The portfolio

• You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I AmTao Lin · Action BooksPoetry, 2006. On 21 bestseller lists (2006 to 2010).
• Punks: New & Selected PoemsJohn Keene · The Song CavePoetry, 2021. On 16 bestseller lists (2021 to 2023).
• The Performance of Becoming HumanDaniel Borzutzky · Brooklyn Arts PressPoetry, 2016. On 16 bestseller lists (2016 to 2017).
• Necessary StrangerGraham W. Foust · Flood EditionsPoetry, 2007. On 15 bestseller lists (2006 to 2010).
• Up Jump the Boogie: PoemsJohn Murillo · Cypher BooksPoetry, 2010. On 14 bestseller lists (2010 to 2011).
• A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind: The Poems of Alfred Starr HamiltonAlfred Starr Hamilton · The Song CavePoetry, 2013. On 13 bestseller lists (2013 to 2014).
• EunoiaChristian Bök · Coach House PressPoetry, 2001. On 13 bestseller lists (2006 to 2011).
• FaceSherman Alexie · Hanging Loose PressPoetry, 2009. On 13 bestseller lists (2009 to 2010).
• IRLTommy Pico · Birds, LLCPoetry, 2016. On 13 bestseller lists (2016 to 2017).
• Incubation: A Space for MonstersBhanu Kapil · Leon WorksPoetry, 2006. On 13 bestseller lists (2006 to 2009).
• Borderlands = La Frontera: The New MestizaGloria Anzaldúa · Aunt Lute BooksNonfiction, 2012. On 12 bestseller lists (2012 to 2022).
• What I've Stolen, What I've EarnedSherman Alexie · Hanging Loose PressPoetry, 2014. On 12 bestseller lists (2013 to 2015).
• Beauty Was the Case that They Gave MeMark Leidner · Factory Hollow PressPoetry, 2011. On 11 bestseller lists (2011 to 2012).
• Breaking PoemsSuheir Hammad · Cypher BooksPoetry, 2008. On 11 bestseller lists (2008 to 2010).
• Garments Against WomenAnne Boyer · Ahsahta PressPoetry, 2015. On 11 bestseller lists (2015 to 2016).
• Lo terciario / The TertiaryRoque Raquel Salas Rivera · Timeless, Infinite LightPoetry, 2018. On 11 bestseller lists (2018 to 2019).
• Radi OsRonald Johnson · Flood EditionsPoetry, 2005. On 11 bestseller lists (2006 to 2010).
• The Business of FancydancingSherman Alexie · Hanging Loose PressPoetry, 1992. On 11 bestseller lists (2006 to 2010).
• Poeta en San FranciscoBarbara Jane Reyes · Tinfish PressPoetry, 2005. On 10 bestseller lists (2006 to 2009).
• Returning the Sword to the StoneMark Leidner · Fonograf EditionsPoetry, 2021. On 10 bestseller lists (2021 to 2022).
• Rolling the R'sR. Zamora Linmark · Kaya PressFiction, 2016. On 10 bestseller lists (2006 to 2016).
• Sitt Marie Rose: a NovelEtel Adnan · The Post-Apollo PressFiction, 1982. On 10 bestseller lists (2006 to 2009).
• The Man SuitZachary Schomburg · Black OceanPoetry, 2007. On 10 bestseller lists (2007 to 2010).
• A Mouth in CaliforniaGraham W. Foust · Flood EditionsPoetry, 2009. On 9 bestseller lists (2009 to 2011).

Notice how many are poetry and small-press fiction. Books like these rarely get a large marketing budget, so they last because the work is strong and the packaging is right. Good editing, a cover that signals the genre and an interior that reads cleanly all help. Our editors, cover designers and formatting team work on exactly those things.

If your book is nonfiction or a memoir, see the same approach in our memoir and nonfiction pages. For the full list of what is available, look at the book library and the authors page.

Recent client projects are added to this portfolio only with the author's written permission. Ghostwriting is private by nature, and an author who prefers to stay quiet stays quiet. When you ask us for examples, we match them to your genre and share what the author has approved.

Your book could be the next one here. Submit your manuscript or get a free consultation.

Source: "Small Press Distribution Bestseller Lists 2006-2023" by Sera-Ann Hargrove and Micah Bateman (editors: Alexander Manshel, J.D. Porter and Melanie Walsh), Post45 Data Collective, DOI 10.18737/857371, CC BY 4.0. We grouped the original rows into unique titles and authors and added list counts. View the dataset.