Perseus Books

Avalon Travel is the #1 guidebook publisher in the U.S., including the #1 bestselling guides to Europe (Rick Steves) and the most extensive list of North American guides (Moon). Avalon’s U.S. market share has more than doubled since 2008.

PublicAffairs authors have won prizes in history, political science, business and economics, and include many prominent public intellectuals, among them the winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics, Abijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. Bold Type Books, a co-publishing venture between Perseus and Type Media Center, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2016 with Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi.

Hachette Books presents bold voices in narrative nonfiction, current events, history, pop culture, and humor, featuring authors like Dame Julie Andrews, Lindy West and George Will. Hachette Go, a new imprint, was launched in 2019, with a focus on health, wellness and prescriptive nonfiction. The rich backlist of Da Capo Press and Lifelong imprints have been brought under the Hachette Books umbrella.

Running Press, Running Press Kids, Running Press Miniature Editions and RP Studio publish books that inspire, entertain and delight readers with innovative formats and irresistible packages for humor, pop culture, activity, cooking and self-help titles. In 2017, Black Dog & Leventhal joined Running Press, adding their inventive program of nonfiction and illustrated books to the Running Press catalog.