Literary agents who want books like Outlander

She gravitates toward fiction with immersive settings and characters who embody empathy and self-sacrifice. Historical fiction with sweep, upmarket literary wor…

Hart explicitly flags high-concept fantasy romance as a top priority. The want here is ambitious world-building paired with genuine romantic tension — think the…

She welcomes historical romance, but with a clear preference for the road less traveled: unusual settings and time periods that rarely appear on shelves. Standa…

Well-executed romance across subgenres is welcome, with a special pull toward epic, genre-bending love stories that span time periods or cultures. Paranormal ro…

Strong interest in historical fiction set roughly in the 1700s through early 1900s (pre-WWI era). Old-world European settings particularly resonate with her sen…

She wants internally consistent systems — the rules of how time travel works, and the consequences of breaking or following those rules, must be clearly establi…

Krauss has notably specific fantasy taste. She loves low fantasy and gaslamp fantasy, cozy fantasy with real stakes, and dark fantasy with an unmistakable 1980s…

Epic fantasy, historical fantasy, and magical realism/fabulism are priorities. Rossner loves richly imagined alternate worlds and literary sci-fi as much as swe…

Romantasy lands high on Gerton's list, but with clear qualifiers: the love story must be load-bearing to the plot — not a subplot bolted on — and the emotional …

One of Okuniewska's deepest areas of enthusiasm. They want female-led historical narratives — especially female spy novels — and are equally drawn to untold sto…