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Best Literary Fiction Book Publishing Companies

Showing 117 publishers that match your search.

Harvard University Press

Genres: Education & Reference, Math & Science, Academic, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, History, Law, Health & Wellbeing, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, Travel, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry

Location: Cambridge, US

Website: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

University press

💥 Hit titles
China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition

John K. Fairbank

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

Bernard Bailyn

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

Oxford University Press

Genres: Education & Reference, Academic, Math & Science, History, Politics, Art, Architecture, Literary Fiction, Medical, Law, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Location: Oxford, GB

Website: https://global.oup.com/?cc=us

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Largest

💥 Hit titles
The Perfect Fit

Naomi Jones

Tsunami

James Goff & Walter Dudley

Principles of Cost Accounting

Johan Hefer

Hawthorne Books

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

Part of: Dzanc Books > Hawthrone Books

Location: Portland, US

Website: http://hawthornebooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
California Calling

Natalie Singer

Whirlaway

Poe Ballantine

Narrow River, Wide Sky

Jenny Forrester

Interlude Press

Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult, LGBTQ+, Diverse Literature, Fiction, and Short Story

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://interludepress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Not Your Sidekick

C.B. Lee

The King and the Criminal

Charlotte Ashe

Black Dust

Lynn Charles

Penguin Random House India

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Action & Adventure, Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Mystery & Crime, History, Business, Travel, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Architecture, Art, Cookbook, Humor, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's, Poetry, and Short Story

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://penguin.co.in/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
Azadi

Arundhati Roy

In an Antique Land

Amitav Ghosh

Sach Kahun Toh

Neena Gupta

NineStar Press

Genres: LGBTQ+, Romance, Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, and Fiction

Location: Santa Fe, US

Website: https://ninestarpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Magnified

Mell Eight

Junior Hero Blues

J. K. Pendragon

Lighter

A. Aduma

Seagull Books

Genres: Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, History, Politics, Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Mumbai, IN

Website: https://www.seagullbooks.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Rome, 1630

Yves Bonnefoy

Bedanabala

Mahasweta Devi

Love and Reparation

Danish Sheikh

Octopus Books

Genres: Literary Fiction and Poetry

Location: Portland, US

Website: https://www.octopusbooks.net/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Dear Jenny, We Are All Find

Jenny Zhang

My Dead

Amy Lawless

Noontimes Won

Tristan Tzara

Rupa Books

Genres: Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, Horror, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, Self-Help, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Travel, Health & Wellbeing, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://rupapublications.co.in/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Tomb of God

Victor Ghoshe

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

The Nest of the Recluse

Suchita Malik

Fledgling Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Women's Fiction, Action & Adventure, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Short Story, and Children's

Location: Edinburgh, GB

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

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Whirligig

Andrew James Greig

When We Get To The Island

Alex Nye

Board

David C. Flanagan

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