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Best True Crime Book Publishing Companies

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Library Tales Publishing

Genres: Academic, Action & Adventure, African-American, Architecture, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, BIPOC, Business, Catholic, Children's, Comics & Graphic Novels, Cookbook, Diverse Literature, DIY, Economics, Education & Reference, Fantasy, Feminism, Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Novella, Picture Book, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story, True Crime, Urban Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Young Adult

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.librarytalespublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
How to Draw Cool Stuff

Catherine V. Holmes

The Thought Exchange

David Friedman

The Vanishing

David Michael Slater

Honey Blossom Press

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, BIPOC, Business, Children's, Cookbook, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Politics, Romance, Science Fiction, Self-Help, True Crime, Women's Fiction, and Young Adult

Location: Philadelphia, US

Website: https://www.honeyblossompress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Digital - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

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Headpress

Genres: Politics, True Crime, History, Art, and Nonfiction

Location: Manchester, GB

Website: https://headpress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Bleeding Skull!

Joseph A. Ziemba & Dan Budnik

Small Town Skateparks

Clint Carrick

The Town Slowly Empties

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

Polis Books

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Literary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, True Crime, Humor, and Fiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: http://www.polisbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Ninja Daughter

Tori Eldridge

At the End of the World, Turn Left

Zhanna Slor

The Lakehouse

Joe Clifford

Heritage House

Genres: Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Math & Science, Travel, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Humor, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: Heritage Group > Heritage House

Location: Vancouver, CA

Website: https://www.heritagehouse.ca/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Railways Nation: Tales of Canadian Pacific

David Laurence Jones

Scallywag on the Salish Sea

Sara Cassidy

Wagon Road North

Art Downs

Genius Book Publishing

Genres: True Crime, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://geniusbookpublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries & manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Evil Desire: Recollections of a Sex Crimes Detective

Dean T. Olson

Commitment to Courage

Donald Redden

In Huttle We Trust

Chris Westphal

Black & White Publishing

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Picture Book, Middle Grade, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Website: https://blackandwhitepublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Becoming Mila

Estelle Maskame

Summer Bird Blue

Akemi Dawn Bowman

Bride Squad Runaway

Caroline Grace-Cassidy & Lisa Carey

Kensington Publishing

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Education & Reference, African-American, History, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Romance, Urban Fiction, Westerns, True Crime, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Crimson Phoenix

John Gilstrap

After Francesco

Brian Malloy

Plain Jane

Fern Michaels

The Mysterious Press

Genres: True Crime, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: http://mysteriouspress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Waiting for Rusty

William Cole

The Downside

Mike Cooper

The Seven of Calvary

Anthony Boucher

Camino Books

Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Cookbook, History, Art, Health & Wellbeing, Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime, and Nonfiction

Location: Philadelphia, US

Website: https://www.caminobooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Doctor, the Hitman, and the Motorcycle Gang

Annie McCormick

John H. McFadden and His Age, Cotton, and Culture in Philadelphia

Richard Carreño

The Art of Tony Auth to Stir, Inform and Inflame

Tony Auth

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