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Best Biographies & Memoirs Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 114 publishers.
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Grove Atlantic
Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, History, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Religion & Spirituality, Math & Science, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, True Crime, Politics, Westerns, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - New York City, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://groveatlantic.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
HarperCollins
Biographies & Memoirs, History, Cookbook, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Business, Self-Help, Picture Book, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, Children's
Location - New York City, US
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.harpercollins.com/
💥 Hit titles
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy
The Children's Train
Viola Ardone
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn
Counterpoint Press
Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Website - https://www.counterpointpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
A Kind of Freedom
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
None But The Righteous
Chantal James
Colorful
Eto Mori
Knopf Doubleday
Cookbook, Architecture, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Historical Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Environmental, Politics, Math & Science, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Self-Help, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Fiction
Part of - Penguin Random House > Knopf Doubleday
Location - New York City, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - http://knopfdoubleday.com/
💥 Hit titles
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Saraband
Environmental, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - Manchester, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Website - https://saraband.net/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Shocked Earth
Saskia Goldschmidt
Westering
Laurence Mitchell
Bleak
R.M. Murray
Chicago Review Press
Middle Grade, Young Adult, African-American, Biographies & Memoirs, DIY, History, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Feminism, Education & Reference, Self-Help, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, Nonfiction
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Abe & Fido
Matthew Algeo
Absinthe & Flamethrowers
William Gurstelle
The Admiral and the Ambassador
Scott Martelle
C&R Press
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - Raleigh, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.crpress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Selling the Farm
Debra Di Blasi
A History of the Cat in Nine Chapters or Less
Fu Shivani
In the Room of Persistent Sorry
Kristina Marie Darling
TouchWood Editions
Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, History, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Travel, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Nonfiction, Short Story, Fiction
Part of - Heritage Group > TouchWood Editions
Location - Vancouver, CA
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.touchwoodeditions.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Distilleries of Vancouver Island
Marianne Scott
Show Me the Honey
Dave Doroghy
The Little Prairie Book of Berries
Sheryl Normandeau
Coffee House Press
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - Minneapolis, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://coffeehousepress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
I Hotel
Karen Tei Yamashita
Indecency
Justin Phillip Reed
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
Sam Savage
Yale University Press
Academic, Photography, Art, Math & Science, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Economics, History, Law, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, African-American, Law, Nonfiction
Location - Hartford, GB
Size - University press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries & book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford
Reimagining Time
Tanya Bub & Jeffrey Bub
Radical Vision
Soyica Diggs Colbert
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