If you’re writing crime, thrillers, historical sagas, book club fiction, high-concept women’s fiction or plot-driven contemporary novels, you’re likely writing commercial fiction. And the good news is this: there are UK literary agents actively seeking it.
Book club fiction sits in that rich middle ground between literary and commercial.
It is character-led but accessible. Emotional but plot-driven. The kind of novel readers press into a friend’s hands and say, “You have to read this.”
If you’re writing contemporary fiction with strong themes, layered relationships and discussion potential, you may be writing book club fiction.