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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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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
Unnamed Press
Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story
Location - Los Angeles, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Manuscript entries & queries - Submit here
Website - https://www.unnamedpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Border of Paradise
Esmé Weijun Wang
The Confession of Copeland Cane
Keenan Norris
A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers
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
Autumn House Press
Literary Fiction, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - Philadelphia, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries & contests - Submit here
Website - https://www.autumnhouse.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
No One Leaves the World Unhurt
John Foy
American Home
Sean Cho A.
speculation, n.
Shayla Lawz
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
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
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
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
Palgrave Macmillan
Business, Politics, History, Religion & Spirituality, Academic, Politics, Medical, Law, Math & Science, Nonfiction
Part of - Springer Nature > Palgrave Macmillan
Location - London, GB
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.palgrave.com/us/journals
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The UN At War
John Karlsrud
Persian Gulf
Lawrence G. Potter & Gary G. Sick
Political Asylum
Carol Bohmer & Amy Shuman
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