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2022

Netflix releases The Midnight Club, based on the novel by Christopher Pike

2022

ITV releases The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, based on the book by David Leigh and Tony Hutchinson

2022

ITV releases Holding, based on the novel by Graham Norton

2022

60 Years of University Challenge is published, with trivia, behind-the-scenes detail and a raft of questions to test your knowledge from the long-running TV quiz

2022

Top 50 Employers for Women, The Times

2022

The Repair Shop by Elizabeth Wilhide and Jayne Dowle is published, from the popular BBC series

2022

Netflix releases Heartstopper, based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman

2022

Windswept & Interesting by Billy Connolly published

2022

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason wins the Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards

2022

Dialogue becomes a division, focused on its mission to champion inclusivity

2021

The Louder I Will Sing by Lee Lawrence wins the Costa Biography Award

2021

Hachette UK acquires Paperblanks

2021

Top 50 Employers for Women, The Times

2021

Best Covid-19 Response (Shortlisted), Working Families Best Practice Awards

2021

Hachette becomes the home of global family favourite graphic novels, Asterix which was created in 1959 by writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo

2021

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich published and wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

2021

Orion wins Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

2021

BBC releases The Girl Before, based on the novel by J P Delaney

2021

Amazon Prime releases The Wheel of Time, based on the novels by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

2021

Amazon Prime releases The Underground Railroad, based on the novel by Colson Whitehead

2021

Feminist Book Box - a subscription service celebrating feminist voices - is launched

2021

Quentin Tarantino’s debut novel Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel is published, based on his 2019 film of the same name

2021

Netflix releases The Last Letter from your Lover, based on the novel by Jojo Moyes

2021

Netflix releases Shadow and Bone, based on the novels by Leigh Bardugo

2021

Netflix releases Stay Close, based on the novel by Harlan Coben

2021

By Billie Eilish, a visual narrative journey through her life, is published

2021

Inclusivity in Publishing Award, London Book Fair International Excellence Awards

2021

The film tie-in version of Dune by Frank Herbert is published

2020

Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given published

2020

Dear NHS curated by Adam Kay published

2020

British Dyslexia Association (BDA) Smart Award, British Dyslexia Association

2020

Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad published

2020

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

2020

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey becomes the biggest selling audiobook of all time at HUK

2020

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell published and wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020 and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 2020

2020

Netflix releases The Queen’s Gambit, based on the novel by Walter Tevis

2020

Top 50 Employers for Women, The Times

2020

Netflix releases Bridgerton, based on the novels by Julia Quinn

2020

BBC releases A Suitable Boy, based on the novel by Vikram Seth

2020

Employee Network Group of the Year (Private Sector), Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei) Awards

2019

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides published

2019

Netflix releases The Witcher, based on the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski

2019

Hachette UK acquires Laurence King Publishing

2019

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams published and wins the Book of the Year at the British Book Awards

2019

Becoming the Supervet is published, a memoir by Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, star of the Channel 4 series The Supervet

2019

Hachette Children’s Group author-illustrator Cressida Cowell becomes Children’s Laureate

2018

The Great British Bake Off published

2018

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman published

2018

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens published

2018

In A House of Lies by Ian Rankin published

2018

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff published

2018

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking published

2018

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser wins the Pulitzer Prize for Biography

2018

Sky One releases A Discovery of Witches, based on the novels by Deborah Harkness

2018

Less by Andrew Sean Greer published and wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

2018

Silent Scream by Angela Marsons, the first in the Detective Kim Stone crime thriller series published

2017

David Shelley appointed CEO of Hachette UK

2017

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

2017

Hachette UK acquires Jessica Kingsley Publishers

2017

Hachette Children’s Group author-illustrator Lauren Child becomes Children’s Laureate

2017

Hachette UK acquires Bookouture

2017

BBC releases Strike, based on the Cormoran Strike detective novels written by J. K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith

