Best Literary Fiction Book Publishing Companies in UK
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And Other Stories
Literary Fiction, Fiction
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.andotherstories.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Divorce
César Aira
What You Could Have Won
Rachel Genn
Barn 8
Deb Olin Unferth
Severn House
Horror, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Horror, Fiction
Part of - Canongate Books > Severn House
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - http://severnhouse.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Murder Ink
Betty Hechtman
Best Laid Plans
Gwen Florio
A Choir of Crows
Candace M. Robb
Tilted Axis Press
Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC
Website - https://www.tiltedaxispress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Manaschi
Hamid Ismailov
Black Box
Shiori Ito
Strange Beasts of China
Yan Ge
Comma Press
Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Short Story
Location - Manchester, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Website - https://commapress.co.uk/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
You Should Come With Me Now
M. John Harrison & Lara Pawson
Thirteen Months of Sunrise
Rania Mamoun
The Well of Trapped Words
Sema Kaygusuz
Galley Beggar Press
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing
Eimear McBride
Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann
Mordew
Alex Pheby
Oldcastle Books
True Crime, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Fiction, Nonfiction
Part of - Oldcastle Books Group > Oldcastle Books
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - http://oldcastlebooks.co.uk/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
A Short History of Coffee
Gordon Kerr
A Statue for Jacob
Peter Murphy
UFOs, Aliens, and the Battle for Truth
Neil Nixon
Head of Zeus
Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Cookbook, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://headofzeus.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Children of D'Hara
Terry Goodkind
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
Doppler
Erlend Loe
Bluemoose Books
Literary Fiction, Fiction
Location - Manchester, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://bluemoosebooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Sound Mirror
Heidi James
Captain Jesus
Colette Snowden
East Coast Road
Anna Chilvers
Peepal Tree
Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, African-American, Fiction, Poetry
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC, AfricanAmerican
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.peepaltreepress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Madwoman
Shara McCallum
Daylight Come
Diana McCaulay
Modern, Age, &c.
Raymond Ramcharitar
Dead Ink Books
Literary Fiction, Fiction
Location - Liverpool, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://deadinkbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Sealed
Naomi Booth
Exit Management
Naomi Booth
Small Rivers
Harry Gallon
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