Dear Colleagues,

At Lexington Books we take great pride in our unwavering commitment to publishing specialized research essential to advancing scholarship at a time when many academic publishers have abandoned this part of their programs. We continue to publish high-quality monographs and edited collections by established and emerging scholars, works that may not have a wide audience but make a significant contribution to scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.

Our publishing program has grown significantly since Lexington was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group in 1998, from a list of about 80 new titles in 1999 to about 350 new titles in 2010. We continue to expand our program both in disciplines in which we are well-established, such as political science, international studies, philosophy, and sociology, as well as in areas that are newer to us, such as education, anthropology, and cultural studies. We also publish books in multi-volume series edited by leading scholars. Please browse our website to see the wide range of our offerings and to view the series listings.

Our books are reviewed regularly in scholarly journals and CHOICE magazine, which reaches almost every undergraduate college and university library in the United States, and they are frequently winners or finalists for academic book awards (including winners of the Templeton Enterprise Award and the W.E.B. Du Bois-Anna Julia Cooper Award, as well as a National Jewish Book Award finalist). We display our books alongside those of our sister imprint, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, at many major academic conferences throughout the year, and market our books through catalogs, flyers, and email campaigns to professors and academic librarians.

To submit a proposal to Lexington Books, see our submission guidelines. For a list of our editors and the disciplines in which they acquire, please click here.

To learn more about our parent company, the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, and bookseller terms, click here.

Sincerely,

Julie Kirsch
Editorial Director