Wishlist

CeCe's Wishlist

Fiction

CeCe gravitates towards books by women, for women, whether commercial, upmarket or literary. Her taste in fiction is eclectic: she adores feel good stories filled with levity and humor and dark novels that unsettle and disturb. She is drawn to intelligent protagonists facing a high-pressure situation.
CeCe does not represent children’s books, including YA. She also does not represent novellas or screenplays.

Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
  • Book Club Fiction
  • Upmarket
  • Psychological Thrillers
  • Domestic suspense
  • Mysteries
  • Horror
  • Historical Fiction
  • Contemporary Romance
  • Romcoms
  • Comedy of Manners/Satire
  • Sci-Fi and Fantasy (light on world building)
Non Fiction
  • Psychology
  • History
  • Current Affairs
  • Science
  • Politics
  • Narrative Journalism
  • Nature and the Environment
  • Wellness
  • Spirituality
  • Business and Economics
  • Mathematics
  • Parenting
  • Lifestyle
  • Cookbooks
  • Memoir
  • Travel

Non-Fiction

In terms of nonfiction, no title is too serious or too accessible for CeCe’s taste. She is a fan of books with provocative through-lines that culminate in paradigm-shifting takeaways. CeCe is especially drawn to narratives that expose what is hidden in plain sight, whether it’s an untold story, the unseen side of things we think we know everything about, and/or projects that reveal unexpected and enlightening patterns or connections. She is actively seeking well-researched, expert-led proposals.

Books CeCe Loves

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In order to give querying authors a sense of CeCe’s taste, below is an incomplete and ever-changing list of books that CeCe has read — and loved — in her free time (in no particular order). Could one of these titles be used as a comp for your story? If so, please consider querying CeCe.

Fiction
  • NOTES ON AN EXECUTION by Danya Kukafka
  • WHAT HAPPENED TO RUTHY RAMIREZ by Claire Jiménez
  • THE LIGHT PIRATE by Lily Brooks-Dalton
  • BEST FRIENDS by Martha Moody
  • GOOD RICH PEOPLE by Eliza Jane Brazier
  • EXCITING TIMES by Naoise Dolan
  • THIN GIRLS by Diana Clarke
  • DARK HORSES by Susan Mihalic
  • THE MARGOT AFFAIR by Sanaë Lemoine
  • MRS. by Caitlin Macy
  • FAMILY LORE by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • RICH AND PRETTY by Rumaan Alam

  • HITS & MISSES by Simon Rich

  • WHITE IVY by Susie Yang

  • THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett

  • SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid

  • THE HUSBANDS by Chandler Baker

  • L.A. WEATHER by María Amparo Escandón

  • THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD by Claire Lombardo

  • THE PUSH by Ashley Audrain

  • THE GUEST by Emma Cline
  • YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang

  • WATCH OUT FOR HER by Samantha M. Bailey

  • WE WERE NEVER HERE by Andrea Bartz

  • WHO IS MAUD DIXON? by Alexandra Andrews

  • THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

  • MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  • THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris

  • THE BALLERINAS by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

  • SMILE AND LOOK PRETTY by Amanda Pellegrino

  • DIAL A FOR AUNTIES by Jesse Q. Sutanto

  • THE POWER by Naomi Alderman

  • THE AGE OF MIRACLES by Karen Thompson Walker

  • THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern

  • THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett

  • THE HENNA ARTIST by Alka Joshi

  • MARRYING THE KETCHUPS by Jennifer Close

  • THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS by Danielle Evans

  • TELL ME WHO WE WERE by Kate McQuade

  • SIRACUSA by Delia Ephron

  • WHITE FUR by Jardine Libaire

  • THE RUMOR by Elin Hilderbrand

  • THE LIGHT WE LOST by Jill Santopolo

  • SISTERLAND by Curtis Sittenfeld

  • THE INTERESTINGS by Meg Wolitzer

  • THE HUSBAND’S SECRET by Liane Moriarty

  • COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett

  • WAHALA by Nikki May

  • VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by Isabel Cañas 
  • THE BANDIT QUEENS by Parini Shroff
  • A QUITTER’S PARADISE by Elysha Chang
Non-Fiction
  • GIRLY DRINKS by Mallory O’Meara
  • INVISIBLE WOMEN by Caroline Criado Perez
  • AFTERSHOCKS by Nadia Owusu
  • WILD GAME by Adrienne Brodeur
  • MY BROKEN LANGUAGE by Quiara Alegría Hudes
  • LITERARY WITCHES by Taisia Kitaiskaia
  • OPEN by Rachel Krantz
  • THE ART OF STATISTIC by David Spiegelhalter
  • GOOD MORNING MONSTER by Catherine Gildiner
  • MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb
  • EDUCATED by Tara Westover
  • THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg
  • HOW TO MAKE A SLAVE by Jerald Walker
  • CONFIDENT WOMEN by Tori Telfer
  • I HATE MEN by Pauline Harmange
  • BAD FEMINIST by Roxane Gay
  • HUNGER by Roxane Gay
  • HOW TO BAKE PI by Eugenia Cheng
  • STATE OF AFFAIRS by Esther Perel
  • HOW NOT TO BE WRONG by Jordan Ellenberg
  • INVENTING LATINOS by Laura E. Gómez
  • FREAKONOMICS by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt
  • THE INCONVENIENT INDIAN by Thomas King
  • RECKNONING by Linda Hirschman
  • SHE SAID by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
  • THE WITCHES ARE COMING by Lindy West
  • TRICK MIRROR by Jia Tolentino
  • WOMEN’S WORK by Megan K. Stack
  • DEAR CURRENT OCCUPANT by Chelene Knight

CeCe is not looking for true crime, music and sports.

CeCe will consider all submissions in the categories of adult fiction and nonfiction. In keeping with human nature, sometimes she doesn't know what she is looking for until she sees it!

Submit to query@psliterary.com

CeCe regularly updates her Instagram and Twitter feeds with her wishlist. You can find more information on her tastes there or by clicking the link below.

CECE'S WISHLIST
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