These magazines and outlets accept books to review. So if you’re an author looking to get your book reviewed, some of these places may be a good fit for you. Please note, however, that sending your book here does not guarantee a review. Also, all of them review different kinds and genres of books, so please read the sites and see the kind of books they review before sending yours. Some of them also accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and author interviews. Also see this list of magazines accepting book reviews.
Rain Taxi Review of Books
This magazine “generally considers books in the categories of poetry,
fiction, literary nonfiction, art, and graphic novels, unless there is a book in another genre with a significant literary connection. We review children’s and young adult books, audio books, and chapbooks, though less frequently. … As a quarterly publication, we often take several months to consider a book… Also note that we DO NOT accept electronic files of any kind—only printed books (finished books or bound galleys) are accepted for consideration.” They also accept book reviews. Details here (scroll down to ‘How To Submit a Book For Review Consideration’).
Compulsive Reader
Their website says, “Although we tend to focus on literary fiction and poetry, Compulsive Reader reviews a wide range of genres, including music CD, and also features interviews with authors and musicians. If you would like your book or music to be featured, please send a brief (1-2 paragraph) synopsis, and if we feel that there’s a fit, we will contact you directly to let you know where to send a review copy. Our reviews are detailed, honest, specific, and analytic.” Their website also says, “There’s also a radio show, Compulsive Reader Talks, where we offer live interviews and podcasts.” They also accept reviews of books and music. Details here.
London Review of Books
This prestigious magazine publishes poems, reviews, reportage, memoir, articles for their Short Cuts and Diary slots, and blogposts. They also accept books for review. They do not review ebooks. Details here.
Valparaiso Poetry Journal
This poetry journal is affiliated with the University of Valparaiso. They accept poetry books for review – “Publishers and poets are urged to send books for review consideration” to the address on their website. They also publish poetry, poetry book reviews, essays, and interviews, though general submissions are currently closed. Details here.
The New York Times
The New York Times accepts books for review. Their website says, “If you wish to submit a book for review consideration, please email a PDF of the galley at least three months prior to scheduled publication … Include the publication date and any related press materials, along with links to NetGalley or Edelweiss if applicable.” Details here (click on ‘Submit a Book to Book Review’).
Identity Theory
This online magazine publishes short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews on books, music, and film, and book and film reviews. They also have a social justice section and blog. They welcome digital review copies as well as hard review copies of your book/album/film; details here.
Strange Horizons
This magazine pays for speculative fiction, poetry, and reviews, though not all genres are currently open; and they also accept works for review. “If you wish to submit a review copy, send a short description of the work in the body of your email to reviews@strangehorizons.com. You may attach publicity material to your email but please avoid links to book trailers. Please put “REQUEST FOR REVIEW” in the Subject line of your email, followed by the title and author. We accept both physical and electronic review copies, and especially favour the latter where available as our reviewers are located all over the world, and in these pandemic times the post is not always as reliable as it once was. We receive a lot of requests for reviews. If a work interests us we will be in touch to request a review copy; otherwise we are unlikely to reply. If we don’t respond within fourteen days assume we are not interested.” Details here and here (scroll down to ‘Submitting Works for Review’).
Hippocampus Magazine
They publish creative nonfiction, and charge a submission fee for that except in some cases, see details about creative submissions here. They also review nonfiction books and do author interviews. “Hippocampus Magazine reviews new memoirs, creative nonfiction anthologies and craft books.” They provide details about where you can send a request for your upcoming/recent book for review or for an interview. They do not review self-published titles or interview self-published offers, or books that are exclusively available online. Details here.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
Their About page says, this magazine “engages and connects the literary-minded from Brooklyn and beyond. Vol. 1 Brooklyn features short and long form content on our website and produces a number of free cultural events to bridge the gaps between various forms of culture and art.” They also publish short fiction and essays; “Collectively, we like a wide range of work, from creative nonfiction to experimental fiction, from cultural explorations to a simply structured and well-ordered story. We have wide-ranging bookshelves; we are impressed by quality writing in a wide variety of areas” and details about that are here. They give information on where you can send books and music for review here.
Necessary Fiction
“If you are a publisher, author, or publicist and would like to submit a book for consideration, please contact reviews@necessaryfiction.com. We prefer to list a title as available then provide a reviewer’s address if/when it is requested, to avoid books being mailed twice or piling up unread in our corners.” They publish book reviews, short stories (submit stories here), and essays. “We primarily review recent (i.e., within the past year or close to it) literary fiction from small/independent presses and have a particular interest in contemporary translations. While we define “literary” broadly we probably aren’t a good fit for books in firm genres or for younger readers (and definitely not for books of nonfiction, despite the number of queries we receive). Self-published authors are welcome to submit their books if they fit those interests, but please note that reviewing self-published books is not a particular focus.” They also have a Research Notes series, where invite the author of a recent book of fiction to reflect on the “research” behind it, and for their Translation Notes series, they invite translators of literary fiction to write about the process of bringing a book into English. Details here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
