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?