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Best Narrative Nonfiction Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 30 publishers.
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Galley Beggar Press
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing
Eimear McBride
Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann
Mordew
Alex Pheby
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
Atria Publishing Group
Urban Fiction, Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Self-Help, Narrative Nonfiction, Cookbook, Health & Wellbeing, African-American, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction
Part of - Simon and Schuster > Atria Publishing Group
Location - New York City, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC
Website - https://www.atriabooks.biz/
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult
The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende
Lethal Agent
Vince Flynn
New Directions
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.ndbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
The Emissary
Yoko Tawada
A Shock
Keith Ridgway
The Caretaker
Doon Arbus
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Literary Fiction, History, Politics, Math & Science, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Part of - Macmillan > Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Location - New York City, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://us.macmillan.com/fsg/
💥 Hit titles
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Flannery O'Connor
Dzanc Books
Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story
Location - Raleigh, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Contests - Submit here
Website - https://www.dzancbooks.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
We Five
Mark Dunn
Gun Needle Spoon
Patrick O'Neil
In the Event of Contact
Ethel Rohan
Future Tense Books
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor, Nonfiction, Fiction, Short Story, Novella, Poetry
Location - Portland, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://futuretensebooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Excavation
Wendy C. Ortiz
Liar
Rob Roberge
User Not Found
Felicity Fenton
Saraband
Environmental, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - Manchester, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Website - https://saraband.net/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Shocked Earth
Saskia Goldschmidt
Westering
Laurence Mitchell
Bleak
R.M. Murray
Coffee House Press
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - Minneapolis, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://coffeehousepress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
I Hotel
Karen Tei Yamashita
Indecency
Justin Phillip Reed
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
Sam Savage
Tin House Books
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - Portland, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ
Website - https://tinhouse.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was A Girl
Jeannie Vanasco
How to Order the Universe
María José Ferrada
More Miracle Than Bird
Alice Miller
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