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The 19 Best Literary Debuts of 2016

Here are the most exciting new voices in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in 2016 (ranked in no particular order).
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Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
1
Yaa Gyasi
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
2
Han Kang
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
The Mothers
3
Brit Bennett
Boy Erased (Garrad Conley)
Boy Erased
4
Garrad Conley
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel (Anuk Arudpragasam)
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel
5
Anuk Arudpragasam
Shelter (Jung Yun)
Shelter
6
Jung Yun
Hidden Figures (Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
7
Shetterly
What Belongs to You (Garth Greenwell)
What Belongs to You
8
Garth Greenwell
Look (Solmaz Sharif)
Look
9
Solmaz Sharif
Ways to Disappear (Idra Novey)
Ways to Disappear
10
Idra Novey
Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Ocean Vuong)
Night Sky With Exit Wounds
11
Ocean Vuong
Here Comes the Sun (Nicole Dennis-Benn)
Here Comes the Sun
12
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Private Citizens (Tony Tulathimutte)
Private Citizens
13
Tony Tulathimutte
We Love You, Charlie Freeman (Kaitlyn Greenidge)
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
14
Kaitlyn Greenidge
The Wangs vs. the World (Jade Chang)
The Wangs vs. the World
15
Jade Chang
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
16
Imbolo Mbue
Searching for John Hughes (Jason Diamond)
Searching for John Hughes
17
Jason Diamond
Cannibal (Safiya Sinclair)
Cannibal
18
Safiya Sinclair
Pond (Claire-Louise Bennett)
Pond
19
Claire-Louise Bennett
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