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2019 Challenge Prompts - Regular
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25 - a debut novel
I'm planning on reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as I am planning on rereading the series next year.
I immediately thought of a couple that weren't listed in that article ^:*edit: (I just realized that article is only 2018 lol)
Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
The 100 by Kass Morgan
Caraval but read it this year so not sure what to read. I liked the book and will be reading the next one. I might do as Brittany and read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Dark Rooms (author is a client of mine!) - set in a school too.Blackfish City - I read for cyberpunk in 2018. Much to enjoy even if flawed.
Such a Long Journey - just read this - set in Bombay, India at the start of the war with Pakistan/Bangladesh.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Poirot is introduced
The Black Moth - birth of the regency romance, coincidentally
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - made quite a splash when published...a tad controversial.
I never finished it so I'm reading Interview with the VampireIt was her debut after her daughter died.
I really liked Bird Box. And I thought The Lies of Locke Lamora was amazing.I am not sure what I'll read for this prompt. Probably Perfectly Undone: A Novel, since it seems to keep getting bumped from my reading lists.
Sara wrote: "Debut novels can be breathtakingly fresh or tragically inept. With so many new authors entering the book scene you'll have your pick of lots of new authors. Or you could dig into the back list of y..."There are so many books on that list I want to read! The Immortalists stuck out at me, that one looks so good!
Raquel wrote: "I have Looking for Alaska on my shelf, so I'll probably use that one."I really enjoyed this one. Almost as much as The Fault in Our Stars.
Some debuts I've read that surprised me in how great they were written:The Edge of Everything
The Beauty That Remains
Your One & Only
Girl Made of Stars
The Bird and the Blade
This is going to be difficult to narrow down since I have quite a few on my list that fit.For anyone who hasn't read it yet, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is a debut novel and is one of my favorites of the year so far. I am reading Everything Here Is Beautiful now and it is wonderful as well.
Sara wrote: "Debut novels can be breathtakingly fresh or tragically inept. With so many new authors entering the book scene you'll have your pick of lots of new authors. Or you could dig into the back list of y..."Going by that list, I may add Children of Blood and Bone to my list. Have it on my shelf but didn't get a chance to read it this year. :)
I'll either go with The Gray House or An Absolutely Remarkable Thing on this oneI can also wholeheartedly recommend Ghostwritten, I still think it's David Mitchell's best book (though I haven't Read The Thousand Autumns of Jacod de Zoet yet)
I'll be reading Clair Adam's Golden Child. It's being published by Hogarth under the SJP Imprint. One of my favorite reads this year was A Place for Us. It's also a debut novel and was the first release for the DIP imprint. Since I loved it I have high hopes for Golden Child.
Aimee Dars wrote: "100 Must-Read Debut Novels"Thanks so much, this helped a lot!
I'm going to read Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - it was on my TBR all last year!Some debut rec's that I read for 2018:
Number One Chinese Restaurant
The Woman in the Window
ATY had a similar prompt this year and I was supposed to read Rules of Civility, but I substituted something new and shiny instead. Maybe I will get to it this year.
I read so many debut novels this year - I'm very pleased about that and I definitely want to continue doing so. All of these are books on my TBR/wishlist that I'm very interested in! Maybe you guys will like some of these too:
Going for Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, which I know a lot of people read this year for the "book set in a bookstore" prompt but I missed...
Going to go with Sense and Sensibility for this prompt, in an effort to get more classics off my shelf.Two debut novels I've read recently that come to mind, The Kiss Quotient and The Hating Game. Both fun, adult romances. I loved them both and would highly recommend if you're in the mood for something lighter.
Where the Crawdads SingAn American Marriage
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Woman in the Window
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Someone mentioned An Absolutely Remarkable Thing here, and I may steal that idea because I meant to read it for the Barnes and Noble book club this year and did not have the time.
Lindi wrote: "Going to go with Sense and Sensibility for this prompt, in an effort to get more classics off my shelf.Two debut novels I've read recently that come to mind, [book:The Kiss Quotient|..."
I also read both of those debut this year and completely agree! They are both terrific romances!!
I'm going to go with Colleen Hoover's Slammed which was her debut. I am hoping to finish all her book in 2019.
Support new authors! My friend just published his first book and if you like Fantasy/Tolkien-esque novels please look into Splendor of Dawn
Happy Reading!
That's a great list - 100 Must Read Debut NovelsTurns out I already have a few debuts slotted for other prompts, so I'm going with Ghostwritten: A Novel in Nine Parts. I read Black Swan Green this year and it was amazing, so I'm excited to read more of his stuff.
Some great ideas here.I recommend Everything Under - shortlisted for the Booker this year, and quite remarkable
I'm thinking about reading Again, but Better or An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. I'm leaning more towards Green's book since it's out already. Riccio's book won't be out until late May but who knows 🤷.
I am thinking maybe Stephen Kings Carrie since that was his first novel I believe and I have not read it
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Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
#1 backup choice which may pull forward and become my main choice:
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Other backup choices:
Welcome to Lagos
The Kiss Quotient
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Still Life
The Mermaids Singing
Too Like the Lightning
Tipping the Velvet
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
The Sympathizer
interesting list on E! Of their favorite debut novels from this year: https://ew.com/books/10-best-debut-no...
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A Place for Us
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Here's a good list of debuts from 2018:
https://www.bookbub.com/blog/2018/07/...