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Best Literary Fiction Book Publishing Companies

Showing 121 publishers that match your search.

McSweeney's Books

Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Humor, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Indelible in the Hippocampus

Shelly Oria

Of Color

Jaswinder Bolina

The Fire In His Wake

Spencer Wolff

Schocken

Genres: Jewish Literature, Literary Fiction, Politics, History, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Part of: Penguin Random House > Knopf Doubleday > Schocken

Location: New York City, US

Website: http://knopfdoubleday.com/imprint/schocken/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Slaughterman's Daughter

Yaniv Iczkovits

To the Edge of Sorrow

Aharon Appelfeld

Thinking Without a Bannister

Hannah Arendt

University of Iowa Press

Genres: Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://uiowa.edu/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Digital or physical - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

University press

💥 Hit titles

Northodox Press

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Urban Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Young Adult

Location: Manchester, GB

Website: https://www.northodox.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Partial manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Clockwork Magpies

Emma Whitehall

Out of Human Sight

Sophie Parkes

Airedale

Dylan Byford

Unnamed Press

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Short Story

Location: Los Angeles, US

Website: https://www.unnamedpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Border of Paradise

Esmé Weijun Wang

The Confession of Copeland Cane

Keenan Norris

A Certain Hunger

Chelsea G. Summers

Severn House

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, and Horror

Part of: Canongate Books > Severn House

Location: London, GB

Website: http://severnhouse.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Murder Ink

Betty Hechtman

Best Laid Plans

Gwen Florio

A Choir of Crows

Candace M. Robb

Amazon Crossing

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, BIPOC, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, and Nonfiction

Part of: Amazon Publishing > Amazon Crossing

Location: Seattle, US

Website: https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/amazon-crossing.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea

Masaji Ishikawa

A Drop of Midnight

Jason Diakité

The Dead Wander in the Desert

Rollan Seisenbayev

Peepal Tree

Genres: Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, African-American, Fiction, and Poetry

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.peepaltreepress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC, AfricanAmerican

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Madwoman

Shara McCallum

Daylight Come

Diana McCaulay

Modern, Age, &c.

Raymond Ramcharitar

Featherproof Books

Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: http://www.featherproof.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
I'm Fine, But You Appear To Be Sinking

Leyna Krow

History In One Act

William M. Arkin

Sunshine on an Open Tomb

Tim Kinsella

Forest Avenue Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Portland, US

Website: http://www.forestavenuepress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Queen of Spades

Alexander Pushkin

Parts Per Million

Julia Stoops

A Girl Called Rumi

Ari Honarvar

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