Is your genre one of the top percenters?

I hadn’t given this much thought, until reading a great article on Medium by Erica Verrillo from the Writing Cooperative. And boy howdy, the stats were eye-opening. Erica gives stats on most popular genres with readers, agents and includes which genres make the most money.

What surprised me most?

Most books sold by genre…

• #1 – Children’s Fiction sells more than three times the number of adult books.

  

• #2 – Adult General Fiction came is second in sales.

Agents most requested genre…

• First Choice of Agents is NOT Children’s books, although these books are number one in sales.#1 – Request by agents is YA Fiction.

  

• #10 – Last on the lists for Agent request is Women’s Fiction. I’d expected this to be higher.
• Agents work on commission of 15%.

The genre that makes the most money…

• #1 – Dollar maker is  Romance and Erotica, this includes self-published romance.

• #2 – Crime and Mystery novels
• #3 – Inspirational and Religious books, (go figure.) This includes self-help books.
• #4 – Fantasy and Science Fiction

 Click and read Erica’s article to discover all the nitty-gritty details.

What are the most popular literary genres? By Erica Verrillo

Where did your genre fall?

Any surprises?

Will any of these stats change your approach to writing?

 

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