James Russell Raven LittD FBA FSA (born 13 April 1959) is a British scholar specialising in the history of the book. His published works include The English Novel 1770–1829 (2000), What is the History of the Book? (2018)[1] and The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book (2020).[2] As of 2024, he was Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Essex, a Life Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a Professor in the Humanities at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).[3]