Del Rey Books



Del Rey Books is an imprint of Random House that specializes in science fiction and fantasy books. It is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn, by Penguin Random House. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.

The first new book published by the imprint was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks in 1977. It publishes the Star Wars novels under the LucasBooks imprint (licensed from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios division of The Walt Disney Company). It has published novelizations of various movies and video games. It also formerly published manga under its (now defunct) Del Rey Manga imprint.

Del Rey will be releasing Sword Catcher in North America in 2021.