About the brand

Chronicle Books

Chronicle Books is the independent San Francisco publisher founded in 1967, known for design-led books, puzzles and gifts under its spectacles logo.

Based: San Francisco, CA
Since: 1967
Craft: Books, puzzles and gifts

Chronicle Books was started in 1967 by Phelps Dewey and has stayed independent, now owned by the McEvoy Group and working out of an old maritime machine shop with its own storefront. Its list made names like the Griffin and Sabine series and the Worst-Case Scenario handbooks, and it gives journals and games the same care as books. ModernTribe carries the Hanukkah and Jewish joy end of the catalog: The Art of Jewish Joy craft book, the Construction Site Hanukkah Lights board book, Lost and Found Hanukkah, and Hanukkah puzzles from sister brand Galison.