Skyhorse Publishing

Skyhorse Publishing
USA – Novels, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, All Genres

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“America’s fastest growing small press” —Publisher’s Weekly

Skyhorse opened its doors in 2006, committed to bringing the world a broad mix of books. With 112 New York Times bestsellers, more than 12,000 books on their backlist, and over 400 titles planned for 2025/2026, they’ve shown no signs of slowing down. Skyhorse has a total of 26 imprints.

Skyhorse publishes non-fiction books about outdoor sports, adventure, team sports, nature, and country living, with a strong dose of politics, public health, current events, true crime, history and military history, reference, and humor.

For fiction, they are always on the lookout for literary fiction and general trade. They generally publish more non-fiction than fiction. Skyhorse is distributed by Simon & Schuster in the US, Canada, and overseas.

Imprints

All Seasons Press, Allworth Press, Arcade CrimeWise, Arcade Publishing, Carrel Books, Children’s Health Defense, Clydesdale Press, Final Battle Books, Front Page Detectives, Good Books, Helios Press, Hot Books, ICAN Press, Night Shade Books, Not For Tourists, Peakpoint Press, Racehorse For Young Readers, Racehorse Publishing, Regnery Publishing, Sky Pony Press, Sports Publishing, Talos Press, Yucca Publishing, Skyhorse Publishing, WarRoom Books, and World Almanac.

Submissions

Unsolicited submissions welcome. No agent required.

Most Skyhorse acquisitions for 2025/2026 are non-fiction. Tomorrow the War, a novel by Max Watman, is scheduled for release in Jan. 2026.

Skyhorse is looking for books in the following categories:

– Sports (Team and Individual)
– Outdoor Sport (Hunting, Fishing, and Camping)
– Adventure and Travel
– Health and Fitness
– House and Home
– History
– Humor
– Military History
– Business
– Horses
– Pets and Animals
– Nature and Science
– Food and Wine
– Aviation
– True Crime
– Current Events

Submitting Your Proposal

Send all submissions to: submissions@skyhorsepublishing.com. In the subject line of your submission, please include only one of the following categories:

– Outdoor & Sports
– Fiction & Literary Non-fiction
– Children’s
– Cooking & Lifestyle
– Politics, History, & General Non-fiction
– Racehorse (Trending Topics)

Skyhorse 2025 titles

– Total Load Theory by Patricia Lemer
– Delivery Man by Rory Laverty
– World Almanac 2026
– The Last Men by Dr. Charles Cornish-Dale
– Dignidad, No Ciudadania by Maria Salazar

2026 titles

– The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
– Tomorrow the War by Max Watman
– Kings Mountain by Phillip Tucker
– Free Expression Under Fire by Stuart Brotman
– Saying Yes by Natalie Davis

2027 slated titles

– Truth Be Told by Kerry Cohen

Acquisitions

The Unbreakable Self by Thomas Turcich (Non-fiction) – A modern adventurer distills seven life-changing truths forged during his 28,000-mile walk around the world into a guide for living with purpose, resilience.

Truth Be Told by Kerry Cohen (Non-fiction) – A craft book that provides tools and exercises, and that highlights memoir as a singular genre with the power to show us what is true about ourselves and the world we live in and thereby to influence and challenge dominant cultural narratives, pitched as THE ART OF MEMOIR for our times.

Free Expression under Fire by Stuart Brotman (Non-fiction) – As America approaches its 250th anniversary, free speech and reporting face new pressures across campuses, workplaces, social media, and newsrooms, and showing how law, culture, and daily choices shape free expression in practice.

The Jewish Hospital by Jonathan Hammel (Fiction) – Novel about how the author grew up in the shadows of his father, Noriega’s second in command, and Uncle Tony himself, the dictator who shaped his childhood, before setting out across the world to outrun a legacy of violence and transform himself into a man of compassion.

The Pit Bull King by Marlon Grennan (Non-fiction) – A memoir and exploration of love, family, mental health, and the bond between man and dog, with Jamie Alexander.

Skyhorse Presents the 2026 World Almanac

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2026
By Sarah Janssen
1008 Pages
December 16, 2025
Series: The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Imprint: World Almanac

#1 New York Times Bestseller, World Almanac. Get thousands of facts at your fingertips with this essential resource: sports, pop culture, science and technology, U.S. history and government, world geography, business, and so much more.

The World Almanac® is America’s bestselling reference book of all time, with more than 83 million copies sold. For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for school, library, business, and home.

The 2026 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2025 and will be your go-to source for questions on any topic in the upcoming year. Praised as a “treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information” by The Wall Street Journal, The World Almanac and Book of Facts will answer all of your trivia needs effortlessly.

Features include:

2025—Top 10 News Topics: The editors of The World Almanac list the top stories that held the world’s attention in 2025.

2025—Year in Sports: Hundreds of pages of trivia and statistics that are essential for any sports fan, featuring complete coverage of the 2025 World Series and a 2026 Winter Olympic Preview.

2025—Year in Pictures: Striking full-color images from around the world in 2025, covering news, entertainment, science, and sports.

2025—Offbeat News Stories: The World Almanac editors found some of the strangest news stories of the year.

World Almanac Editors’ Picks: Time Capsule: The World Almanac lists the items that most came to symbolize the year 2025.

Meet Skyhorse President and Publisher Tony Lyons

Tony Lyons, President and Publisher at Skyhorse, and an attorney, was Publisher at The Lyons Press between 1997 and 2004. He founded Skyhorse in 2006 and has been involved with every aspect of the book publishing process.

Starting with a small team of people, some of whom still work for Skyhorse, Tony has steadily built the company from a start-up to an increasingly prominent mid-sized publisher.

Author Spotlight: Jonathan Hammel

Jonathan Hammel is a doctor and writer, author of Stethos & Co, Des îles et d’elle, and Memoirs of a Breast.

His upcoming historical novel, The Jewish Hospital (Skyhorse, June 2026) was inspired by the true story of his grandmother, who served as a nurse at Berlin’s only Jewish hospital to remain open under Nazi rule, the book explores love, resilience, and moral courage in the darkest of times.

“A gripping, tender World War II novel… I cried, I raged, I despaired — and I believed.” —Heather Morris (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)