, as well as the Children’s Yearbook & Infopedia. We also publish the Limca Book of Records.
From 2024, HI has a Trade Reference division that publishes popular reference for adults and children’s alike extending the legacy imprint Chambers into India. The division also publishes the Quick and Concise series of beginners guides to various subjects of enduring relevance covering history, economics, literature, philosophy, mathematics, and the arts, among others. In 2025, HI has signed on the popular YouTube quizzing sensations Nipun Jain and Mohit Mamoria, collectively known to their millions of followers as the Arey Pata Hai duo.
The Hachette Group is the oldest trade publisher in the world, having celebrated 250 years of in 2018.
The key publishing companies/imprints belonging to the Hachette Group represented by us:
1. John Murray Press
Oldest English language trade publisher in the world (founded 1768) and now over 250 years old, the imprint that signed up Jane Austen and Lord Byron and published Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in addition to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It has also been home to poet laureate John Betjeman, whose work became the first poetry bestseller, and travel writing legend Patrick Leigh Fermor. Recent bestsellers include Stephen Hawking’s last book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime, and The One Thing. It is also the publisher behind the long running Teach Yourself series. John Murray Press, with their imprint Dialogue, also publishes a range of titles shining a spotlight on stories by, about and for readers from LGBTQI+, disabled, working-class and Black, Asian and marginalized communities. One of their other imprints, Jessica Kingsley specializes in books on autism, social work, and arts therapies.
2. Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton, established in 1868 and recently celebrating its 150th anniversary, is a prominent British publisher best known for its Yellowbacks, popular fiction titles that were hugely successful from the 1930s to the 1950s. These included early hits from authors like Sapper, Leslie Charteris, and Dorothy Sayers. Hodder is recognized for its commercial success with a strong crossover into literary fiction. Its bestselling authors include John Grisham, Stephen King, David Nicholls, Jodi Picoult, Jasper Fforde, Erich Segal, and James Clavell. The publisher’s core literary imprint, Sceptre, features acclaimed writers such as David Mitchell and Thomas Keneally. In India, The Art of Thinking Clearly is among Hodder’s top-selling titles. Other notable books include The Last Lecture, Leading by Sir Alex Ferguson, A Man Called Ove, Venki Ramakrishnan’s Why We Die, and Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography Playing It My Way.
3. Headline Publishing Group:
Headline boasts a robust commercial publishing list, featuring top-selling authors such as Maggie O’Farrell, Deborah Harkness, Martina Cole, and Jeanine Cummins, legacy brands like Jack Welch and Hillary Clinton, and celebrity memoirs by the likes of Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Perry. They are also the publishers of the bestselling Empire of the Moghul series by Alex Rutherford. With Welbeck, Headline also publishes a range of non-fiction, including the Little Book series and Ogilvy on Advertising.
4. The Orion Publishing Group:
Orion is best known in India for bestsellers like The Silent Patient, Gone Girl, I Am Malala, Sophie’s World, The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, The Witcher, the Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer novels by Michael Connelly, The Kingkiller Chronicle series by Patrick Rothfuss, and the Bourne series by Robert Ludlum. They have also published Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners like The Siege of Krishnapur and The Color Purple, and seminal works by sci-fi legends like Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin and Frank Herbert in the SF Masterworks series under Gollancz. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, their other iconic imprint is home to such notable books as The Second World War by Antony Beevor, Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Life by Keith Richards, and Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino.
5. Little, Brown Book Group
The Little, Brown Book Group has published blockbusters such as Shantaram, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Tipping Point, Steve Jobs, Deep Work, Mindset, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Twilight, The Devotion of Suspect X, and most recently Fourth Wing. They have also published a slew of Pulitzer Prize winners like The Goldfinch, Gilead, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Less, The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys, Night Watch, The Sympathizer, and The Night Watchman, as well as Margaret Atwood’s Booker prize–winning novel The Blind Assassin. Their imprints include Abacus (noted for high-quality non-fiction including works by Eric Hobsbawm, Nelson Mandela, Charles Allen, and Tim Harford), Virago (home to legends like Daphne du Maurier, Maya Angelou, and Sarah Waters), Orbit (specializing in fantasy), Atom (focused on YA), as well as Sphere (Asterix, Nicholas Sparks, Ali Hazelwood, and Colleen Hoover), Piatkus (Brian Weiss, David Allen, Seth Godin, Ana Huang, Elsie Silver, and Julia Quinn), Constable (MC Beaton, Mike Brearley, Harini Nagendra), Robinson (non-fiction imprint specializing in self-help, MBS, and psychology), and Corsair (who have published Ira Levin, Roxane Gay, and Ada Limón).
