Chatto & Windus (Firm)

Founded in London in 1873, Chatto & Windus grew out of the earlier publishing business of John Camden Hotten after his death. The firm took its enduring name from Andrew Chatto and William Edward Windus, and over time built a reputation for literary publishing in Britain.

Across its history, the house published a wide range of notable authors and became associated with serious fiction, essays, and cultural writing. In the late twentieth century it was acquired by Random House, and today it continues as an imprint within Penguin Random House.

For listeners browsing older or classic titles, the name often signals a publisher with deep roots in English-language literary life and a catalogue shaped by generations of well-known writers.