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These debuts are the best way to discover something new this year.
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  • Small Animals Caught in Traps

    A Novel

    by C. B. Bernard ...
    For readers of Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone and David Vann’s Legend of a Suicide, C. B. Bernard’s debut novel shows a father and a daughter fighting toward hope through a traumatic past.In the town of Disappointment, Oregon, washed-up boxer Lewis Yaw makes ends meet as a fishing guide. He’s lived a life of violence, but doesn’t understand real strength until he meets Janey, who can see good in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Hurricane Wars

    A Novel

    by Thea Guanzon ...
    "An incredible debut full of rich atmosphere, clever world building, opposing magic, and sizzling romance, The Hurricane Wars is my newest obsession."— KERRI MANISCALCO, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Throne of the Fallen"I physically could not stop reading! Thea Guanzon's talent is limitless, and she is the kind of writer that comes around once in a generation. Mark my words: lives will ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • You Know Her

    A Novel

    by Meagan Jennett ...
    “This book will be the talk of the genre. If you read one thriller this year, read this one.” **—Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author of HeartsickKilling Eve meets Sharp Objects in this lush,savage Southern gothic thriller about twowomen: a fledgling murderer and the cophell-bent on catching her.**Two hours before he vanished, Mark Dixon stole a glass of wine. That’s what bartender ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dead Eleven

    A Novel

    by Jimmy Juliano ...
    "An ominously slow burn...Keep the lights on for this one."—A PEOPLE MUST-READ FOR SUMMER"Very creepy...you've been warned."—R.L. STINE"Gripping.”—ANA REYESOn a creepy island where everyone has a strange obsession with the year 1994, a newcomer arrives, hoping to learn the truth about her son’s death—but finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into the bizarrely insular community and their ... Read more

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  • Boy Parts

    A Novel

    by Eliza Clark ...
    One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023An incendiary debut novel from a brash new talent—a pitch-black comedy, both shocking and hilarious, which fearlessly explores sexuality and gender roles in the twenty-first century.“Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp, Boy Parts is a whirlwind exploration of gender, class, and power.”—Jessica Andrews, author of SaltwaterExiled from the art w... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Chrysalis

    A Novel

    by Anna Metcalfe ...
    This provocative, fiercely imaginative debut follows a woman trying to slip the shackles of society by controlling her body and mind in extreme ways, by one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.“Chrysalis is a thrilling look at how we spin silk around ourselves by watching the world on our screens.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIt was hard to be in the present, she said, but if her body ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Forget Me Not

    by Julie Soto ...
    A wedding planner and her grumpy ex must work together to plan a celebrity event in this deliciously spicy and funny novel from the creator of Generation Me.Ama Torres is an optimistic wedding planner who doesn’t believe in marriage. But weddings? They’re amazing. Elliot Bloom is a brooding florist who hates owning a flower shop…until a certain bright-eyed, donut-loving workaholic shows up at his ... Read more

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  • Carmen and Grace

    A Novel

    by Melissa Coss Aquino ...
    "Aquino’s debut novel explores complex ideas: how things that are threatening can also be attractive and whether a debt is owed to the people and places that shaped you."— WASHINGTON POST“I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • No Life for a Lady

    the joyful and uplifting historical mystery everyone is talking about in 2023

    by Hannah Dolby ...
    Read the most uplifting historical debut of 2023! Perfect for fans of Dear Mrs Bird, The Maid and Lessons in Chemistry.Violet Hamilton is a woman who knows her own mind. Which, in 1896, can make things a little complicated...At 28, Violet's father is beginning to worry she will never find a husband. But every suitor he presents, Violet finds a new and inventive means of rebuffing.Because Violet ... Read more

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  • Wandering Souls

    A Novel

    by Cecile Pin ...
    Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023“A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope.” —Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Time Is a MotherThere are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies—everything in between is speculation.After the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Minh, and Thanh journey to Hong Kong with ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Phoenix King

    by Aparna Verma ...
    Book 1 - The Ravence Trilogy
    In a kingdom where flames hold magic and the desert hides secrets, an ancient prophecy comes for an assassin, a princess, and a king—but none are ready to face destiny, and the choices they make could burn the world.“If we carry the burdens of our fathers, we’ll never know what it means to be free.”For Elena Aadya Ravence, fire is yearning. She longs to feel worthy of her Phoenix god, of her ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • It Happened One Fight

    by Maureen Lenker ...
    From Entertainment Weekly writer Maureen Lee Lenker comes a swoony romantic comedy set in the world of 1930s film.Joan Davis is a movie star, and a damned good actor, too. Unfortunately, Hollywood only seems to care when she stars alongside Dash Howard, Tinseltown's favorite leading man and a perpetual thorn in Joan's side. She's sick of his hotshot attitude, his never-ending attempts to get a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Wanderlust

    by Elle Everhart ...
    People We Meet on Vacation meets The Unhoneymooners in this sparkling debut romantic comedy about two near strangers—and complete opposites—who win a radio contest for a trip around the world.Love's about to take flight.Feeling stuck at work and tired of London’s dreary weather, magazine writer Dylan Coughlan impulsively rings a radio station one day only to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip around ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Real Love

