2023 Debut Authors
Here are some of the best debut books of 2023 for you to try!
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An instant New York Times bestseller!“This is an absolute, can’t-put-it-down thriller. . . . It’s truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter—which I ... Read more
A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick"A riveting mother-daughter tale." — Elle"Radiant. ... An intimate account of one family's planting of roots in American soil and the sacrifices grea... Read more
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick“A vibrant and hilarious debut…Pineapple Street is riveting, timely, hugely entertaining and brimming with truth.” —Cynthia D&rsqu... Read more
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Autostraddle, Shondaland, Booklist • Inthis electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire—inspired by the iconic 1970s film TaxiDriver—aride share driver i... Read more
"This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bake Off kept me turning the pages all night!" —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author Only Murders in the Building me... Read more
NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Every sentence of Monica Heisey's writing is a treat. No one makes me laugh like she does." —Dolly Alderton, New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Know About L... Read more
A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club PickOne of BookPage's Best Audiobooks of 2023"The patchwork elements cooperate with one another both on the page and in the audiobook, thanks to Heather Agyepo... Read more
"Maarleveld's narration takes the exquisite prose of this story and elevates it to a lyrical listening experience. Her consistently skilled delivery moves through a variety of accents and time peri... Read more
Shortlisted for the Booker PrizeLonglisted for the Women's Prize for FictionA New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, NPR, and KirkusA taut, enthrallin... Read more
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the... Read more
This sweet, enemies-to-lovers debut rom-com filled with Chinese astrology will undoubtedly prove to be a perfect match with readers of Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory, and Sa... Read more
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Finalist for the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the ... Read more
A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border. A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a r... Read more
Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger, the Sunday Times Young Writer Award, the Betty Trask Prize, and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literatu... Read more
A powerful coming-of-age novel about a twenty-something Black musician living in predominantly white Portland, Oregon, playing in a rock band on the verge of success while struggling with racism, r... Read more
A New York Times Editor’s Choice Best Book of 2023 by Esquire, Apple Books, HuffPost, GQ, Cosmopolitan, and Goodreads.Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut NovelVCU Cabell First Nove... Read more
In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line between a literary coming-of-age narrative and a dark unsettling horror tale, told from an adult perspect... Read more
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR •"Sublime."—New York Times Book Review"Brilliantly sharp, funny, and thought-provoking, the gripping story of a woman trying to find her way in our ch... Read more
GMA BUZZ PICK • INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND AWARD WINNER • A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I • “Will live in your... Read more
RECOMMENDED BY GILLIAN FLYNN ON THE TODAY SHOW • “A lush, seductive Southern Gothic that’s deliciously queer . . . K. L. Cerra’s gift for gorgeous, gruesome atmosphere had me... Read more
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual FictionLonglisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut NovelSly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite,... Read more
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year A New York Times Editors' Choice An Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense"The most fascinating debut I've read in years—enigmatic... Read more
A razor-sharp and seductively hypnotic debut novel about the very fantasy of falling in love.Emily didn’t join the cast of The One for fame or for a relationship. She simply didn’t have... Read more
Named a must-read book of summer by: Good Morning America, People, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Philadelphia Inquirer and one of the best books of t... Read more
This provocative, fiercely imaginative debut follows a woman trying to slip the shackles of society by controlling her body and mind in extreme ways, by one of Granta’s Best of Young British ... Read more
A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • An enchanting novel about Ro, a woman tossed overboard by heartbreak and loss, who has to find her way back to stable shores with the help of a giant P... Read more
An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Today Read With Jenna Book Club Pick"I dare you not to fall wildly in love with Grace...It's a book about love, about grace, about even when we fall from those... Read more
An Indian American family is turned upside down when the parents split up thirty-six years into their arranged marriage in this “heartwarming journey of self-discov... Read more
Nathan Go's taut meditation on forgiveness and regret is told in the indelible voice of a Filipino chauffeur nearing the end of his life.After suffering a serious heart injury, Lito Macaraeg reache... Read more
National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 HonoreeWinner of the Bard Fiction PrizeLong-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature AwardNamed a Best Book of th... Read more
A New York Times Editor’s Choice“Cinematic and confessional—electric.” —The New York Times“Written in funny, punchy vignettes perfect for consumption between U-B... Read more
A ballerina at the height of her powers becomes consumed with finding her missing brother in this “striking debut” (Oprah Daily).“A compelling novel about the spiritual and b... Read more
This epic, sweeping historical novel full of "wondrous complexity" spans continents and a century, and reveals how one act of survival can reverberate through generations (Rachel Khong, author of G... Read more
WINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL • This stunning debut chronicles a tumultuous, passionate love affair between two young men from vastly different worlds during... Read more
“[A] masterful debut . . . a novel of survival and longing and love, and in many ways a modern portrait of an artist as a young man . . . a book written for us, we Iranian Americans whom you ... Read more
NATIONAL BEST SELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • “A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying.” —James P... Read more
""A feminist gothic that evokes Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House."" — New York Times Book ReviewOnce upon a time Orla was: a woman, a painter, a lover. Now she is a mother and a w... Read more
"Fantastically original doesn't begin to describe this exhilarating globe-spanning, decade-hopping masterpiece. Lee has achieved the impossible—from a fractured century of agonies and betraya... Read more
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Fiction“Old Enough is full of growth, heartbreak, and winsome bisexual chaos.”—VogueA debut novel “as astute, funny, and l... Read more
This incendiary debut of linked stories narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond. Set in Soweto, the urban heartbeat of South... Read more
Shortlisted for the 2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize • Shortlisted for the 2024 Fred Kerner Book Award • A Globe and Mail Best Spring Book • One of Lambda Literary Review's... Read more
An exhilarating debut novel about the first native of the Indian subcontinent to arrive in Colonial America, inspired by a historical figure—"marvelous...readers of Esi Edugyan and Yaa Gyasi ... Read more
A sharp andwarm-hearted debut novel with an unforgettable protagonist you can't help but root for. Noelle is an efficient, friendly hotel cleaner—a model employee. Or so she'd have you think... Read more
For listeners of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a riveting, roaring adventure novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from the forces allied against them... Read more
Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN's debut novel, Nineteen Steps, is a moving tale of love, longing, and loss, inspired by the true events of her family's experience during Worl... Read more
A must-read that belongs in every home and classroom, A DAY WITH NO WORDS invites readers into the life of an Autism Family who communicates just as the child does, without spoken language.The Amer... Read more
On the night of her high school graduation, a young woman follows her older sister Debbie to Salvation, a Los Angeles bar patronized by energy healers, aspiring actors, and all-around misfits. Afte... Read more
Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented me... Read more
“A poetic debut which masterfully intertwines themes of familial love, friendship, class, prejudice and trauma with psychological acuity and wit.” ─ The 2023 Booker Prize Jud... Read more
