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Best History Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 104 publishers.
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Quirk Books
DIY, Cookbook, History, Horror, Humor, Mystery & Crime, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, True Crime, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Children's, Nonfiction, Poetry, Novella
Location - Philadelphia, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Queries & manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.quirkbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Geekerella
Ashley Poston
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
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
Zed Books
History, Law, LGBTQ+, Feminism, Politics, Travel, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Architecture, Diverse Literature, Nonfiction
Part of - Bloomsbury > Zed Books
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Website - https://www.zedbooks.net/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
The War on Disabled People
Ellen Clifford
United Queerdom
Dan Glass
Pablo Trapero and the Politics of Violence
Douglas Mulliken
Dundurn Press
Art, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humor, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, True Crime, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's
Location - Toronto, CA
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.dundurn.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Persephone's Children
Rowan McCandless
Lost Shadow
Claire Gilchrist
Nothing Will Be Different
Tara McGowan-Ross
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Literary Fiction, History, Politics, Math & Science, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Part of - Macmillan > Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Location - New York City, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://us.macmillan.com/fsg/
💥 Hit titles
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Flannery O'Connor
Turner Publishing
Self-Help, Business, Young Adult, History, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Cookbook, Health & Wellbeing, Art, Nonfiction, Fiction
Location - Nashville, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.turnerpublishing.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
The Emperor's Sword
Andrew Klavan
One Stupid Thing
Stewart Lewis
My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black
Terry Roberts
Text Publishing
Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Fantasy, Health & Wellbeing, Historical Fiction, History, Humor, Self-Help, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, Environmental, Math & Science, Sports & Outdoors, Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story
Location - Melbourne, AU
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.textpublishing.com.au/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Loner
Georgina Young
Soldiers
Tom Remiger
A Constant Hum
Alice Bishop
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
Melville House
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, History, Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.mhpbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Cat Out of Hell
Lynne Truss
Debt: the First 5,000 Years
David Graeber
Fiasco
Imre Kertész
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