These magazines accept books for review: fiction (literary and genre), nonfiction, and poetry. Most also accept creative or critical writing: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews. And our list of magazines accepting book reviews is here.
Sagging Meniscus Press: Exacting Clam
They publish online and in print. They accept book reviews and also books for review: “If you’re a publicist, author, or publisher and want to tell us about your book, please feel free to pitch it to us, in the baseball or cricket sense—manually, thoughtfully, selectively, gracefully arcing the publicity-tainted projectile toward us, rather than subjecting us to an indifferent bombardment which would cause us to retreat sullenly into our calcified shell. Please contact us via our pitch form, which will put the book into our system” and also drop them a line at the email address they’ve provided. They also accept fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and art. See this page for details about sending book reviews and books for review; their general guidelines, and submissions pages (including for book reviews) are here and here.
The Columbia Review
Their website says they are the oldest college literary magazine in the United States. And, “If you would like The Columbia Review to review your book or slate a catalog of your books (if a publisher) for review, send a query …. The Columbia Review will typically only slate books that have been published within the last year for a review, unless there is a new urgency for reviewing an old title. If you believe this is the case, please explain further in your query.” They also publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations; submissions reopen in August 2026. Details here.
The Rumpus
They accept book reviews as well as books for review. You can submit criticism / book review pitches or submissions, as well as creative work, via Submittable, and you can submit books for review via their Google form; the genres they accept for review are Literary Fiction (novels and short story collections); Genre Fiction (SciFi/Fantasy, Romance, Historical, Thriller, Western, Spy); Poetry; Nonfiction; Memoir; Essay Collection; Hybrid; and Others. They do not review YA books. They pay for creative and critical writing. See their writers’ guidelines here.
contemporary haibun online / cho
They publish haibun, tanka prose, and haiga. They also accept articles, tanka prose, and books for review in their relevant niche. ““contemporary haibun online (cho) publishes 3 issues per year, April, August, and December.
cho publishes haibun and tanka prose and articles about those forms.” Scroll down to ‘Where to send’ and further to ‘Articles & Books for Review’ section on where to send copies for review. Details here.
Rain Taxi Review of Books
‘Rain Taxi 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. Rain Taxi focuses on reviews of current book releases (those published within the previous year).
Please understand that we can review only a small percentage of the books we receive. … 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.
Compulsive Reader
Regarding accepting books and other materials for review, they say, “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.” They have reviewed books on a number of topics on their website, including but not limited to audio books, fantasy, crime, biography, books for writers, graphic novels, cookbooks, literary fiction, memoir, mystery, plays, romance, satire, poetry, speculative fiction, thriller, and young adult. They also accept book reviews from writers. Details here.
London Review of Books
They publish 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 (scroll down).
The New York Times
“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.
Identity Theory
They welcome digital review copies as well as hard review copies of your book/album/film; email the editor for details on where to send work. They publish short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews on books, music, and film, and book and film reviews, and work for their social justice section. Details here.
Strange Horizons
This magazine pays for speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction and reviews; fiction is open only during short submission periods. 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. … We accept both physical and electronic review copies, and especially favour the latter where available … If a work interests us we will be in touch to request a review copy; otherwise we are unlikely to reply. … We do our best to assign reviews based on interest; we can’t guarantee that every review copy will get placed with a reviewer, but we do try.” Guidelines to send books for review, and for submitting reviews, are here; their main submission guidelines page is here.
Necessary Fiction
Apart from book reviews, they publish short fiction and essays; also see their Research Notes and Translation Notes features. About what they review, they say: “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.” To authors, publishers, or publicists who want to submit books for review, they ask you to get in touch before sending a book. “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.” Details here.
3:AM Magazine
This is a magazine of radical literature; their tagline is ‘Whatever it is, we’re against it’. Submissions for reviews, essays, and articles are closed currently, but queries are accepted. Fiction is closed. And, “Please contact the editor before sending any books, magazines, CDs or DVDs for review consideration.” Details here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
