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Literary agents who want books like The Hunger Games

14 agents have named The Hunger Games as a comparable title on their wishlist, and 5 are open to queries. If you’re pitching something in this lane, these are the agents to know. Always confirm an agent’s submission window before you query.

14 agents5 open to queries
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Becca Langton
Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency
Open to queries

She wants stories structured for pace and propulsive plot, with competition or trial frameworks at their heart. Think closed-system narratives with defined rule

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Hillary Fazzari
Bradford Literary Agency
Open to queries

She wants high-stakes, compulsively readable fantasy and sci-fi with big relationships—ships included, but bromances and ensemble bonds are equally prized. Big-

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Joanna Rasheed
Ultra Literary
Open to queries

Dystopian science fiction is on her list, with the caveat that military sci-fi and AI-centered plots are explicitly off the table. Stories focused on societal s

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Kiya Evans
Paper Literary
Open to queries

Evans grew up on dystopian YA and fanfiction, and that formative diet still shows in what they chase: ambitious genre novels where extraordinary world-building

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Louise Buckley
Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency
Open to queries

They want a fresh angle on dystopia — not a rehash of existing frameworks but something that fuses the propulsive, addictive quality of YA-rooted classics with

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Aubrey Poole
Little Brown, JIMMY Books
Status unverified

Contemporary YA is a clear priority, especially stories exploring identity, feminism, and multicultural perspectives. Poole is drawn to fresh retellings (think

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Camille Burns
Solas Literary Agency
Closed

Character-led speculative fiction where the social or political premise exists to illuminate people, not the other way around. Burns gravitates toward the tradi

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Clara Foster
Aevitas Creative Management UK
Closed

She gravitates toward YA that is politically engaged without sacrificing story — work with high-concept hooks pitchable in a single sentence, fresh twists on fa

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Ian Shea
Maximus Literary
Closed

Corrupt governments, survival scenarios, and the remnants of humanity rebuilding or resisting — Ian actively loves this space. The Hunger Games and The Handmaid

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Lindsay Auld
Writers House
Closed

YA is a demonstrated strength — the client roster includes a Morris Award finalist in this category. Auld seeks YA across a wide tonal range: high-stakes histor

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Michelle Hauck
Storm Literary Agency
Closed

Her Pitch Wars mentoring background was in adult SFF, but she is enthusiastic about SFF at younger age levels too. She loves adventurous MG and breathtaking YA

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Michelle Johnson
Inklings Literary Agency
Status unverified

YA and NA are squarely in her wheelhouse across most commercial genres. She responds to voices that create genuine character attachment — readers grieving a fic

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Paige Wheeler
Creative Media Agency
Closed

Wheeler is open to YA across multiple modes: grounded contemporary, fast-paced mystery, and high-stakes dystopian. Voice and emotional authenticity are paramoun

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Teffanie Thompson
Falkin Literary
Status unverified

Thompson's personal reading favorites are a strong speculative cluster — Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, The Hunger Games, The Giver — pointing to a genuin

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