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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
1
Chinua Achebe
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
3
Isabel Allende
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
4
Dorothy Allison
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel (Anuk Arudpragasam)
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel
5
Anuk Arudpragasam
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
6
Jane Austen
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
7
Fredrik Backman
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine
8
Nicholson Baker
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
9
James Baldwin
Smaller and Smaller Circles (F.H.Batacan)
Smaller and Smaller Circles
10
F.H.Batacan
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
The Mothers
11
Brit Bennett
Two Serious Ladies (Jane Bowles)
Two Serious Ladies
12
Jane Bowles
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
13
Charlotte Brontë
Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Carol Rifka Brunt)
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
14
Carol Rifka Brunt
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
15
Noviolet Bulawayo
Edinburgh (Alexander Chee)
Edinburgh
16
Alexander Chee
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
17
Edwidge Danticat
Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
Wolf in White Van
18
John Darnielle
A Naked Singularity (Sergio De La Pava)
A Naked Singularity
19
Sergio De La Pava
Here Comes the Sun (Nicole Dennis-Benn)
Here Comes the Sun
20
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Grace (Natashia Deón)
Grace
21
Natashia Deón
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
22
Helen Dewitt
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who
23
Junot Diaz
The Dud Avacado (Elaine Dundy)
The Dud Avacado
24
Elaine Dundy
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
25
Mark Dunn
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
26
Ralph Ellison
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
27
Louise Erdrich
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
28
Jeffrey Eugenides
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
29
Richard Fariña
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
30
Janet Fitch
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
31
Ben Fountain
The Fair Fight (Anna Freeman)
The Fair Fight
32
Anna Freeman
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
33
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Bryn Greenwood)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
34
Bryn Greenwood
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
35
Yaa Gyasi
Guapa (Saleem Haddad)
Guapa
36
Saleem Haddad
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
37
Joseph Heller
The Dog Stars (Peter Heller)
The Dog Stars
38
Peter Heller
Fourth of July Creek (Smith Henderson)
Fourth of July Creek
39
Smith Henderson
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
40
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