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Breakout Debut Novels

This is a list of critically acclaimed debut novels, sourced from "Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve" (Blatt, 2017).
According to the source, a book was included in the list if:
(1) It was an author's first novel
(2) it was published between 1980 and 2014 (extended to 2018 by me)
(3) it was a finalist for, or winner of, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The National Book Award, or the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Birdy (William Wharton)
Birdy (William Wharton)
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Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
3
Leaving the Land (Douglas Unger)
Leaving the Land (Douglas Unger)
4
Jernigan (David Gates)
Jernigan (David Gates)
5
Vanished (Mary McGarry Morris)
Vanished (Mary McGarry Morris)
6
Tinkers (Paul Harding)
Tinkers (Paul Harding)
7
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
8
Wartime Lies (Louis Begley)
Wartime Lies (Louis Begley)
9
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
10
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
11
That Night (Alice Mcdermott)
That Night (Alice Mcdermott)
12
Three Junes (Julia Glass)
Three Junes (Julia Glass)
13
Madeleine Is Sleeping (Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum)
Madeleine Is Sleeping (Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum)
14
Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
15
Telex From Cuba (Rachel Kushner)
Telex From Cuba (Rachel Kushner)
16
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (Joan Chase)
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (Joan Chase)
17
Stones for Ibarra (Harriet Doerr)
Stones for Ibarra (Harriet Doerr)
18
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
19
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (Richard Powers)
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (Richard Powers)
20
Typical American (Gish Jen)
Typical American (Gish Jen)
21
The Prince of West End Avenue (Alan Isler)
The Prince of West End Avenue (Alan Isler)
22
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
23
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
24
In the Country of Men (Hisham Matar)
In the Country of Men (Hisham Matar)
25
The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart (M Glenn Taylor)
The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart (M Glenn Taylor)
26
The Turner House (Angela Flournoy)
The Turner House (Angela Flournoy)
27
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
28
Maud's Line (Margaret Verble)
Maud's Line (Margaret Verble)
29
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
30
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
31
In the Distance (Hernan Diaz)
In the Distance (Hernan Diaz)
32
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There (Tommy Orange)
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