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Best Horror Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 52 publishers.
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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
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
Penguin Random House
Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Cookbook, Romance, 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.penguinrandomhouse.com/
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
The Guardians
John Grisham
Dzanc Books
Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story
Location - Raleigh, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Contests - Submit here
Website - https://www.dzancbooks.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
We Five
Mark Dunn
Gun Needle Spoon
Patrick O'Neil
In the Event of Contact
Ethel Rohan
Talos Press
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction
Part of - Skyhorse Publishing > Talos Press
Location - New York City, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/talos-press/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Godblind
Anna Stephens
The Caledonian Gambit
Dan Moren
Herokiller
Paul Tassi
Hachette Livre
Literary Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Cookbook, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, Children's
Location - New York City, US
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.hachette.com/
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Talking to Strangers
Macolm Gladwell
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai
Two Dollar Radio
Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, History, Horror, Humor, Mystery & Crime, Politics, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Westerns, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - Columbus, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://twodollarradio.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
A History of My Brief Body
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Whiteout Conditions
Tariq Shah
Found Audio
N.J. Campbell
Montag Press
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Short Story
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.montagpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
5 Clones
Edward Bonilla
Anarchy and Other Lies
Jesse McKinnell
M Against M
Declan Tan
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
Jo Fletcher Books
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Fiction
Part of - Quercus Books > Jo Fletcher Books
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.jofletcherbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Highfire
Eoin Colfer
The Beautiful Ones
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Radio Life
Derek B. Miller
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