Debut

The first book by an author

Yesteryear
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Hate U Give
Lessons in Chemistry
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Silent Patient
Homegoing
The Girl on the Train
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
The Night Circus
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Names
Such a Fun Age
Black Cake
Baby by J.K. AccinniIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyTagged by Joseph M. ChironHeart of Oak by David        CookAlien Species Intervention by J.K. Accinni
First New Author Books
307 books — 397 voters

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund HodgeCreed by Trisha LeaverHexed by Michelle KrysAlienated by Melissa LandersSide Effects May Vary by Julie   Murphy
2014 Debut Author Challenge (YA/MG/NA)
432 books — 1,382 voters
These Violent Delights by Chloe GongAll the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn  GraceAll Your Twisted Secrets by Diana UrbanWhere Dreams Descend by Janella AngelesThe Loop by Ben  Oliver
YA Debuts 2020
152 books — 539 voters

“ We're one pack, pup. A wolf who runs alone will never find success. ...more ”
― M.J. Marinescu, Forsaken Genesis

Martijn Benders
“ If you want to be a poet, there is no greater mistake you could make than to publish whatever work you have as soon as you can. Why? Well because your debut is the only shot you have. It should be made of dynamite. There is nothing worse - believe me - than to have an oeuvre with a mediocre debut, and likely you wont get that far at all, and you will wait for reviews that wont come, just a horrible idea really. I don't need tell this to the rare and extreme talents - they are like a force of nat ...more ”
― Martinus Hendrikus Benders

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