For literary agents Coming soon

Reverse query: find the books readers finished.

Instead of reading a query letter and guessing, browse manuscripts that real readers have already read — and see how they read them.

You’ll sign in, then request agent access. The ARCReader team vets every request.

How the reverse query will work

Real reader data

Every manuscript comes with what its ARC readers did: how many finished, where they slowed down, and what they said in the margin. ARCReader records it from actual reading — authors can’t type it in.

Authors opt in

Nothing is shared by default. An author chooses to list a manuscript for agents and to share its reading analytics; everything else stays private to them.

Browse, then ask

Filter by genre and what readers did, read the pitch, and request the manuscript from the author — all in one place.

Be first in when it opens.

Join the agent waitlist

Agents never pay. Authors: start collecting reader data now, and it becomes part of your pitch.