Fiction
Night Harbor
A story collection about intimacy, work, and reinvention at the edge of American cities.
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Johnson bookllc
Thoughtful books for curious readers, edited with care and built for a long life on the shelf.
12 Imprints
180+ Authors
42 City Tour Stops
About Us
Books with literary ambition, public purpose, and lasting craft.
Johnson bookllc is an American independent publisher based in New York. We publish literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essays, visual culture, and young readers' books for people who read closely and return to the books they love.
Our editorial process pairs rigorous development with beautiful production. Every title moves through careful acquisition, structural editing, copyediting, design review, and sales planning before it reaches booksellers, libraries, and readers.
New Releases
Featured Books
Lead Title
Between Tide and Timber: A Chronicle of American Shorelines
Journalist Mara Field follows coastal communities from Maine to Louisiana, tracing how memory, work, migration, and climate reshape the places Americans call home.
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Imprints & Series
Nonfiction
The Civic Room
Essays on schools, theaters, libraries, and the everyday spaces where public life is made.
Young Readers
Atlas of Stars
A clear, illustrated introduction to astronomy for curious readers ages 9 to 14.
Art
Gallery on Paper
A graceful guide to looking at art, collecting images, and building visual literacy.
Fiction
The Long Letter
An epistolary novel about a friendship, a silence, and twenty years of unfinished questions.
Nonfiction
Slow Work
A practical field guide for researchers, editors, and writers committed to depth.
Events
Readings & Programs
Coastlines and Memory: A Nonfiction Conversation
New York, NY - McNally Jackson Seaport - Mara Field in conversation with Dana Lewis
Gallery on Paper: How to Enter a Painting
Boston, MA - Brookline Booksmith - Reading and small-group workshop
Atlas of Stars: A Family Astronomy Night
Austin, TX - BookPeople - For readers ages 9 to 14 and their families
Submissions
Proposals, manuscripts, and rights inquiries.
We consider agented and invited submissions across literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essays, visual culture, and young readers' nonfiction. Please include a query letter, synopsis, table of contents when relevant, sample pages, and author bio.
- Review window: 30 business days for initial response
- Preferred files: PDF or Word document
- Rights, events, and media inquiries are welcome