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Best Literary Fiction Book Publishing Companies

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Lucid House Publishing

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Thriller & Suspense, and Young Adult

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://www.lucidhousepublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic

Connor Judson Garrett and Kevin N. Garrett

Paradise Road: A Memoir

Marilyn Kriete

A Season in Lights

Gregory Erich Phillips

Little A

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

Part of: Amazon Publishing > Little A

Location: Seattle, US

Website: https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/little-a.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
After Disasters

Viet Dinh

In the Shadow of the Valley

Bobi Conn

Halsey Street

Naima Coster

Oldcastle Books

Genres: True Crime, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Part of: Oldcastle Books Group > Oldcastle Books

Location: London, GB

Website: http://oldcastlebooks.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
After Agatha

Sally Cline

A Statue for Jacob

Peter Murphy

UFOs, Aliens, and the Battle for Truth

Neil Nixon

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

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Largest

💥 Hit titles
The Perfect Fit

Naomi Jones

Tsunami

James Goff & Walter Dudley

Principles of Cost Accounting

Johan Hefer

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

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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

NewSouth Publishing

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, History, Politics, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
British India, White Australia

Kama Maclean

Tongerlongeter

Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements

Beyond the Hero’s Journey

Anthony Mullins

Wiseblood Books

Genres: Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Catholic, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, and Novella

Location: Raleigh, US

Website: https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Jennifer the Damned

Karen Ullo

If Nobody Calls, I'm Not Home

Sam Hazo

The Unfinished Life of N.

Micah Cawber

Strangers Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, and Fiction

Location: Norwich, GB

Website: https://www.strangers.press/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Bergje

Bregje Hofstede

Reconstruction

Karin Amatmoekrim

Demons

Kang Hwa-gil

Srishti Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Business, Humor, Health & Wellbeing, Politics, Self-Help, Travel, Fantasy, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://srishtipublishers.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Life is What You Make It

Preeti Shenoy

You Are My Reason to Smile

Arpit Vageria

The One From the Stars

Keshav Aneel

Quattro Books

Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Art, Photography, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Novella

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: http://quattrobooks.ca/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Homeless

Jane Bow

Between Rothko and 3 Windows

Corrado Paina

The Escape Artist

Anita Kushwaha

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