Best Narrative Nonfiction Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2021, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Filter for top publishers by genre, location, and more!
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McSweeney's Books
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Humor, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://store.mcsweeneys.net/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Indelible in the Hippocampus
Shelly Oria
Of Color
Jaswinder Bolina
The Fire In His Wake
Spencer Wolff
Counterpoint Press
Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Website - https://www.counterpointpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
A Kind of Freedom
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
None But The Righteous
Chantal James
Colorful
Eto Mori
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
Melville House
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, History, Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.mhpbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Cat Out of Hell
Lynne Truss
Debt: the First 5,000 Years
David Graeber
Fiasco
Imre Kertész
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
C&R Press
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - Raleigh, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.crpress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Selling the Farm
Debra Di Blasi
A History of the Cat in Nine Chapters or Less
Fu Shivani
In the Room of Persistent Sorry
Kristina Marie Darling
Unnamed Press
Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story
Location - Los Angeles, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Manuscript entries & queries - Submit here
Website - https://www.unnamedpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Border of Paradise
Esmé Weijun Wang
The Confession of Copeland Cane
Keenan Norris
A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers
Feminist Press
Biographies & Memoirs, History, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Women's Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.feministpress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Training School for Negro Girls
Camille Acker
Though I Get Home
YZ Chin
The Living Is Easy
Dorothy West
2Leaf Press
African-American, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Narrative Nonfiction, Women's Fiction, BIPOC, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - BIPOC, Diverse Literature
Website - https://2leafpress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
After Houses
Claire Millikin
Birds on the Kiswar Tree
Odi Gonzales
Boricua Passport
J. L. Torres
Bellevue Literary Press
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://blpress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Tinkers
Paul Harding
The Wreckage of Eden
Norman Lock
Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
Mikhail Iossel
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