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Best Young Adult Book Publishing Companies

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Balzer and Bray

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, and Young Adult

Part of: HarperCollins

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli

Dumplin'

Julie Murphy

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Children's

Part of: Bloomsbury > Bloomsbury Children's Books

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/childrens/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas

Ruby Has A Worry

Tom Percival

Abrams Books

Genres: Picture Book, Art, Middle Grade, Young Adult, DIY, Environmental, Photography, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: La Martiniere > Abrams Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.abramsbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

The Good Neighbor

Maxwell King

The Ship of Stolen Words

Fran Wilde

August House

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Diverse Literature, and Children's

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://www.augusthouse.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Anansi and the Tug o'War

Bobby Norfolk & Sherry Norfolk

As Luck Would Have It

Robert D. San Souci

Go to Sleep, Gecko!

Margaret Read MacDonald

Just Us Books

Genres: Picture Book, African-American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, and Poetry

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://justusbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Talk

Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson

We Could Be Brothers

Derrick Barnes

Pan Macmillan Australia

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Action & Adventure, Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Mystery & Crime, History, Business, Travel, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Architecture, Art, Cookbook, Humor, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Short Story

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson

Circus of Wonders

Elizabeth Macneal

The Evening and the Morning

Ken Follett

NewSouth Publishing

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, History, Politics, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
British India, White Australia

Kama Maclean

Tongerlongeter

Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements

Beyond the Hero’s Journey

Anthony Mullins

Fitzhenry and Whiteside

Genres: History, Biographies & Memoirs, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Sports & Outdoors, Education & Reference, Photography, Cookbook, Travel, Health & Wellbeing, Medical, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.fitzhenry.ca/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates

Richard Pound

Fitzhenry & Whiteside Canadian Thesaurus

Richard Dionne

In Deep with the Octopus

Norma Dixon

Albert Whitman & Company

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fantasy, Art, History, Historical Fiction, Environmental, Math & Science, Action & Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction, Diverse Literature, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Novella

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.albertwhitman.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Dust of Eden

Mariko Nagai

We Want to Go to School!

Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Janine Leffler

Bywater Books

Genres: LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Humor, Biographies & Memoirs, Science Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.bywaterbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
96 Hours

Georgia Beers

Beowulf for Cretins

Ann McMan

Compass Rose

Anna Burke

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