2016

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

2016

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling published

2016

Famous Five for Grown-Ups series by Bruno Vincent published

2016

Reading Planet, the primary reading scheme, is launched

2016

Hodder Education wins Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

2016

Hodder Education acquires Singapore list from Pearson, establishing a base for their Asia operations

2015

Hodder Education wins Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

2015

Hachette Distribution centre opens

2015

Hodder Education acquires Rising Stars and enters the primary curriculum market

2015

Release of the film based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

2014

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng published

2014

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

2014

Little, Brown wins Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

2014

Hachette UK acquires Quercus

2014

Release of the film Gone Girl based on the novel by Gillian Flynn

2013

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith published

2013

Sycamore Row by John Grisham published

2013

Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography published

2013

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai published

2013

Netflix releases Orange is the New Black, based on the novel by Piper Kerman

2013

Channel 4 releases Labyrinth, based on the novel by Kate Mosse

2012

Mindset by Carol Dweck published

2012

The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling published

2012

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn published

2012

Hachette UK acquires the Enid Blyton estate

2011

The Litigators by John Grisham published

2011

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson published

2011

The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht published and wins the Orange Prize for Fiction

2010

Life by Keith Richards published

2010

Sex and the City 2, the official companion book to the film, is published

2010

Little, Brown Book Group wins Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

2009

One Day by David Nicholls published

2008

Release of the film Twilight, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer

2008

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson published

2006

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier published

2006

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer published

2006

The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney published and wins the Costa Prize for ‘Book of the Year’

2006

Hachette Livre UK acquires Time Warner Book Group, renaming it Little, Brown Book Group

2005

The Island by Victoria Hislop published

2005

Orion wins Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

2005

Himalaya by Michael Palin Illustrated Book of the Year at the British Book Awards

2004

Release of the film The Notebook, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks

2004

Hachette Children’s Books formed through the merger of Hodder Children’s Books and Franklin Watts

2004

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts published

2004

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith published

2004

Little, Brown Book Group wins Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

2004

Small Island by Andrea Levy published and wins the Orange Prize for Fiction, Whitbread Book of the Year, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) 2005 and ‘Best of the Best’ Women’s Prize winner from the first decade of the Prize

2004

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón published

2004

Hodder Headline acquired by Lagardère, creating Hachette Livre UK

2004

Quercus founded

2003

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell published

2003

Sahara by Michael Palin wins Illustrated Book of the Year at the British Book Awards

2003

Little, Brown’s audio list is launched in 2003 as Time Warner Audiobooks, changing name to Hachette Audio when it is acquired by Hachette in 2006

2001

Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham published

2001

American Gods by Neil Gaiman published

2001

1st to Die by James Patterson published

2001

Hachette Livre acquires John Murray Press

1999

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees, published

1998

The Lost Gardens of Heligan by Tim Smit wins Illustrated Book of the Year at the British Book Awards

1997

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters published

1996

Hachette Livre acquires Orion

1995

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela published

1994

Little, Brown Book Group wins Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards

1993

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth published

1993

Hodder Headline formed by Headline’s acquisition of Hodder & Stoughton

1992

The Quiche of Death by MC Beaton published

1992

Dangerous Lady by Martina Cole published

1991

Orion Publishing Group founded

1990

Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell published

1988

Little, Brown launched in the UK

1986

Headline founded

1984

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou published

1984

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks published

1976

Hodder Children’s Books founded

1971

Octopus founded

1962

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir published

1953

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis published

1942

The Famous Five by Enid Blyton published

1939

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier published

1938

Teach Yourself series first published

1937

The Trial by Franz Kafka published

1908

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster published

1897

Dracula by Bram Stoker published

1891

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde published

1883

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson published

1872

Chambers English Dictionary published

1868

Hodder & Stoughton founded

1859

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin published

1847

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë published

1846

L. Hachette et Compagnie is founded

1837

Charles Little & James Brown found Little, Brown in Boston, USA

1826

Louis Hachette founds the bookshop and publisher Brédif

1815

Emma by Jane Austen published

1768

John Murray founded