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We're an independent publisher based in London. http://www.profilebooks.com Profile publishes business books in partnership with the CMI and with The Economist.

We publish powerful non-fiction that will expand your mind and keep your attention by authors including Mary Beard, Alan Bennett, Kwame Anthony Appiah and Robert Greene. Profile was founded in 1996 by Andrew Franklin and Stephen Brough to publish stimulating non-fiction in a wide range of fields, including history, business and economics, science and biography, with a sprinkling of humour. Bestsel

lers over the years have included the New Scientist Last Word series selling over 2.5 million and Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss (more than 3 million copies sold worldwide). Bestselling authors include Mary Beard, Alan Bennett, Simon Garfield, Francis Fukuyama, Simon Jenkins, Atul Guwande, and Sandi Toksvig. Profile is very proud to publish Susan Hill, one of the world’s greatest ghost story writers, short story collections in conjunction with Oxfam and a new series with the Wellcome Trust. In 2002 the company acquired the HarperCollins UK business list, including classics like In Search of Excellence. Profile’s bestselling business list includes The 48 Laws of Power, The Decision Book and Yes!. Profile’s Frankenstein app was one of the Guardian‘s apps of the year in 2013. An innovative maths app, with content by Professor Ian Stewart launched 2014 in partnership with Touchpress, and won a 2015 Digital Book World award. Bestselling narrative adventure game 80 Days, created with Inkle, won a Futurebook Award in 2014. In 2007 Profile acquired Serpent’s Tail, a company founded by Pete Ayrton that publishes highly distinctive award-winning international fiction such as We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, Karen Joy Fowler, Adrian McKinty, Nicolson Baker, Jami Attenberg and J. Robert Lennon. In 2011 Profile Books launched the Clerkenwell Press headed by Geoff Mulligan, which focuses on literary fiction and nonfiction and fiction in translation. In 2012 Profile bought the award winning Tindal Street titles.

12/02/2026

Discover 5 tips to boost your mental wellbeing with Dr Gavin Francis.

GP and bestselling author Gavin Francis returns with his new book The Unfragile Mind: Making Sense of Mental Health, a deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness.

Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer a mental disorder. One in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. Gavin’s new book explores the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and looks to a kinder, more curious and hopeful future.

Mind is out today, in partnership with the Wellcome Collection.

22/01/2026

GP and bestselling author Gavin Francis discusses his favourite books on mental health

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In his new book The Unfragile Mind, Gavin draws on conversations with patients, colleagues, and his thirty years of practice to explore the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and the problems – including mood disorders, trauma, anxiety and addiction – that he addresses daily. The mind, he argues, is dynamic and adaptive – better addressed not with rigid labels and protocols, but with curiosity, kindness, humility and hope.

publishes in collaboration with the Wellcome Collection on 12th February.

13/06/2024

Stuck for Father's Day ideas? The Daily Dad by Ryan Holiday has you covered!

From the bestselling author of The Daily Stoic, this brilliant book is full of inspiring quotes and advice for fathers 🎁

Order now to get it in time for Sunday! https://bit.ly/3z44eRC

11/06/2024

'Right Thing, Right Now is a message all of us need to hear' - Arnold Schwarzenegger

The latest in the New York Times bestselling series: the life-changing power of integrity.

Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday is out today! https://amzn.to/3VifL7g

14/03/2024

Today is the 20th anniversary of my recitation from memory of Pi (3.14...) to 22,514 decimal places. It was also twenty years ago that I was diagnosed with autism. In my forthcoming book, 'Nine Minds', I explore the extraordinary achievements and inner lives of nine neurodivergent men and women from around the globe. From a Fields Medal-winning mathematician to a murder detective, a pioneering surgeon to a bestselling novelist, each is remarkable in their field, and each is changing how the world sees those on the spectrum.

'Nine Minds' will be published in the UK on July 11 and you can find links to preorder the book here:

https://linktr.ee/ninemindsbook

19/05/2023

TGIF 🍻 if you’re looking for tips on how to cut down on the booze from a master of moderate drinking, with some hilarious anecdotes and fascinating facts thrown in, look no further. Adrian Chiles’ honest, funny memoir of drinking comes out in paperback next Thursday. Cheers!

15/05/2023

Florian Illies is the author of the international bestseller 1913, and this is a return to the sense of life and gravity he elicits so well - as you read, you feel you could be in 1930s Paris, glimpsing Sartre and de Beauvoir deep in conversation outside a cafe...
1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other concerns.

Jean-Paul Sartre waits anxiously in a Parisian café for his first date with no-show Simone de Beauvoir. Marlene Dietrich slips from her loveless marriage into the dive bars of Berlin. Father and son Thomas and Klaus Mann clash over each other's homosexuality. And Vladimir Nabokov lovingly places a fresh-caught butterfly at the end of Verá's bed. Little do they all know, the book burning will soon begin.

Love in a Time of Hate skilfully interweaves some of the greatest love stories of the 1930s with the darkening backdrop of fascism in Europe, in an irresistible journey into the past that brings history and its actors to vivid life.

Coming 1st June. Translated by Simon Pare.

11/05/2023

Calling all nature lovers! ’ latest book is out today 🌿

Whether you are an experienced forager or have been newly-introduced to nature hikes and forest bathing, will soon become your indispensable companion 🌳

From verdant forests to wild coastlines, via city pavements, fields and rolling hills, John Wright illuminates what can be found on a walk across any British terrain, and how you might observe and truly understand them, for yourself.

Warm, wise and endlessly informative, full of helpful illustrations and suggested routes, will help you see the world around you with new eyes: no walk will be the same again🍃

09/05/2023

Calling all Essex dwellers and lovers! We've got the perfect book for you...

A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'

Essex. A county both famous and infamous: the stuff of tabloid headlines and reality television, consumer culture and right-wing politicians. England's dark id.

But beyond the sensationalist headlines lies a strange and secret place with a rich history: of smugglers and private islands, artists and radicals, myths and legends. It's where the Peasants' Revolt began and the Empire Windrush docked. And - from political movements like Brexit to cultural events like TOWIE - where Essex leads, the rest of us often follow.

Tim Burrows' The Invention of Essex has it all.

Deeply researched and thoroughly engaging, The Invention of Essex shows that there is more to this fabled English county than meets the eye.

Coming 1st June

12/04/2023

When you go for a walk, what do you see? 👀💭

From the acclaimed author of and , will help you see the world around you with new eyes over eight walks on different British terrains 🚶

No walk will ever be the same again🍃

Coming in May, but pre-orders live.

11/04/2023

'He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him'

On 27th April, we publish : A Magpie Memoir.

When Frieda Hughes moved to the depths of the Welsh countryside, she was expecting to take on a few projects: planting a garden, painting and writing her poetry column for the Times. But instead, she found herself rescuing a baby magpie, the sole survivor of a nest destroyed in a storm – and embarking on an obsession that would change the course of her life.

As the magpie, George, grows from a shrieking scrap of feathers and bones into an intelligent, unruly companion, Frieda finds herself captivated - and apprehensive of what will happen when the time comes to finally set him free.

Perfect for fans of , we can’t wait for you to get your hands on this book and meet the charming (and mischievous!) George!

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