In a continued effort to read more and cover more poetry, Debutiful wanted to highlight a dozen of the best collections Adam Vitcavage read. This list supplements the Best Debut Books of 2024, but moving forward, poetry will blend in with larger lists typically dominated by prose novels and story collections.
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Below are the 42 best debuts according to Debutiful founder Adam Vitcavage. The list includes mostly fiction with a sprinkling of memoirs. It also includes debut-ish writers, who perhaps switched from nonfiction to fiction or previously wrote a short story collection and now debuted a novel. If you’re looking for more recommendations, the website, Debutiful recommends a handful of noteworthy debut books every month.
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Debutiful has covered more books than ever before in a six-month period. Coverage for 2024 started almost a year ago when PDFs for books started showing up in my inbox. Narrowing down a list to a handful of titles that I had the pleasure of reading is nearly impossible, but these books are the ones that made me laugh, cry, think, and cringe the most.
Here are the Best Debut Books of 2024 (So Far) in alphabetical order.
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Every month, Debutiful selects can’t-miss books from debut authors that readers will love. You can find more recommendations here.
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We’re (check’s calendar) halfway through 2021?!
The pandemic that changed so much of our day to day lives is waning. Like the rest of us, bookstores, publishing, and authors are slowly figuring out how to return to normal. The one constant from the last 18 months has been literature. Especially debut writers who watched their dream of publishing be overshadowed and sometimes forgotten entirely.
Debutiful’s mission of helping readers discover debut authors became even more important and your support has meant the world. Thank you for reading and listening to Debutiful. More importantly, thank you for discovering debut authors. They’re the reason this site exists and their words drive everything Debutiful does.
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This year hasn’t gone the way any of us thought it’d go. One thing that we can always count on is a crop of debut and emerging writers to produce delectable books.
So many stellar books came out in the first half of 2020 that I had trouble narrowing it down. The books featured on this list are the ones that I have recommended or have thought about the most. Of course, there are so many delectable books that were left off this list. Like I always say: art is subjective.
Here are the dozen debuts that I feel everyone should pick up at one point this year.
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For many, 2019 was just another year. It came and went as resolutions made in late 2018 fell by the wayside. Our president continued to attack anyone who stood up to him. For Debutiful, it was my debut year celebrating debut authors. The site featured over 40 interviews in the first year and recommended over 70 books.
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