Discover Debut Novels..
/First step. First word. First day of school. First kiss. First love. First dance. First job. First drink. First heartbreak. First concert. The list of milestones measured by firsts in our lives is never-ending, so I will do us all a favour and stop here. Well, not quite. Unsurprisingly, the benchmarks that are most memorable for me are of the bookish kind. First book read on my own. First trip to the library. First library book never returned (oops). First book bought with my own money. First book read in secret, hidden from the prying eyes of parents. First book that kept me up all night. First book that made me snotty cry. First book that made me tingle in my special places. I’ll stop here…your welcome. Based on that, it should come as no surprise to you that as my number of books read has risen over the years to the mid four-digit numbers, no decimal points, I have wholly embraced the joy of unearthing debut authors. These gems are often in the background as established writers are more likely to land on the highly anticipated and best of lists. But that feeling of discovering something no one else knows about is like nothing else. It bubbles up and leaves you breathless to wave the book at everyone you know and screech “read this now!”
2025 - Debut Novels
The Art Of Vanishing - Morgan Pager
Killer Potential - Hannah Deitch
Julie Chan Is Dead - Liann Zhang
Nothing Serious - Emily J. Smith
Serial Killer Support Group - Saratoga Schaefer
A Trail Of Blood On The Snow - Sam Lee
Tell Them You Lied - Laura Leffler
Deep Cuts - Holly Brickley
The Cut - C.J. Dotson
Doll Parts - Penny Zang
The Artist - Lucy Steeds
2024 - Debut Novels
The Husbands - Holly Gramazio
I Think I Might Be In Trouble - Daniel Aleman
The Ministry Of Time - Kaliane Bradley
Busy Body - Kemper Donovan
I Hope This Finds You Well - Natalie Sue
The List Of Suspicious Things - Jennie Godfrey
Book Of Doors - Gareth Brown
Headshot - Rita Bullwinkel
Five-Star Strangers - Kat Tang
You Know What You Did - K.T. Nguyen
Piglet - Lottie Hazel
2023 - Debut Novels
Carnivale Of Curiousities - Aimee Gibbs
Scorched Grace - Margot Douahily
Sink - Joesph Earl Thomas
I Keep My Exoskeletons To Myself - Marisa Crane
The Second Ending - Michelle Hoffman
Assistant To The Villian - Hannah Nicole Maehrer
God Of Endings - Jacqueline Holland
Weyward - Emilia Hart
The First Bright Thing - J.R. Dawson
Camp Zero - Michelle Min Sterling
A Flaw In The Design - Nathan Oates
2022 - Debut Novels
Blood Sugar – Sascha Rothchild
Luda - Grant Morrison
How To Kill Your Family – Bella Mackie
Verifiers – Jane Pek
Mindwalker - Kate Dylan
The Violin Conspiracy - Brendan Slocumb
Sign Here - Claudia Lux
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead - Emily Austin
The Maid - Nita Prose
The Book Eaters - Sunyi Dean
Lesson’s In Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus