The number one item on my wish list right now is upmarket and literary fiction. Contemporary or speculative. Anything strange, weird, or depressing is for me. #MSWL

Mostly, I'm looking for upmarket and literary fiction in a lot of categories, including mysteries, speculative, historical and horror. If you blend some of these genres together--amazing! I also like upmarket and literary fiction that doesn't fall into a genre category. #MSWL

Here goes an adult fiction #MSWL :
- Book Club/Upmarket fiction with elevated prose
- Literary Fiction with a commercial hook

Bonus Points:
- Smart social commentary
- Humor
- Elements of genre fiction
- Southern US or Italian settings

1/ First things first: my name is Ginger and I'm an agent at Movable Type Management. I represent books for adults (sorry, no YA/MG/Kidlit) across all genres. I'm looking for commercial and upmarket women's fiction—especially thrillers, rom-coms, mysteries and select horror...

On the hunt for #darkacademia novels, particularly those that are a bit more upmarket and less magical - The Secret History vibes. If you have a crime novel set in a university, boarding school, library - it might be for me. #mswl

I'm actively acquiring and looking primarily for these genres at the moment! #mswl #thrillers #horror #fantasy #publishing #fiction #querying

madeleinemilburn.co.uk/agents/olivia-maidment/

I’m looking for new authors to join my list of literary, upmarket, and bookclub fiction at @madeleinemilburn and would love to hear from you if you have a project to share!

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i’m in the mood to read some literary & upmarket fiction about perimenopause (specific, i know) make it sexy and funny and a little fucked up and i’m there 😏 #mswl #amquerying

Someone must've boosted the literary agents starter pack again because my follows are blowing up, so here's my
#MSWL : www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ro...

TL;DR: Send me literary & upmarket adult fiction and narrative nonfiction; closed to kidlit (inc YA) and unlikely to sign SFF right now

For the next two weeks we are open to adult upmarket/literary/commercial fiction (speculative elements including horror, etc. are OK!) and then we'll open to remaining genres like SFF

Upmarket psych or domestic thrillers/mys; non-cozy, non-police solving crimes
· THE PUSH by Ashley Audrain
· THE WRITING RETREAT by Julia Bartz
· NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell
· WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME by Gillian McAllister
· BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN by Jessica Knoll

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Very happy to share my #MSWL , working alongside @ecniumata !

Upmarket or book club fiction that blends genres, including speculative (always enjoy some spookiness!), fantasy/sci-fi, historical, mystery/thriller, etc. (1/10)

Now open for queries! Looking for commercial and upmarket mystery/thriller with a dash of horror, possible speculative elements. Think THE HOUSEMAID, THE WRITING RETREAT, THE PUSH. querytracker.net/query/3237 #writingcommunity #amwriting #writers #MSWL #Mysterywriters #thrillers #booksky

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Commercial and upmarket fiction across genres, especially novels with unusual behind-the-scenes locations, female friendships, a feminist bent, aspirational settings, diverse authors and experiences, and high concept ‘what if’ premises.

QueryManager.com/Francesca

👉 Grounded fiction with an edge—magical realism, speculative elements, and sharp hooks. Fantasy always welcome, but I’m leaning toward reality-anchored stories right now.
👉 Commercial & Upmarket fiction
👉 Mike Flanagan vibes—emotional, haunting, deeply human—I want it. (3/4)

🎵It’s TIIIIIIIME! 🎶
I saw a lot of incredible queries in 2024, and my experiment of opening my inbox one week a month worked out well. I was able to stay on top of my inbox and meet my personal goal of getting my response times waaaaaay down. That said, I’m still going through Sept-Dec queries…

Top of my wish list is book club and upmarket women's fiction. I'm interested to see anything that could fit in this genre, but a couple of specific wishes:

also!

- indigenous writers of all genres, especially in horror, romcom, thrillers, upmarket & litfic
- novels with biting humor and tons of heart a la THE RACHEL INCIDENT and GOOD MATERIAL
- anything that feels like a warm hug, a sweater knitted with love, a hot cup of tea (& still has some bite!)

I'm currently most interested in contemporary or deeply researched historical literary/upmarket fiction by BIPOC writers and nonfiction from authors with existing platforms or previous publications (including academics), and I'm closed to kidlit except by referral or request #MSWL

someone please please PLEASE give me an upmarket speculative novel set in a travelling circus. a slightly more literary, fresh new take on THE NIGHT CIRCUS. bonus points if strong sense of aesthetic or historical anchoring. pls!!! #mswl