6. Octopus Publishing Group:
Octopus Publishing Group has a well-established presence in illustrated and visual publishing, supported by a strong lineup of imprints including Hamlyn, Mitchell Beazley, Philip’s, Conran Octopus, Cassell, Gaia, Godsfield, Aster, Pyramid, Kyle, and Ilex.
They’ve also ventured into the world of narrative non-fiction with imprints like Endeavour, Monoray, Radar, and Short Books. Brazen, their latest imprint publishes both fiction and non-fiction as well as a score of translated titles. Some of their most recent successes include The Full Moon Coffee Shop and The Bookshop Woman. Summersdale publishes content in the genres of gift and humour, travel writing, general non-fiction, and health and wellbeing.
7. Quercus:
Quercus is the leading publisher of crime in translation, with MacLehose Press. They publish a wide variety of books on fashion, design, art, and architecture with Laurence King Publishing, including Fabric for Fashion and 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design. They are best known for publishing Stieg Larsson, Beth O’Leary, the Millennium series, The Book of Ichigo Ichie, and the in Minutes series.
8. Hachette Children’s Group:
The Hachette Children’s Group is best known in India as the publishers of Enid Blyton, Leigh Bardugo, and the Heartstopper series. They are also well known for series such as Horrid Henry, Rainbow Magic, Beast Quest, Dinosaur Roar!, How to Train Your Dragon, Nevermoor, and The Boy at the Back of the Class, along with a range of bestselling picture books from the likes of Rachel Bright, Giles Andreae, David Melling, Kes Gray, and Jim Field. HCG are the publishers of JK Rowling’s Ickabog and The Christmas Pig. Their imprints include Hodder Children’s Books; Orchard Books; Orion Children’s Books; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Quercus Children’s Books; Laurence King Children’s Books; Pat-a-Cake; Welbeck Children’s Books; Wren & Rook; Franklin Watts; and Wayland Books.
9. Hachette Book Group USA:
Hachette Book Group USA is made up of dozens of esteemed imprints within the publishing groups Basic Books Group; Grand Central Publishing Group; Little, Brown and Company; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Orbit; and Workman Running Press Group. Hachette India has started representing their manga imprint Yen Press as of 2025.
10. BIS Publishers
BIS Publishing is a media company that has been dedicated to creating inspiring and innovative products since its founding in 1985. Based in Amsterdam, they specialize in producing books, games, and gifts in the areas of creativity, design, innovation, and leadership.
11. Bookouture
Bookouture is a dynamic digital publisher of bestselling commercial fiction, now moving into printed books. They also publish commercial non-fiction under the Thread imprint.
12. Profile Books
Profile Books is an agency that publishes stimulating non-fiction in a wide range of fields. Bestselling authors include Mary Beard, Francis Fukuyama, Marshall Goldsmith, Robert Greene, Ryan Holiday, Shoshana Zuboff, and the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics Daren Acemoğlu and James A. Robinson. Their most well-known titles include What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, The 48 Laws of Power, and The Decision Book. Their most recent success has been the immensely popular Murdle series
13. Michael O’Mara
Michael O’Mara is best known for their Buster Books imprint, which publishes the Brain Games for Clever Kids series. They publish a wide range of non-fiction, including history, popular science, language, sport, biography, puzzles, gift, humour, and craft.
14. Paperblanks
Produces high-end stationery products including journals and creative tools.
15. Hachette’s International Publishing Operations
Hachette also operates internationally through its companies in regions such as Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. These branches have their own independent publishing programs and contribute to Hachette’s global editorial and market presence.
