6 debut books you should read this May

6 debut books you should read this May

Each month, Debutiful will recommend a handful of buzzworthy and under-the-radar debut books for you to read.

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Tomasz Jedrowski shines a light on queer romance in Poland in ‘Swimming in the Dark’

Tomasz Jedrowski shines a light on queer romance in Poland in ‘Swimming in the Dark’

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski is a captivating portrayal of queer love in Europe at a time when relationships between men were staunchy looked down on. Though, as Jedrowski explained in a letter that accompanied the advance copy of his debut novel, he reminds readers that many of the LGBTQ+ community in Poland still hides their true identities out of fear.

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Digital Book Tour – Kate Milliken, Kept Animals

Digital Book Tour – Kate Milliken, Kept Animals

With so many author tours being canceled, Debutiful has invited any author who had events canceled or postponed due to COVID-19 to do a reading and a brief interview as part of the Digital Book Tour podcast series.

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Digital Book Tour – Celia Laskey, Under the Rainbow

Digital Book Tour – Celia Laskey, Under the Rainbow

With so many author tours being canceled, Debutiful has invited any author who had events canceled or postponed due to coronavirus to do a reading and a brief interview as part of the Digital Book Tour podcast series.

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Podcast Episode 02: Brandon Taylor, author of ‘Real Life’

Podcast Episode 02: Brandon Taylor, author of ‘Real Life’

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Brandon Taylor is the Senior Editor of Electric Literature‘s Recommended Reading and is a staff writer at Lit Hub. His debut novel, Real Life, is about a grad student’s weekend of self-realization after a science experience fails. From a romance to feeling out of place, nothing seems to be going right for main character Wallace.

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Smart, sexy, and sensual: Kate Davies wrote this summer’s first must read book

Smart, sexy, and sensual: Kate Davies wrote this summer’s first must read book

Kate Davies has the first smash hit of the summer. In at the Deep End is full of hilarious and sexy relationships that will have readers laughing as they rapidly turn pages.

The debut novel follows Julia, a woman who is completely over sex. She’s over hearing her roommate have it. She’s over seeing it on television and in advertisements. She’s over it until she meets a woman at a party who invites her into a sex-filled world. Now she can’t get enough of it.

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