2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Debut

The first book by an author

Debut Books

The Hate U Give
Lessons in Chemistry
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Silent Patient
Homegoing
The Girl on the Train
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
The Night Circus
Such a Fun Age
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
There There
Black Cake
My Dark Vanessa
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Lists

Lady Midnight by Cassandra ClareAge of Myth by Michael J. SullivanThief of Lies by Brenda DrakeAnd I Darken by Kiersten WhiteInto the Dim by Janet B. Taylor
New Series (2016)
206 books — 348 voters
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund HodgeAlienated by Melissa LandersStolen Songbird by Danielle L. JensenThe Murder Complex by Lindsay CummingsSnow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
YA Debuts 2014
360 books — 1,390 voters

Taken by Erin BowmanDualed by Elsie ChapmanLet the Sky Fall by Shannon MessengerPivot Point by Kasie WestNot a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
2013 Debut Authors of Young Adult & Middle Grade
179 books — 552 voters
Red Queen by Victoria AveyardAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa TahirAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenMy Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine WargaThe Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
YA Debuts 2015
439 books — 3,094 voters

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonAgain, But Better by Christine RiccioWhite Stag by Kara BarbieriThe Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonaldHere and Now and Then by Mike Chen
2019 Adult/New Adult Debuts
185 books — 514 voters
Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. JensenLiberty or Death by David CookThe Iron Trial by Holly BlackHexed by Michelle KrysA Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
New Series (2014)
191 books — 371 voters

Quotes Tagged “Debut”

Robert Yeo
“ But seriously Holden, what is the island called now?” “Sentosa,” Holden said romantically and with a flourish of his unoccupied left hand. “Sentosa. Sounds romantic all right. So this is the progress you’re talking about? ”
― Robert Yeo, The Adventures of Holden Heng
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Emilyann Allen
“ Dance like the whole world is your stage and every day is your debut. ”
― Emilyann Allen (pseudonyms Emilyann Phoenix and Emilyann Girdner)
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Videos Tagged “Debut”

NOWHERE Trailer (Atria | Spring 2025)
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Groups Tagged "Debut"

Q&A with Mary Robinette Kowal From August 25, 2010 to September 24, 2010 the author of Shades of Milk and Honey will be on han…more
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