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Atlantic Books was founded in 2000, built on a vision of combining prizewinning literary fiction with dynamic, agenda-setting non-fiction. Over the years their authors have won every major prize, from the Booker to the Baillie Gifford; staff have earned several industry accolades including the coveted Publisher of the Year Award; and books have reached millions of readers worldwide.
Iconic highlights of their past include The White Tiger, Call Me By Your Name, My Sister the Serial Killer, Neurotribes, Why the Germans Do it Better, Crazy Rich Asians and God is Not Great; and classics of the future include Colin Walsh’s #1 bestselling debut Kala, Martin MacInnes’s multi-award-winning In Ascension, Emma Curtis’s psychological thrillers The Babysitter and The Commuter, Sir Anthony Seldon’s definitive, insider accounts of the corridors of power; and the multi-million-selling international phenomenon The Courage to Be Disliked.
Atlantic Books strives to publish some of the very best fiction and non-fiction written today, from its headquarters in the heart of literary London. In this post, you can learn more about their imprints and their latest releases.
Their imprints
Atlantic
Independent publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction.
Allen & Unwin
Australia’s leading independent publisher of smart fiction and non-fiction, published in the UK through Atlantic Books.
Corvus
Atlantic’s commercial fiction list which includes women’s, historical, romance, sci-fi, crime and thriller.
Grove Press UK
An imprint of Grove Atlantic, an American independent publisher, who publish in the UK through Atlantic Books.
Meet the Atlantic Books list with these selected picks!
Talk Data to Me, by Rose McGee
A sweet and sexy STEMinist rom com, perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis and You’ve Got Mail.
‘Rivals-to-lovers romcom excellence’ Jenna Levine
‘Irresistible to anyone looking for a steamy STEM romance’ Deidra Duncan
The rivalry between Dr Erin Monaghan and Dr Ethan Meyer is legendary in their prestigious physics lab.
Each at the forefront of their opposing fields, they compete for everything: grant money, research time, government backing – and use of the office coffee machine.
But it’s a basic law of nature that opposites attract, and sparks fly after a science fiction magazine pairs their work and they meet online as their creative alter egos.
Back at the lab, and forced to collaborate on a high-profile government contract, Erin and Ethan’s sizzling virtual chemistry spills over into real life, threatening the project’s success.
With their careers and hearts on the line, can the law of attraction finally win out?
The Phoenix Ballroom, by Ruth Hogan
A gorgeously uplifting tale celebrating the joys of late-life transformation, found family and community from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things.
‘Magical… uplifting .. the Phoenix Ballroom feels like an old friend’ Anton Du Beke
‘A rich and joyful story, told with wit and heart’ Beth Morrey
Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she’s been sleepwalking through the last fifty years.
Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a community drop-in centre could be seen as reckless, but Venetia’s generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for an array of damaged and lonely people.
As their stories intertwine, long-buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives renewed – the Phoenix lives up to its name.
Bonjour, Sophie, by Elizabeth Buchan
A stunningly written, evocative and atmospheric novel of self-discovery and family secrets perfect for reading groups, from the bestselling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman and Two Women in Rome.
‘Vividly conjures the excitement of Paris’ RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things
‘Beguiling’ The Times
Can she escape the darkness of her past in the City of Light?
It’s 1959 and time for eighteen-year-old Sophie’s real life to start. Her existence in the village of Poynsdean, Sussex, with her austere foster-father and his frustrated wife is suffocating.
She dreams of escape to Paris, the wartime home her French mother fled before her birth. Getting there will take spirit and ingenuity, but it will be her chance to uncover the mystery of her family background, and, perhaps, to find a place where she can finally belong.
When Sophie eventually arrives in the Paris arising from the ashes of the war, it’s both everything she imagined, and not at all what she expected…
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