Founded in London in 1986, Bloomsbury has grown into a major independent international publisher, with a list spanning fiction, history, cookery, academic publishing and children's books.
Its best-known authors include J K Rowling and Sarah J Maas. Start the Harry Potter series with Rowling's first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, while Maas is known for the bestselling Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City series.
Bloomsbury also publishes the iconic Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, one of the defining reference works in cricket. The latest edition is Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2026.
Other standout Bloomsbury titles include Susanna Clarke's Women's Prize-winning Piranesi and Khaled Hosseini's internationally acclaimed The Kite Runner, showing the breadth of Bloomsbury's literary publishing.
