Here are the debut books that caught Debutiful’s eye this month. We think readers will find plenty to love among them.
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Anna Kovatcheva’s debut novel, She Made Herself a Monster, will be published by Mariner Books on February 10, 2026. The novel is available for pre-order.
Kovatcheva was born in Bulgaria and received her MFA in fiction from New York University. She Made Herself a Monster was completed while she was in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and her short fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Iowa Review, and has been anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading.
Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover of She Made Herself a Monster, designed by Paul Miele-Herndon, alongside a Q&A with Kovatcheva about crafting her haunting debut and the eerie allure of nineteenth-century Bulgaria.
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The following is an excerpt from A Perfect Day to be Alone by Nanae Aoyama. It was translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood. Aoyama has won numerous literary prizes in Japan, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Bungei Prize and the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize. Kirkwood has been awarded Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize.
A Perfect Day to Be Alone is a coming-of-age story about 20-year-old Chizu, who moves in with her eccentric 71-year-old relative, Ginko, after her mother emigrates to China, forming a fragile bond in a cluttered Tokyo home. Through mundane jobs, fleeting relationships, and the passage of seasons, Chizu gradually embraces solitude, forging a fierce sense of independence. It is now available for purchase in bookstores everywhere.
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