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Vintage Books VINTAGE BOOKS (est. 1954) and ANCHOR BOOKS (est. 1953) are trade paperback publishers. VINTAGE BOOKS
Vintage Books was founded in 1954 by Alfred A.

Knopf as a trade paperback home to its authors. Its publishing list includes a wide range, from the most influential works of world literature to cutting edge contemporary fiction and distinguished non-fiction. As the continuous publisher of important writers including William Faulkner, Vladimir Nabokov, Albert Camus, Ralph Ellison, Dashiell Hammett, William Styron, A.S. Byatt, Philip Roth, Toni M

orrison, Ha Jin, Richard Ford, Cormac McCarthy, Alice Munro, Raymond Chandler, Orhan Pamuk, Dave Eggers, Robert Caro, Joseph Ellis, Haruki Murakami, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez it is today's foremost trade paperback publisher. ANCHOR BOOKS
Founded in 1953 Anchor Books is the oldest trade paperback publisher in America. The goal was to make inexpensive editions of modern classics widely available to college students and the adult public. They succeeded admirably. Today, Anchor's list boasts award-winning history, science, women's studies, sociology, and quality fiction. Authors published by Anchor Books include Chinua Achebe, Ian McEwan, Alexander McCall Smith, Karen Armstrong, Jon Krakauer, Chuck Palahniuk, Mary Gordon, Dan Brown, and Margaret Atwood.

What our lives look like lately. ⛄
12/23/2025

What our lives look like lately. ⛄

12/22/2025

Join us for evening to celebrate the legacy of Jane Austen with our dear friends on 1.14.26 in conversation with , Adelle Waldman, , and Alexandra Scwartz.

SPACE IS LIMITED.

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We are thrilled to see our repackage program with Na Kim for Vladimir Nabokov made Literary Hub's: The 50 Biggest Litera...
12/22/2025

We are thrilled to see our repackage program with Na Kim for Vladimir Nabokov made Literary Hub's: The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year list.

In 2025, we were surviving, if perhaps not always thriving. We sang along to “Golden” in the grocery store and hung Labubus from our bags. We reheated nachos. We saw Sinners in multiple…

12/19/2025

POV: You can't stop reading DISCONTENT 🪑 by Beatriz Serrano ()

The book that was written for everyone who has ever wanted more: more time, more meaning, more connection.

On the surface, Marisa's life looks enviable, and yet Marisa hates her job and everything about it. Told with humor, DISCONTENT is a tale of modern angst reclaiming our lives from work.

12/19/2025

POV: You can't stop reading DISCONTENT by Beatriz Serrano ()

The book that was written for everyone who has ever wanted more: more time, more meaning, more connection.

On the surface, Marisa’s life looks enviable, and yet Marisa hates her job and everything about it. Told with humor, DISCONTENT is a tale of modern angst and reclaiming our lives from work.

POV: You rediscover the classics just in time for hibernation season.
12/18/2025

POV: You rediscover the classics just in time for hibernation season.

12/17/2025

The modern classics you love, redesigned for another generation of readers and all-the-time Toni Morrison readers alike.

12/16/2025

"The rules around female behavior have changed, but the architecture of how people interact and fall in love have not," author Jennifer Egan told Jezebel on why Austen endures.

We are thrilled to learn THE EL by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. won this year's CHIRBy award for fiction!
12/12/2025

We are thrilled to learn THE EL by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. won this year's CHIRBy award for fiction!

✨A NYT 100 Notable Books of 2025 Pick✨A GENTLEMAN’S GENTLEMAN has been selected as one of the New York Times Book Review...
11/25/2025

✨A NYT 100 Notable Books of 2025 Pick✨

A GENTLEMAN’S GENTLEMAN has been selected as one of the New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2025, just in time for gifting season! And if that isn’t enough excitement, the highly anticipated follow-up, A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is available to pre-order at the link in our bio!

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