Agents and editors are continuing to see a boom in escapist fiction submissions over recent months but have also identified a number of growing new trends including "stealth-help" and environment-themed "cli-fi".
Trends powered by BookTok, including a "huge surge" in rom-com titles and historical fiction are continuing to show up, while "cli-fi" submissions - science-fiction books about climate change - have risen. In non-fiction, books based on current affairs and personal narratives are proving popular.