Buzzfeed's 19 Best Literary Debuts Of 2016 (19 books)

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"The most exciting new voices in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in 2016 (ranked in no particular order)."

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1		Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 114,989 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from '80s Movies by Jason Diamond (Goodreads Author) 3.21 avg rating — 928 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Vegetarian by Han Kang 3.65 avg rating — 413,070 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong 4.17 avg rating — 51,260 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 4,276 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 413,801 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		The Mothers by Brit Bennett (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 129,804 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Boy Erased by Garrard Conley (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 21,869 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 3,248 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Shelter by Jung Yun (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 9,007 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 15,715 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Look: Poems by Solmaz Sharif 4.31 avg rating — 2,749 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 4,692 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 11,900 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge 3.45 avg rating — 4,074 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 17,452 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 86,604 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		Cannibal (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry) by Safiya Sinclair 4.18 avg rating — 926 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett 3.51 avg rating — 9,647 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

19 books · 5 voters · list created January 3rd, 2017 by Kate (votes) .

Tags: 2016, buzzfeed, debut, listicle, new-author

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