The Marabout adventure began in 1949 in Verviers, Belgium, and it was the beginning of a formidable publishing adventure. From the very beginning, Editions Marabout showed great dynamism by inventing a number of new editorial formulas, experimented with in specific collections such as the " Marabout Junior" collection, in which the adventures of Bob Morane were a great success. In all, several thousand titles have appeared in the various collections and sub-collections, such as Marabout Roman, Marabout Service, Marabout Junior, Marabout Mademoiselle, Marabout Université, Marabout Scope, Marabout Fantastique, Marabout SCIENCE-Fiction, Marabout Flash...

In 1983, Marabout joined the Hachette Livre group and in the 2000s became the market leader in practical books. Since 2019, more than 1200 titles have been published in the catalogue, including 500 new titles each year.

It is the publisher of François-Régis Gaudry who made you taste France and Italy, Thibault Geoffray, Major Mouvement or Jouissance Club which came out of social networks have become real bestsellers.