13 Debuts That Live Up to the Hype

by Nico Walker

A bleak tale told bluntly with an abundance of profanity but also of insight into two kinds of living hell. Full review >

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by Lauren Hilgers

This excellent book makes a powerful argument for why the U.S. should always remain a place of sanctuary, benefiting... Full review >

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by Alice Bolin

An illuminating study on the role women play in the media and in their own lives. Full review >

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by Tommy Orange

In this vivid and moving book, Orange articulates the challenges and complexities not only of Native Americans, but also of... Full review >

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by Tara Westover

An astonishing account of deprivation, confusion, survival, and success. Full review >

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by Lisa Halliday

A singularly conceived graft of one narrative upon another; what grows out of these conjoined stories is a beautiful... Full review >

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by Lance Richardson

An exciting addition to fashion history. Full review >

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by Ling Ma

Smart, funny, humane, and superbly well-written. Full review >

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by Clemantine Wamariya & Elizabeth Weil

Not quite as attention-getting as memoirs by Ismail Beah or Scholastique Mukasonga, but a powerful record of the refugee... Full review >

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by Naima Coster

Absorbing and alive, the kind of novel that swallows you whole. Full review >

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by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

In an era when writers of color are broadening the space in which class and culture as well as race are examined,... Full review >

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by Meghan Flaherty

A vibrantly intelligent reading pleasure. Full review >

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by Elaine Castillo

Beautifully written, emotionally complex, and deeply moving, Castillo's novel reminds us both that stories may be all we... Full review >

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