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Best Literary Fiction Book Publishing Companies

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Permanent Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, and Fiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://thepermanentpress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Warning Shots

Connie Dial

Unnatural Resources

Mindy Uhrlaub

The Snow Raven

Connie Dial

Octopus Books

Genres: Literary Fiction and Poetry

Location: Portland, US

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

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Small press

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Dear Jenny, We Are All Find

Jenny Zhang

My Dead

Amy Lawless

Noontimes Won

Tristan Tzara

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

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Rome, 1630

Yves Bonnefoy

Bedanabala

Mahasweta Devi

Love and Reparation

Danish Sheikh

Roli Books

Genres: Architecture, Art, Photography, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, Horror, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, Self-Help, Religion & Spirituality, Business, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: http://rolibooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Gandhi In The Gallery

Sumathi Ramaswamy

The Last Gathering

Ather Farouqui

The Lost Fragrance of Infinity

Moin Mir

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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Homeless

Jane Bow

Between Rothko and 3 Windows

Corrado Paina

The Escape Artist

Anita Kushwaha

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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Small press

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Jennifer the Damned

Karen Ullo

If Nobody Calls, I'm Not Home

Sam Hazo

The Unfinished Life of N.

Micah Cawber

Mariner Books

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

Part of: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt > Mariner Books

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.hmhbooks.com/imprints/mariner-books

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Life of Pi

Yann Martel

Fun Home

Alison Bechdel

On the Plain of Snakes

Paul Theroux

House of Anansi Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Mystery & Crime, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://houseofanansi.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries & book proposals - View guidelines →

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Small press

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Frying Plantain

Zalika Reid-Benta

A Short History of Progress

Ronald Wright

A Trio of Tolerable Tales

Margaret Atwood

Tachyon Publications

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Biographies & Memoirs, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Children's, and Novella

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://tachyonpublications.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Small press

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The Midnight Circus

Jane Yolen

The Emperor's Soul

Brandon Sanderson

The Freeze-Frame Revolution

Peter Watts

Noemi Press

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

Location: Richmond, US

Website: http://www.noemipress.org/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC, AfricanAmerican

Accepts unagented submissions

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Small press

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Her 37th Year, an Index

Suzanne Scanlon

Salton Sea

George McCormick

The Lucky Ones Get To Be People

Rachel Haley Himmelheber

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