    A Novel

    by Rachel Lindsay ...
    Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from the Bachelorette star and author of Miss Me with That.Maya Johnson lives her life according to The Plan: to become the youngest-ever female director of her company, marry her college sweetheart, and build a fabulous life in Miami. Seeing as she’s almost near checking every last one of those items off ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • How I'll Kill You

    by Ren DeStefano ...
    Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest commits their worst crime yet: falling in love with her mark.Make him want you.Make him love you.Make him dead.Sissy has an...interesting family. Always the careful one, always the cautious one, she has handled the cleanup while her serial killer ... Read more

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  • Homebodies

    A Novel

    by Tembe Denton-Hurst ...
    "[A] sharp, charming and passionate debut." —New York Times Book ReviewA Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle, Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, USA Today, them, Bustle, PopSugar, New York Post, Women's Health, and The Millions.Urgent, propulsive, and strikingly insightful, Homebodies<... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind

    A Novel

    by Molly McGhee ...
    **"Molly McGhee reminds me of absolutely no one. Here’s an original mind brimming over with invention and comic ferocity . . . [a] mad, hilarious writer.”—Ben Marcus, author of The Flame AlphabetA debut novel for the modern working stiff.**Jonathan Abernathy is a self-proclaimed loser . . . he’s behind on his debts, has no prospects, no friends, and no ambitions. But when a government loan ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

    A Novel

    by Soraya Palmer ...
    **“Mothers never die. Children love to resurrect us in they stories.”Folktales and spirits animate this lively and unforgettable coming-of-age tale of two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in Brooklyn grappling with their mother’s illness, their father's infidelity, and the truth of their family's past**Sisters Zora and Sasha Porter are drifting apart. Bearing witness to their father’s violence and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • They Hate Each Other

    by Amanda Woody ...
    Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, and they realize that “falling for your enemy” isn’t as impossible as it seems.There are plenty of words Jonah Collins could use to describe Dylan Ramírez. “Arrogant,” “spoiled,” and “golden boy” to name a few. Likewise, Dylan thinks he has Jonah accurately labeled as an attention-seeking asshat who ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Kismet

    A Novel

    by Becky Chalsen ...
    “A wedding, a birthday, a holiday weekend. What could really go wrong? Kismet dishes up everything a reader could possibly crave: family drama, long-held secrets, and the ‘what ifs’ that can sometimes haunt even the most loving of unions.”—Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of With Love from LondonA sun-soaked debut about love, sisterhood, and destiny, set in the glorious beach town of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Fly with Me

    A Novel

    by Andie Burke ...
    A sparkling and steamy opposites-attract romance, Fly with Me by Andie Burke is filled with sharp banter and that sweet, swooping feeling of finding “the one” when and where you least expect it.A one-way ticket to love or a bumpy ride ahead?Flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy is still gripping the armrest from her first-ever take-off when the pilot announces an in-flight medical emergency. Olive ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Shadow Sister

    by Lily Meade ...
    *Featuring an exclusive case only available on the first print run!"From its glorious first line to the final page, The Shadow Sister heralds an exciting and exquisite new voice. Lily Meade has arrived!" —Angeline Boulley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's DaughterSometimes people are lost from you, no matter how much you wish they weren't and before you can even begin to know ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The East Indian

    A Novel

    by Brinda Charry ...
    Inspired by a historical figure, an exhilarating debut novel about the first native of the Indian subcontinent to arrive in Colonial America—for readers of Esi Edugyan and Yaa Gyasi.Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company’s outpost on ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Splinter in the Sky

    by Kemi Ashing-Giwa ...
    A diverse, exciting debut space opera about a young tea expert who is taken as a political prisoner and recruited to spy on government officials—a role that may empower her to win back her nation’s independence—perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor.The dust may have just settled in the failed war of conquest between the Holy Vaalbaran Empire and the Ominirish Republic, but the last ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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