Top 50 Literary Agencies

Just to be clear, this is not my top 50, and this is not my ranking...

If you submit your book to a mediocre literary agency, you can’t expect anything more than mediocre results. So scroll below now to find out who the major players are. Then get your query letter ready so you can get one of them to represent you.
This article is part of a 7-part series to help you find The Best Literary Agent for You.

(All content comes from http://literary-agents.com/best-literary-agent/best-literary-agencies/)

Best Literary Agencies - Introduction

Selecting the best literary agencies and ranking them isn’t easy, it’s time-consuming, and it’s bound to create controversy. So let me take a moment to explain how we did it.
Our list (below) of the 50 Best Literary Agencies is based on:

• Total Number of Book Deals: Instead of using the total number of book deals that a literary agent has done all-time, we decided to base our ranking on the number of deals done in the last five years. That way newer agents have a chance to make the list of best literary agencies. Plus we wanted to make sure that well-established agencies that used to be movers and shakers, but are now in decline, did not make the list of best literary agencies.
• Number of Big Deals: We used the same criteria here (mentioned above), only counting six-figure deals or greater that literary agencies closed during the last five years.
• Google Search Results: One of the best ways to measure relevance is Google. For example, Trident Media Group (#1 on our list of Best Literary Agents) has 126,000 search results in Google. Spectrum Literary Agency (#49 on our list) has 4,640.
• Social Influence: Another factor that influenced our rankings was the number of followers and fans that literary agencies have on social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
• Reputation: Finally, we factored in the reputation of every literary agency on our list of Best Literary Agencies.

 

50 Best Literary Agencies

1. Trident Media Group
2. Writers House
3. ICM
4. Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
5. Levine Greenberg Literary Agency
6. Inkwell Management
7. The Knight Agency
8. Sterling Lord Literistic
9. Andrea Brown Literary Agency
10. MacGregor Literary
11. William Morris Agency
12. Janklow & Nesbit
13. Curtis Brown
14. Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
15. Donald Maass Literary Agency
16. Waxman Literary Agency
17. William Morris Endeavor
18. Hartline Literary Agency
19. Harvey Klinger
20. Folio Literary Management
21. Curtis Brown UK
22. Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
23. David Black Literary Agency
24. Kneerim & Williams
25. Natasha Kern Literary Agency
26. Transatlantic Literary Agency
27. Foundry Literary + Media
28. Steve Laube Agency
29. Conville & Walsh
30. The Wylie Agency
31. Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
32. Westwood Creative Artists
33. WordServe Literary Group
34. The Literary Group
35. BookEnds
36. The Gernert Company
37. Brown Literary Agency
38. Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency
39. Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
40. DeFiore and Company
41. Alive Communications
42. Lippincott Massie McQuilkin
43. FinePrint Literary Management
44. Joelle Delbourgo Associates
45. Kuhn Projects
46. Vigliano Associates
47. McIntosh & Otis
48. Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
49. Spectrum Literary Agency
50. Literary Services

Remember people: Always do your research. When you think you have done enough research on an agency and an agent, do about 4 more hours... then submit!