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The Best Debut Fiction of 2010 (page 3)


Cover art for THE GIRL WITH GLASS FEET
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2010

"At its best, this strikingly visual novel shrugs off self-consciousness and a sense of strain to become captivatingly ethereal."
Emotional entanglements on a faraway frozen island are shaped by romance and tragedy in a melancholic yet whimsical British debut. Read full book review >
Cover art for BLACKLANDS
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2010

"Bauer displays remarkable talent in pacing, plotting and, most important of all, getting beneath the skin of even her most repellent characters."
In Bauer's spare, haunting debut, a 12-year-old boy corresponds with a serial killer to learn the location of his uncle's grave. Read full book review >
Cover art for MY OWN WORST ENEMY
FICTION
Released: Dec. 9, 2009

"Hebert doesn't have Elmore Leonard's lazy humor, or his effortless way of making every clipped sentence snap and sing. But he's already got something of Leonard's talent for kicking lowlifes into a breakneck pace, and he doesn't mind killing off minor characters to make a point. An author to watch."
Everyone's getting squeezed in Hebert's fast, slick debut thriller. Read full book review >