Literary agents who want books like Six of Crows

YA is in play but Gilbert's agency page specifies she will 'consider select YA' — language that signals a higher bar than for adult fiction. Her wishlist touchs…

This is her primary lane. She welcomes the full spectrum — high fantasy, low fantasy, cozy fantasy, dark fantasy, and romantasy — with or without heavy worldbui…

She is drawn to supernatural investigator narratives and ensemble heist-style stories with a genre edge. Cozy fantasy that blends romance and a thread of myster…

She's open to mystery and thriller at the YA level only, and she'd love it blended with fantasy. For mystery, she gravitates toward ensemble whodunits, campy fu…

Fantasy of any subgenre, with queer romance as a strong draw — though she notes the romance does not have to be full romantasy. She wants elaborate, immersive w…

Fast pacing, high stakes, and a distinctive narrator voice are the baseline requirements. She gravitates toward found-family or ensemble structures and poignant…

He describes himself as actively building this part of his list, which means he is open but selective. He gravitates toward YA SFF with strong character work an…

This is the heart of her list. She wants fantasy with strong worldbuilding and compelling characters — epic, dark academic, cozy, low fantasy, and romantasy all…

Trinica's single deepest passion. She wants horror, cozy-to-high fantasy, genre-blending, magical realism, light sci-fi, and anything that defies tidy categoriz…

Lake is open to fantasy, specifically adventure-driven stories and romantasy with brisk pacing and compelling world-building. She is not seeking slow-burn, high…

Adult SFF is sought specifically when it carries strong YA crossover appeal — younger protagonists, accessible voice, or themes that resonate across age categor…

Conniff wants romantasy and fantasy romance with genuine romantic bones — not fantasy with a thin love-interest subplot. Found family in a fantasy setting is a …

Hart is looking for fresh angles on familiar tropes — the subverted archetype, the concept that shouldn't work but does. Contemporary fantasy and magical realis…

She is drawn to speculative fiction anchored by ambitious, driven characters with intersectional identities. She wants diverse protagonists — African fantasy, A…

This is Fischer's most energized YA lane. They want fantasy that steps away from Western European defaults — non-western settings, cultures, and mythologies are…

Shamah wants alternate worlds built with real specificity — not generic fantasy topography, but settings that feel entirely invented and inevitable at once. Ret…

For fantasy, Rhian is drawn to clever, idea-driven stories: heist narratives with adult stakes (not YA-adjacent), and cerebral world-building that uses its fant…

All YA genres are open — fiction and nonfiction alike. Wells is most energized by books with a singular voice and a strong central character or ensemble, unreli…

This is the center of gravity on her actual sales list, backed by multiple NYT and indie bestselling series. She wants the full spectrum — sweeping second-world…

Ross wants YA that either hits hard tonally—gritty, intense, emotionally raw—or takes an inventive angle on history, mythology, or classic retellings. She's dra…