The 2025 list of 100 notable small press books is now up at Lit Hub. I was thrilled to work on this project along with about 40 other people under the gentle guidance of Miriam Gershow.
It probably doesn’t surprise anyone that I was reading science fiction and fantasy books for this project, which includes books from just about every genre you can think of, including poetry as well as prose. I noticed in going through the list that it includes several horror books as well as literary fiction and a lot of creative nonfiction.
Each reviewer was only able to provide capsule reviews of two or three books, which made the task very difficult. I read many other books that I really liked. Small presses are really publishing great things these days.
The books I recommended were:
- Making Amends, by Nisi Shawl, from Aqueduct Press.
- Letters From an Imaginary Country, by Theodora Goss, from Tachyon Publications
- The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice, by Margaret Killjoy, from Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
Obviously you should check those out, but go read the whole list. You might find something from a genre you didn’t even know you liked!