Best Debut Fiction of 2022
Tired of the same old same old? Take a leap into something new, with our favorite debut fiction titles from 2022. Whether you enjoy literary fiction, fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, horror, romance, or short stories, there's a newly published author here for you to try. Get in on the ground floor with these promising new authors.
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Self-portrait With Nothing
Reminds us that living our best life sometimes means embracing the imperfect one we already have.
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The Maid
When she discovers the dead body of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black in his suite, hotel maid Molly Gray finds her orderly life upended as she becomes the prime suspect in the case and is caught in a web of deception that she has no idea how to unravel.
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None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive
Struggling to evacuate Savannah as a Category Four hurricane bears down, Ramona, along with her entourage, navigates police check points, bathroom emergencies, demands from her boss, torrential downpours and calls from her cheating ex, while wishing for the days when her life was like a Prince song.
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Moth
In 1946 Delhi, during the split of Pakistan from India, 14-year-old Alma, soon to be married, finds her family torn apart when her grandmother, determined to protect the family's honor at any cost, interferes with the engagement.
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Cover Story
During a summer internship at a magazine, an aspiring writer strikes up a friendship with the contributing editor and enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul, who convinces her to drop out of NYU and become her ghostwriter.
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Dirt Creek
When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Australia, the community is thrown into a maelstrom of suspicion and grief. As Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels arrives in town during the hottest spring in decades and begins her investigation, Esther’s tenacious best friend, Ronnie, is determined to find Esther and bring her home.
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Not Russian
When one of the terrorists holding over 100 people hostage in a church near Moscow is an old friend of his, journalist Pavel Vladimirovich is called in to negotiate and learns that he has one and only demand, and that it concerns the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
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Mademoiselle Revolution
Fleeing from Haiti to Paris in 1791, Sylvie de Rosiers quickly becomes enamored with the aims of the Revolution, as well as with revolutionaries Robespierre and his mistress, Cornelie Duplay, and must decide whether to be an accomplice or risking losing her head as the Reign of Terror descends.
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Big Girl
Traces the intergenerational hungers and desires of black womanhood, as told through the unforgettable voice of Malaya Clondon.
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Things We Found When the Water Went Down
In this dark and ethereal debut novel, a young woman tries to make sense of strange artifacts and unsettling memories in an effort to find her mother--missing since being accused of murder
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