About Lyons Press

Founded nearly four decades ago, Lyons Press is a vibrant trade publisher specializing in history, current affairs, popular culture, memoir, sports, cooking, nature, pets, fishing, hunting, reference and equestrian books. Lyons Press publishes interesting, entertaining and informative titles that are geared towards intelligent readers. 

Lyons Press books reflect its dedication to quality and high standards, from the deep and rich backlist to the bold and exceptional forthcoming titles. Lyons Press takes great pride in the process of finding and nurturing the books it believes in and bringing them to the audiences they deserve. 

Highlights from the backlist include titles by Jon Krakauer, Eiger Dreams; Bear Grylls, The Kid Who Climbed Everest; Ken Blackwell, The Blueprint; Slavomir Rawicz, The Long Walk; Bob Halloran, Irish Thunder/The Fighter; and Buck Brannaman, The Faraway Horses. More recent titles include Lee Ielpi’s 9/11: The World Speaks; Scott Farris’s Almost President; Jane and Michael Stern’s The Lexicon of Real American Food; Michael Farr’s The Arrogance Cycle; L. Douglas Keeney’s The Lights of Mankind; and Livwise by singer/actress Olivia Newton-John.

“The Lyons Press is a great niche publishing company. 
They put out books, good ones…
It’s a list out of the old days, when publishers released
books they themselves believed in.”

                                           —Men’s Journal