For folks writing in the CNF vein, I recently compiled a list of publishers who put out books on pop culture! Mostly small and independent presses (including one that began with a Kickstarter funded in just 8 hours, kind of a cool backstory), and almost all of them take submissions directly from writers -- no agent required. https://abigailoswald.substack.com/p/10-book-series-that-deep-dive-pop