Thank you to the following publishers for the gifted copies – Soho Press, St. Martin’s Press, Celadon Books, Knopf Publishing Group, Henry Holt Books, Atria Books.
As I start putting my list of top reads together for 2023, I wanted to highlight some of the amazing debuts I read this year. These are authors that I will for sure be reading again.
The books are listed based on how I read them throughout the year:
▪︎ Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom
▪︎ Maame by Jessica George
▪︎ Weyward by Emila Ward
▪︎ Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence Ash
▪︎ Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
▪︎ Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
▪︎ The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
▪︎ Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski
▪︎ The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
▪︎ Kala by Colin Walsh
▪︎ The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
▪︎ The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether
Have you read any of these? Did you read any debuts this year that stood out to you?
