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Publisher · founded 1980 · Equitable Building
Tor
Tor is a Manhattan-based science fiction and fantasy publisher founded by Tom Doherty in 1980, home to Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn and now part of Macmillan.
- Editions tracked
- 281
- First editions
- 212
- Books
- 280
- Years
- 1966 to 2025
About Tor
Tor is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher founded in 1980 by Tom Doherty, now part of Tor Publishing Group within Macmillan.
Doherty, who had run the Tempo line at Grosset & Dunlap and then Ace Books, set up Tom Doherty Associates in 1979 and launched the Tor imprint on 2 April 1980, with Harriet McDougal and Jim Baen among its first editors. Tom Doherty Associates became a subsidiary of St. Martin's Press in 1987 and so passed into the Holtzbrinck group, which owns Macmillan. The company took the name Tor Publishing Group in 2022, and in June 2019 it moved from the Flatiron Building to the Equitable Building in Manhattan.
Its authors include Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, and Tor Teen reissues Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game for younger readers. Sanderson's Mistborn: The Final Empire appeared from Tor in July 2006. Tor won the Locus Award for best publisher every year from 1988 to 2024. Its imprints include Forge, Tor Teen, Starscape, Tordotcom, Nightfire and Bramble. Tor UK, a separate British list, is an imprint of Pan Macmillan.
How to spot a Tor first edition
We have not yet written the guide to Tor's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how Tor marked its firsts? Tell us.
AuthorsOrson Scott Card (29)Brandon Sanderson (14)Piers Anthony (12)Terry Goodkind (12)L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (10)John Scalzi (10)Glen Cook (9)Brian Herbert (9)Robert Jordan (9)Cory Doctorow (8)
SeriesThe Black CompanyThe Sword of TruthXanthCosmereOld Man's WarEnder's SagaMistbornThe Wheel of Time
Books
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Tor first edition?
Check the title page and the copyright page: a Tor first edition gives the first date of publication with no later impression or edition stated. Each book's page here lists its own points.
How many Tor books does MyVolumes track?
We track 281 editions published by Tor, 212 of them first editions, across 280 books.
Where these facts come from
- Tor Books, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Tom Doherty, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Mistborn: The Final Empire, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Macmillan Publishers, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
Every fact on this page was checked against the sources listed. Checked 17 October 2026.