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100 Must-Read Debut Novels

There is a great amount of books to choose from when thinking must-read debut novels. Bookriot has made a list of what they think are the 100 best of them. Note: A few of the books listed are not the author's debut book, simply their debut in that format.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
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Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
3
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
4
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
5
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel (Anuk Arudpragasam)
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel (Anuk Arudpragasam)
6
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
7
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
8
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
9
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
10
Smaller and Smaller Circles (F.H.Batacan)
Smaller and Smaller Circles (F.H.Batacan)
11
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
12
Two Serious Ladies (Jane Bowles)
Two Serious Ladies (Jane Bowles)
13
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
14
Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Carol Rifka Brunt)
Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Carol Rifka Brunt)
15
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
16
Edinburgh (Alexander Chee)
Edinburgh (Alexander Chee)
17
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
18
Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
19
A Naked Singularity (Sergio De La Pava)
A Naked Singularity (Sergio De La Pava)
20
Here Comes the Sun (Nicole Dennis-Benn)
Here Comes the Sun (Nicole Dennis-Benn)
21
Grace (Natashia Deón)
Grace (Natashia Deón)
22
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
23
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who (Junot Diaz)
24
The Dud Avacado (Elaine Dundy)
The Dud Avacado (Elaine Dundy)
25
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
26
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
27
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
28
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
29
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Richard Fariña)
30
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
31
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
32
The Fair Fight (Anna Freeman)
The Fair Fight (Anna Freeman)
33
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
34
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Bryn Greenwood)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Bryn Greenwood)
35
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
36
Guapa (Saleem Haddad)
Guapa (Saleem Haddad)
37
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
38
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars
39
Fourth of July Creek (Smith Henderson)
Fourth of July Creek (Smith Henderson)
40
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
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