Hurst is an independently owned and run non-fiction publisher, based in central London but publishing globally. We have a track record of fifty years of distinguished scholarly publishing for a general readership. Today, we publish around ninety new books a year, building on our strengths in African Studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, South Asian Studies and War and International Relations. More broadly, however, we commission anything that interests us, from sport to art to cooking, as long as the books have something to distinguish them.

Hurst books are reviewed regularly in high profile media outlets worldwide, including The Economist, The Sunday Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and many others. They regularly make news headlines around the world. We also promote our books extensively through social media, book launches and other events, and have a dedicated publicity team.

The Accidental Guerrilla (David Kilcullen); A History of Iran (Michael Axworthy); African Europeans (Olivette Otele); Lost Islamic History (Firas Alkhateeb); Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India (Shashi Tharoor); The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Gerard Prunier); The Northumbrians: A New History of North East England and its People (Dan Jackson); Across An Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War (Cedric Delves); Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping (Roger Faligot); Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order (Bruno Macaes)