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July 23, 2024


ten debut novels i enjoyed
posted by soe 2:01 am

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl invites us to share the debuts we enjoyed — those first published works by authors that completely wowed us. Here are ten of mine:

  1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  2. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
  3. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
  4. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  5. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
  6. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  7. Me: Moth by Amber McBride
  8. Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
  9. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  10. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

How about you? What debut novels have you loved?

Category: books. There is/are 5 Comments.



I need to read Anne of Green Gables. Everybody loves it, but I somehow missed it as a kid.

Comment by Aj @ Read All The Things! 07.23.24 @ 8:08 am

I loved both The House on Mango Street and The Night Circus.

Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

Comment by Cholla 07.23.24 @ 9:56 am

I feel so dumb… The Night Circus is my all-time favorite book, and I didn’t even put it on my list!

Comment by Kenn @ Novelistic Pages 07.23.24 @ 10:44 am

THUG was a book that took me a couple of attempts to read, but I loved it in the end.
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Comment by Pam Masters 07.23.24 @ 5:11 pm

All of these are brilliant!

Comment by Lauren @ Always Me 07.24.24 @ 6:51 am