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36 Breakout Debuts of 2021 (So Far)

"Full confession: We love a great debut novel! There's nothing like watching an author launch their first novel into the world and seeing them find their brand-new fans. And for us bookworms, falling for a first-time author can start a very long reading relationship.
We wanted to find the most popular new debuts of the first half of 2021, so we peeked into our data to find the first books that had the most Want to Read adds from your fellow readers and an average rating of at least 3.5 stars. Oh, also, for this list we are defining a debut as a writer's first novel-length work of fiction."
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The Lost Apothecary (Sarah Penner)
The Lost Apothecary
1
Sarah Penner
The Push (Ashley Audrain)
The Push
2
Ashley Audrain
The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)
The Gilded Ones
3
Namina Forna
Of Women and Salt (Gabriela Garcia)
Of Women and Salt
4
Gabriela Garcia
Every Last Fear (Alex Finlay)
Every Last Fear
5
Alex Finlay
The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr.)
The Prophets
6
Robert Jones Jr.
The Witch's Heart (Genevieve Gornichec)
The Witch's Heart
7
Genevieve Gornichec
Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
Firekeeper's Daughter
8
Angeline Boulley
Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Honey Girl
9
Morgan Rogers
Girl a (Abigail Dean)
Girl A
10
Abigail Dean
Black Buck (Mateo Askaripour)
Black Buck
11
Mateo Askaripour
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
12
Torrey Peters
The Kindest Lie (Nancy Johnson)
The Kindest Lie
13
Nancy Johnson
The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris)
The Other Black Girl
14
Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Sweetness of Water (Nathan Harris)
The Sweetness of Water
15
Nathan Harris
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
16
Dawnie Walton
Who Is Maud Dixon? (Alexandra Andrews)
Who Is Maud Dixon?
17
Alexandra Andrews
Wild Women and the Blues (Denny S. Bryce)
Wild Women and the Blues
18
Denny S. Bryce
Arsenic and Adobo (Mia P. Manansala)
Arsenic and Adobo
19
Mia P. Manansala
For the Wolf (Hannah Whitten)
For the Wolf
20
Hannah Whitten
The Wolf and the Woodsman (Ava Reid)
The Wolf and the Woodsman
21
Ava Reid
What Comes After (Joanne Tompkins)
What Comes After
22
Joanne Tompkins
Ariadne (Jennifer Saint)
Ariadne
23
Jennifer Saint
Winter's Orbit (Everina Maxwell)
Winter's Orbit
24
Everina Maxwell
Other People's Children (R. J. Hoffmann)
Other People's Children
25
R. J. Hoffmann
Meet Me in Another Life (Catriona Silvey)
Meet Me in Another Life
26
Catriona Silvey
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps (Cherie Jones)
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps
27
Cherie Jones
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot (Marianne Cronin)
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
28
Marianne Cronin
Dial a for Aunties (Jesse Q. Sutanto)
Dial a for Aunties
29
Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Portrait of a Mirror (A.Natasha Joukovsky)
The Portrait of a Mirror
30
A.Natasha Joukovsky
Becoming Leidah (Michelle Grierson)
Becoming Leidah
31
Michelle Grierson
Gold Diggers (Sanjena Sathian)
Gold Diggers
32
Sanjena Sathian
Caul Baby (Morgan Jerkins)
Caul Baby
33
Morgan Jerkins
Things We Lost to the Water (Eric Nguyen)
Things We Lost to the Water
34
Eric Nguyen
The Five Wounds (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
The Five Wounds
35
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Dead Dead Girls (Nekesa AFIa)
Dead Dead Girls
36
Nekesa AFIa
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