As a WOC, representation is very important to me. I hope that my list will consist of stories that serve as beacons for new and old readers, escape hatches into other worlds, and springboards for important conversations. Please send all things diverse and #ownvoices. In horror, I want subversive stories that explore the big and small questions in society.Īcross all genres, I want stories that explore the complexities of life, mental health, politics, and relationships. I enjoy light reimaginings of classic tales or mythology in unexpected ways. In fantasy, I favor those with an over-arching and universal theme. For me, light and quirky stories are just as important as issue-driven ones. I love atmospheric contemporary stories with diverse and layered characters. In contemporaries, I want to see a range of light-hearted and issue-driven tackling any range of topics with care. In fantasy, rich characters, and world-building are essential, especially when seeing why one particular story stands out against another. I’m drawn to ensemble casts, so every reader can see themselves in the stories. In MG, I like diverse historical, contemporary, mysteries, and fantasy.Show me healthy, female friendships or even overcoming toxic ones. In upmarket Women’s Fiction, I’d like to see more stories catering to the authentic millennial and/or POC experience in the vein of HBO’s Insecure or multi-generational family sagas.Give me all the interracial and/or queer relationships! Let’s throw some dating apps meet-cutes in there. As long as I’m laughing out loud and deeply swooning for the characters, I’m happy. I love everything including enemies to lovers, forced relationships, and friendships turning into more. Rom-coms with fresh, modern and heart-wrenching approaches to those stories we know and love.

It takes the fun out of figuring out the mystery myself! Note: Please don’t send your mysteries/thrillers/suspense with police, lawyer, and/or government officials as the main characters. I am also desperate for a revenge-based thriller with POC characters and/or an ensemble cast. Propulsive thrillers, mysteries, and suspense that cater to a smart, female audience, have a dark high-risk game, include cults/secret societies, break some traditional tropes, and feature unexpected fabulism.Near-future speculative fiction in the vein of Netflix’s Black Mirror that explores the blurred lines of utopias and dystopias and the dark sides to social media and technology.Captivating historical fiction set in the 1600s-1800s or 1920s-1970s that highlights little-known trailblazers as well as marginalized or underrepresented perspectives, cultures, and experiences, preferably set outside of the US.I’m always on the lookout for original and diverse voices in commercial and high-concept fiction. Give me a book with all-or-nothing stakes that forces me to read it all in one sitting whether it’s escapist and/or challenges my perceptions.

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