Debut

The first book by an author

Yesteryear
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Hate U Give
Lessons in Chemistry
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Silent Patient
Homegoing
The Girl on the Train
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
The Night Circus
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Names
Such a Fun Age
Black Cake
Cinder by Marissa MeyerUnder the Never Sky by Veronica RossiThe Selection by Kiera CassThe Immortal Rules by Julie KagawaEverneath by Brodi Ashton
New Series (2012)
296 books — 669 voters

Divergent by Veronica RothCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingGabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
Best Break Out
2,156 books — 4,092 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
442 books — 3,097 voters

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah FaizalDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeWicked Saints by Emily A. DuncanThe Devouring Gray by C.L. HermanThe Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad
YA Debuts 2019
157 books — 909 voters
These Violent Delights by Chloe GongAll the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn  GraceAll Your Twisted Secrets by Diana UrbanWhere Dreams Descend by Janella AngelesThe Loop by Ben  Oliver
YA Debuts 2020
152 books — 539 voters

“ We're one pack, pup. A wolf who runs alone will never find success. ...more ”
― M.J. Marinescu, Forsaken Genesis

Martijn Benders
“ If you want to be a poet, there is no greater mistake you could make than to publish whatever work you have as soon as you can. Why? Well because your debut is the only shot you have. It should be made of dynamite. There is nothing worse - believe me - than to have an oeuvre with a mediocre debut, and likely you wont get that far at all, and you will wait for reviews that wont come, just a horrible idea really. I don't need tell this to the rare and extreme talents - they are like a force of nat ...more ”
― Martinus Hendrikus Benders

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