I've had a moment of geek this morning and decided to take a look.
Based on QueryTracker's Success Stories from 3/29/11 to 3/28/12, 238 users reported receiving an offer of representation. Of those reporting a genre (205 total), here's how the percentages break down:
|
Genre
|
Offer of Rep
|
% of Offers
|
|
Action/Adventure
|
1
|
>1%
|
|
Biography &
Memoirs
|
2
|
1%
|
|
Children's
|
2
|
1%
|
|
Commercial
Fiction
|
4
|
2%
|
|
Contemporary
|
1
|
>1%
|
|
Cultural/Social
|
1
|
>1%
|
|
Fantasy
|
10
|
5%
|
|
Historical
Fiction
|
6
|
3%
|
|
Humor/Gift
|
4
|
2%
|
|
Literary Fiction
|
6
|
3%
|
|
Middle Grade
|
23
|
11%
|
|
Mystery
|
2
|
1%
|
|
Narrative
|
5
|
2%
|
|
Offbeat/Quirky
|
1
|
>1%
|
|
Picture
|
4
|
2%
|
|
Romance
|
12
|
6%
|
|
Self-Help
|
1
|
>1%
|
|
Thrillers/Suspense
|
3
|
1%
|
|
Women's Fiction
|
10
|
5%
|
|
Young Adult
|
106
|
52%
|
And here's how the past three years compare:
|
Genre
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
|
Action/Adventure
|
1%
|
>1%
|
|
|
Biography &
Memoirs
|
3%
|
3%
|
1%
|
|
Business &
Finance
|
1%
|
|
|
|
Chick Lit
|
3%
|
|
|
|
Children's
|
5%
|
1%
|
1%
|
|
Commercial
Fiction
|
4%
|
1%
|
2%
|
|
Contemporary
|
|
|
>1%
|
|
Cultural/Social
|
|
|
>1%
|
|
Crime/Detective/Police
|
1%
|
|
|
|
Family Saga
|
|
1%
|
|
|
Fantasy
|
6%
|
10%
|
5%
|
|
Historical
Fiction
|
3%
|
3%
|
3%
|
|
Horror
|
1%
|
|
|
|
Humor/Gift
|
|
|
2%
|
|
Literary Fiction
|
3%
|
1%
|
3%
|
|
Middle Grade
|
6%
|
2%
|
11%
|
|
Mystery
|
|
4%
|
1%
|
|
Narrative
|
1%
|
2%
|
|
|
Offbeat/Quirky
|
1%
|
>1%
|
|
|
Picture
|
|
|
2%
|
|
Romance
|
8%
|
6%
|
6%
|
|
Science Fiction
|
4%
|
9%
|
|
|
Self-Help
|
1%
|
1%
|
>1%
|
|
Thrillers/Suspense
|
4%
|
1%
|
1%
|
|
Women's Fiction
|
4%
|
5%
|
|
|
Young Adult
|
46%
|
54%
|
52%
|
**Note that QueryTracker is a self-reporting website. This is just a snapshot for information purposes only.
I'm not surprised to see Middle Grade has grown. And I am a little surprised that there were no SciFi offers reported, since that seemed to be growing last year.
What about you? Any thoughts?
