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Prompt: An author's debut book

This can include the first book an author has every published, as well as an author's first book in a new genre (an adult fiction author publishing their first YA book, or a nonfiction author publishing fiction for the first time, for example)
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450 books · 105 voters · list created August 4th, 2022 by Emily Bourque (votes) .
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Emily 1984 books
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Laurel 4483 books
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Joy D 7903 books
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Marie 3669 books
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Dubhease 1039 books
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Kelly Sj 2227 books
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RachelG. 5602 books
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NancyJ 13379 books
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Comments Showing 1-2 of 2 (2 new)

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message 1: by Dubhease (new)

Dubhease The Book Thief is Markus Zusak's 4th or 5th book. His debut book was "The Underdog"


message 2: by Chrissy (new)

Chrissy Got it!


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