Debuts

First novels from the last three years, by authors with no book before this one.

2027

King of LustAna Huang
A Magic So DeadlyA Magic So DeadlyVasilisa Drake
WorshipAlice Winn

2026

A Beast Slinks Towards BeijingAlice Evelyn Yang
Lady TremaineRachel Hochhauser
Spoiled MilkAvery Curran
The Red WinterCameron Sullivan
City of OthersJared Poon
ThistlemarshMoorea Corrigan
The Book of Fallen LeavesA. S. Tamaki
HoneysuckleBar Fridman-Tell
The Republic of MemoryMahmud El Sayed
SublimationIsabel J. Kim
The Unwritten Rules of MagicHarper Ross
A Day of BreathDarby Cox
DetourJeff Rake
George Falls Through TimeRyan Collett
We Who Have No GodsLiza Anderson
The Poet EmpressShen Tao
The Forest on the Edge of TimeJasmin Kirkbride
The Truth of CarcosaJacob Rollinson
Humboldt CutAllison Mick
How to Lose a Goblin in Ten DaysJessie Sylva

2025

Immortal ConsequencesI. V. Marie
Water MoonSamantha Sotto Yambao
The Rainfall MarketYeong-Gwang You
The CompoundAisling Rawle
About a Place in the Kinki RegionSesuji
Root RotSaskia Nislow
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain AnymoreEmily Krempholtz
Sky DaddyKate Folk
Of Monsters and MainframesBarbara Truelove
The HoundingXenobe Purvis
The last bookstore on EarthLily Braun-Arnold
When Devils SingXan Kaur
Awake in the Floating CitySusanna Kwan
MothsRosalind Ashe
Out of AirRachel Reiss
Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the WorldMark Waddell
PolybiusCollin Armstrong
The Baby Dragon CafeA. T. Qureshi
MoonflowBitter Karella
To Cage a Wild BirdBrooke Fast

2024

We Used to Live HereMarcus Kliewer
The Ministry of TimeKaliane Bradley
It Lasts Forever and Then It's OverAnne de Marcken
The Eyes Are the Best PartMonika Kim
Sky Full of ElephantsCebo Campbell
The Book of DoorsGareth Brown
Annie BotSierra Greer
My Darling Dreadful ThingJohanna van Veen
The Honey WitchSydney J. Shields
Blood at the RootLaDarrion Williams
Voyage of the DamnedFrances White
The other ValleyScott Alexander Howard
RewitchedLucy Jane Wood
Of Jade and DragonsAmber Chen
Sorcery and Small MagicsMaiga Doocy
SmothermossAlisa Alering
Ocean's GodoriElaine U. Cho
To Gaze upon Wicked GodsMolly X. Chang
DreadfulCaitlin Rozakis
The Last BloodcarverVanessa Le