Around the Year in 52 Books is a Goodreads group that creates a user-generated reading challenge each year. This listopia is dedicated to one of our 2023 prompts. Please do not vote on these lists unless you are participating in our reading challenge!

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 1985 books
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Laurel 4483 books
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Joy D 7910 books
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Marie 3674 books
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Dubhease 1039 books
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Kelly Sj 2227 books
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RachelG. 5616 books
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NancyJ 13423 books
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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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