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Best Mystery & Crime Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 89 publishers.
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Dundurn Press
Art, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humor, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, True Crime, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's
Location - Toronto, CA
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.dundurn.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Persephone's Children
Rowan McCandless
Lost Shadow
Claire Gilchrist
Nothing Will Be Different
Tara McGowan-Ross
Knopf Doubleday
Cookbook, Architecture, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Historical Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Environmental, Politics, Math & Science, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Self-Help, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Fiction
Part of - Penguin Random House > Knopf Doubleday
Location - New York City, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - http://knopfdoubleday.com/
💥 Hit titles
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Mysterious Press
True Crime, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction
Part of - Grove Atlantic > Mysterious Press
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://groveatlantic.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
The Coronation
Boris Akunin
She Lover of Death
Boris Akunin
Girl Running
Lawrence Lariar
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
Simon & Schuster
Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, History, Politics, Romance, Young Adult, Sports & Outdoors, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, Children's
Location - New York City, US
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/
💥 Hit titles
Beautiful Things
Hunter Biden
Home Body
Rupi Kaur
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R Covey
Sourcebooks Fire
Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, Fiction
Part of - Sourcebooks > Sourcebooks Fire
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.sourcebooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Bone Witch
Rin Chupeco
The Dark Tide
Alicia Jasinska
It Came From the Sky
Chelsea Sedoti
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
Allen and Unwin
Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help, Humor, History, Environmental, Politics, Business, Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Medical, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's
Location - Sydney, AU
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries & contests - Submit here
Website - https://www.allenandunwin.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
Love Objects
Emily Maguire
Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan
Joffe Books
Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, True Crime, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.joffebooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Lantern Boats
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
The Sister's Twin
Jane A. Adams
The Darkest Hours
Margaret Murphy
TouchWood Editions
Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, History, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Travel, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Nonfiction, Short Story, Fiction
Part of - Heritage Group > TouchWood Editions
Location - Vancouver, CA
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.touchwoodeditions.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Distilleries of Vancouver Island
Marianne Scott
Show Me the Honey
Dave Doroghy
The Little Prairie Book of Berries
Sheryl Normandeau
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