Wednesday, March 28, 2012

More Query Tracker Stats: Offers of Representation by Genre

Have you been wondering what genres are getting the offers of representation?

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?