{{Short description|Publisher}} {{Other uses|Del Rey (disambiguation){{!}}Del Rey}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Del Rey Books | logo = 150px|Former logo | logo_caption = Former logo | type = Subsidiary | industry = Books, publishing | founded = {{start date and age|1977}} | founders = Judy-Lynn del Rey and Lester del Rey | key_people = {{Plain list| * Judy-Lynn del Rey * Lester del Rey * Tricia Narwani (editor-in-chief since 2013) }} | hq_location = 1745 Broadway, New York City, Random House Tower | products = Books | owner = | parent = Random House | slogan = | website = {{url|randomhousebooks.com/imprint/del-rey/}} }}
'''Del Rey Books''' is an imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bradbury promoted to publishing director of PRH's sci-fi and fantasy imprint Del Rey |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bradbury-promoted-to-publishing-director-of-prhs-sci-fi-and-fantasy-imprint-del-rey |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref> The imprint was established in 1977 under the editorship of Judy-Lynn del Rey and her husband, author Lester del Rey.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson Wise |first=Dennis |date=October 24, 2024 |title=Judy-Lynn del Rey |url=https://daily.jstor.org/judy-lynn-del-rey/ |access-date=2 October 2025 |website=JSTOR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1978 |title=Publishing World |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25623292 |journal=American Libraries |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=238–239 |jstor=25623292 |issn=0002-9769}}</ref> Today, the imprint specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and fantasy romance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Del Rey UK |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/about/publishing-houses/cornerstone/del-rey-uk/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=www.penguin.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
The first new novel published by Del Rey was ''The Sword of Shannara'' by Terry Brooks in 1977.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bouchard |first=G. A. |date=June 5, 1994 |title=A well-rounded individual; fantasy novels bring fame, but writer shrugs it off. |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/252045756 |access-date=October 2, 2025 |work=Edmonton Journal |id={{ProQuest|252045756}} }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Clute |first=John |title=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=1997 |isbn=978-1-85723-368-1 |edition=2nd |publication-date=1999 |pages=142}}</ref> Del Rey formerly published ''Star Wars'' novels under the Lucasbooks sub-imprint (licensed from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios division of The Walt Disney Company)<ref>{{Cite web |title=USATODAY.com - 'Star Wars' books are soldiering on |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-06-23-star-wars-books_x.htm |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Alter |first=Alexandra |date=July 19, 2013 |title=OFF DUTY--- Culture & Entertainment -- Books: Star Wars: A Literary Force To Be Reckoned With |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1400841433 |access-date=October 2, 2025 |work=The Wall Street Journal Asia |id={{ProQuest|1400841433}} }}</ref> that are now published by its sister imprint, Random House Worlds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Random House Launches New Imprint, Random House Worlds |url=https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/random-house-launches-new-imprint-random-house-worlds/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=penguinrandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Authors== {{div col |colwidth=12em}} *Piers Anthony *Isaac Asimov *Stephen Baxter *Amber Benson *Ray Bradbury *Max Brooks *Terry Brooks *Pierce Brown *John Brunner *Bonnie Burton *Jack L. Chalker *Cassandra Clare *Arthur C. Clarke *James Clemens *Dan Cragg *Brian Daley *Maurice G. Dantec *Philip K. Dick *Stephen R. Donaldson *David Eddings *Philip José Farmer *Mick Farren *Joe Clifford Faust *Heather Fawcett *Lynn Flewelling *Robert L. Forward *Alan Dean Foster *Gregory Frost *Christopher Golden *James L. Halperin *Barbara Hambly *Peter F. Hamilton *Ward Hawkins *Kevin Hearne *Robert A. Heinlein *Robert E. Howard *Robert Don Hughes *Danielle L. Jensen *J. Gregory Keyes *Rosemary Kirstein *Katherine Kurtz *H. P. Lovecraft *James Luceno *Anne McCaffrey *Donald E. McQuinn *China Miéville *Terry Miles *Elizabeth Moon *Sylvain Neuvel *Robert Newcomb *Larry Niven *John Norman *Naomi Novik *Frederik Pohl *Michael Poore *Christopher Rowley *David Sherman *Scott Sigler *Lucy A. Snyder *Michael J. Sullivan *J. R. R. Tolkien *Harry Turtledove *Lawrence Watt-Evans {{div col end}}
== Books published == {{Stub-section|date=November 2022}} {{Dynamic list}} '''2025'''
* ''Water Moon'' (January 2025) by Samantha Sotto Yambao<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yambao |first=Samantha Sotto |title=Water Moon {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''At the Bottom of the Garden'' (January 2025) by Camilla Bruce<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bruce |first=Camilla |title=At the Bottom of the Garden {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales'' (February 2025) by Heather Fawcett<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fawcett |first=Heather |title=Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Cursebound'' (February 2025) by Saara El-Arifi<ref>{{Cite web |last=El-Arifi |first=Saara |title=Cursebound {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Ragpicker King'' (March 2025) by Cassandra Clare<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clare |first=Cassandra |title=The Ragpicker King {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Seventh Veil of Salome'' (May 2025) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreno-Garcia |first=Silvia |title=The Seventh Veil of Salome: A GMA Book Club Pick {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Lady Macbeth'' (May 2025) by Ava Reid<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Ava |title=Lady Macbeth {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Ending Fire'' (May 2025) by Saara El-Arifi<ref>{{Cite web |last=El-Arifi |first=Saara |title=The Ending Fire {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Silver Elite'' (May 2025) by Dani Francis<ref>{{Cite web |last=Francis |first=Dani |title=Silver Elite {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''A Curse Carved in Bone'' (May 2025) by Danielle L. Jensen<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Danielle L. |title=A Curse Carved in Bone {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel'' (June 2025) by Kiersten White<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Kiersten |title=Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''A Dance of Lies'' (June 2025) by Brittney Arena<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arena |first=Brittney |title=A Dance of Lies {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Buried Deep and Other Stories'' (June 2025) by Naomi Novik<ref>{{Cite web |last=Novik |first=Naomi |title=Buried Deep and Other Stories {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Candle & Crow'' (July 2025) by Kevin Hearne<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hearne |first=Kevin |title=Candle & Crow {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Arcana Academy'' (July 2025) by Elise Kova<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arcana Academy (Book One) |url=https://www.elisekova.com/arcana-academy |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Elise Kova |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Bewitching'' (July 2025) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreno-Garcia |first=Silvia |title=The Bewitching {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Alchemised'' (September 2025) by SenLinYu<ref>{{Cite web |last=SenLinYu |title=Alchemised {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''2024'''
* ''The Tainted Cup'' (February 2024) by Robert Jackson Bennett<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Robert Jackson |title=The Tainted Cup {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Warm Hands of Ghosts'' (February 2024) by Katherine Arden<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arden |first=Katherine |title=The Warm Hands of Ghosts {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''A Fate Inked In Blood'' (February 2024) by Danielle L. Jensen<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Danielle L. |title=A Fate Inked in Blood {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Those Beyond the Wall'' (March 2024) by Micaiah Johnson<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Micaiah |title=Those Beyond the Wall {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Book of Elsewhere'' (July 2024) by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Reeves |first1=Keanu |last2=Miéville |first2=China |title=The Book of Elsewhere {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Crimson Crown'' (August 2024) by Heather Walter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walter |first=Heather |title=The Crimson Crown {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Blood Over Bright Haven'' (October 2024) by M. L. Wang<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=M. L. |title=Blood Over Bright Haven {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''We Shall Be Monsters'' (November 2024) by Alyssa Wees<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wees |first=Alyssa |title=We Shall Be Monsters {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Traitor Queen'' (November 2024) by Danielle L. Jensen<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Danielle L. |title=The Traitor Queen {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== 2023 ===
* ''The Endless War'' (November 2023) by Danielle L. Jensen<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Danielle L. |title=The Endless War {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== 2022 ===
* ''The Inadequate Heir'' (May 2022) by Danielle L. Jensen<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Danielle L. |title=The Inadequate Heir {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''2020''' * ''A Blight of Blackwings'' (February 2020) by Kevin Hearne<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hearne |first=Kevin |title=A Blight of Blackwings {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Devolution'' (June 2020) by Max Brooks * ''Mexican Gothic'' (June 2020) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia * ''Ink & Sigil'' (August 2020) by Kevin Hearne <ref>{{Cite web |last=Hearne |first=Kevin |title=Ink & Sigil {{!}} Random House Publishing Group |url=https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Series=== {{stub-section|date=April 2020}} ;''Batman'' : A trilogy based on the Dark Knight version of the character. # ''Batman: Dead White'' (2006 novel) by John Shirley # ''Batman: Inferno'' (2006 novel) by Alex Irvine # ''Batman: Fear Itself'' (2007 novel) by Michael Reaves and Steven-Elliot Altman ;''Dragonriders of Pern'' :Twenty-three ''Dragonriders of Pern'' novels by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey beginning with the first edition of the third novel—''The White Dragon'' (1978)—and reprints of the first two novels.<ref>{{isfdb series |id=482 |title=Dragonriders of Pern}}. Retrieved 2011-10-23.</ref>
;''Ghosts of Albion'' : ''Accursed'' (2005 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden : ''Witchery'' (2006 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
;''God of War'' # ''God of War'' (2010 novelization) by Matthew Stover and Robert E. Vardeman # ''God of War II'' (2013 novelization) by Robert E. Vardeman ;''Halo'' # ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' (2001 novel) by Eric Nylund # ''Halo: The Flood'' (2003 novel) by William C. Dietz # ''Halo: First Strike'' (2003 novel) by Eric Nylund
;''Ink & Sigil'' ''by Kevin Hearne''
# ''Ink & Sigil'' (2020 novel) # ''Paper & Blood'' (2021 novel) ;Rabbits by Terry Miles
# ''Rabbits'' (June 2021 novel # The Quiet Room (October 2023 novel) ;''Robotech'' : Twenty-one ''Robotech'' novels (1987–1996) by James Luceno and Brian Daley
;''Shannara'' :Eleven (and counting) ''Shannara'' novels by Terry Brooks
;''Spider-Man '''by Peter David''''' # ''Spider-Man'' (2002 novelization) by Peter David # ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004 novelization) by Peter David
;''StarFist'' : Fourteen ''StarFist'' novels (1997–2009) and three StarFist: Force Recon novels (2005-2008) by David Sherman and Dan Cragg
;''Southern Victory'' : Eleven ''Southern Victory'' novels (1997–2007) by Harry Turtledove
;''Star Wars'' : Many ''Star Wars'' novels by various authors.
;''Tarzan'' : ''Time's Last Gift'' (1977 revised edition) by Philip José Farmer : ''Tarzan: The Epic Adventures'' (1996) by R. A. Salvatore : ''The Dark Heart of Time'' (June 1999) by Philip José Farmer ;''Temeraire'' :Nine Temeraire novels (2006-2016) by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey books in the US. ;''X-Men'' # ''X-Men'' (2000 novelization) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith # ''X-Men 2'' (2003 novelization) by Chris Claremont # ''X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006 novelization) by Chris Claremont
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.randomhousebooks.com Del Rey] on Random House Books *{{wookieepedia}}
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