Here are the debut books that caught Debutiful’s eye this month. We think readers will find plenty to love. To see our curated list of standout titles, check out our “12 noteworthy debut books to read ...

What makes someone a freak? For Alyson Mosquera Dutemple, it has less to do with how strange someone might appear on the ...

Locals, Jared Jackson‘s debut short story collection, explores friendship, family, belonging, and the complexities of growing up in working-class Hartford, Connecticut. Across eight interconnected ...

Horror is having a moment. Maybe it always has been, but now it’s creeping into the literary mainstream. Genres have bled into one another, and writers are doing incredibly exciting things. Horror isn ...

Instruction Manual for Future Lover, Madeline Garfinkle‘s debut novel, is a sharp, funny exploration of modern dating, ...

I wrote the first draft of my debut hardcover, The Seventh Ribbon, during 2020’s quarantine, when we all wished we had a ...

Charlotte, the debut novel by Elizabeth Ferris, is a historical reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s life during the turbulent ...

Brenda LaTorre’s debut novel, Bruja’s Nest, follows Yolanda, a teenager growing up in a household of abuse and disorder. When her mother sends her to work as a servant at the Fernández De la Rosa ...

Do you ever have a particular vibe you just love in art and media, and then realize that there’s a common throughline for why you love these particular songs, stories, artworks? What began with a gif ...

Since 2019, Debutiful has covered the best and most exciting debut books and their authors. Now, we want to help readers discover the best and most exciting short stories from established and emerging ...

I read more debut books this year than ever before. My general process is to read a handful of pages for every book that comes my way. From there, I decide to finish about a dozen per month to curate ...