Sceptre is an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, a British publishing house which is a division of Hachette UK.
Founded in 1986 as the literary imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, Sceptre’s remit is to publish original fiction and non-fiction that aims not just to entertain and absorb but also to stretch the mind: to be thought-provoking, stimulating, surprising and enlightening.
David Mitchell- Cloud Atlas (2004) - winner of the British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award, Richard & Judy Book of the Year Award, shortlisted for the 2004
Booker Prize,
Nebula Award, and
Arthur C. Clarke Award. Adapted into a
film (2012) of the same name, starring
Tom Hanks and
Halle Berry.-
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010) - winner of the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional prize, long-listed for the
Booker Prize, shortlisted for the 2011
Walter Scott Prize.
Thomas Keneally-
Schindler's Ark (1982) - winner of the Man Booker Prize, adapted into the film Schindler's List, directed by
Steven Spielberg-
The Widow and Her Hero (2007) - shortlisted for the
Miles Franklin Award and for the Prime Minister's Literary Award-
The Daughters of Mars (2012)
Andrew Miller-
Ingenious Pain (1997)-
Oxygen (2001) - shortlisted for the Booker Prize and for the Whitbread Novel Award-
Pure (2011) - winner of the
Costa PrizeChris Cleave-
The Other Hand (2008) - shortlisted for the 2008
Costa Book Award-
Gold (2012)
Jenn AshworthSiri HustvedtNed Beauman-
Boxer, Beetle (2010) - shortlisted for the
Guardian First Book Award 2010