Encounter Books is an American conservative book publisher. It is an activity of Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc. Encounter Books draws its name from Encounter, the now defunct literary magazine founded by Irving Kristol and Stephen Spender.
Encounter Books publishes serious non-fiction books, with a scholarly leaning, in the areas of history, religion, biography, education, public policy, current affairs, social sciences, and politics.
Encounter Books was founded in 1997 in San Francisco, by Peter Collier. Collier retired in late-2005, and Encounter Books was taken over by the commentator Roger Kimball, who is also co-editor and publisher of The New Criterion. Kimball relocated Encounter Books to New York City in early 2006.
Encounter Books has published many well-known writers, including Brian C. Anderson, Ward Connerly, Theodore Dalrymple, John Fund, Victor Davis Hanson, Peter Hitchens, David Horowitz, Leon Kass, William Kristol, Yuval Levin, Andrew C. McCarthy, Melanie Phillips, David Pryce-Jones, Jean-François Revel, Thomas Sowell, David Stove, and Keith Windschuttle.
Encounter Books is distributed by the Perseus Books Group.
Read more about Encounter Books: The New York Times Bestsellers, Encounter Broadsides, The New York Times Book Review
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