2020 debut books you may have missed
2020 was a challenging year for everyone, including debut authors. If you missed these wonderful debut books from new authors that came out last year, now is a perfect time to borrow them as ebooks or audiobooks on Libby from your library.
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"A warm romance that bursts with realism and celebrates the symbiotic power of love and healing.”―Entertainment Weekly#1 LibraryReads PickIndie Next PickOne daring to-do list and a cras... Read more
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD“Compellingly complex…Expands the future of the immigrant novel even as it holds us in uneasy thrall to the past.” – Gish Jen, New York... Read more
"This dark, pitch-perfect novel about our dependence on technology for validation and human connection is as addictive as social media itself." —People MagazineOrla Cadden is stuck in a dead-end jo... Read more
"A story of money, family, who you can trust, and the extremes to which one will go for blood. I couldn't put it down." —Lisa Ling, host of CNN's This Is LifeKeep your family close and your e... Read more
One of the New York Times Book Review's Top Ten Best Crime Novels of 2020One of USA Today's Best Books 2020"[A] hypnotic debut. . . .[An] uncommonly clever whodunit."—New York Times Book ReviewPerf... Read more
WINNER OF THE 2020 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL. One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020. A finalist for the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by the N... Read more
PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel Finalist Shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize A "rich, ambitious debut novel" (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals the w... Read more
THE USA TODAY AND EDGAR AWARD NOMINATED BESTSELLER"If you enjoyed The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, read Darling Rose Gold."—Washington Post “Sensationally good - t... Read more
A compact tour de force about sex, violence, and self-loathing from a ferociously talented new voice in fiction, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, Rachel Cusk, Lydia Davis, and Jenny Offill. &ldqu... Read more
A group of friends reunite after one of them has returned from a mysterious two-year disappearance in this edgy and haunting debut.Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return—e... Read more
Discover the “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) debut novel that “announces the arrival of a literary supernova” (The New York Times Book Review),“a ... Read more
“Imagine if Annie Proulx wrote something like White Oleander crossed with Geek Love or Cruddy, and then add cults, God, motherhood, girlhood, class, deserts, witches,... Read more
Crazy Rich Asians meets Bridget Jones's Diary in this funny and irresistible debut novel about the pursuit of happiness, surviving one's thirties intact, and opening oneself up to love.At thirty-th... Read more
Finalist, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction (Publishing Triangle) 2021A modern queer tragedy about a pilot's last words, an interrupted celebration, and the fear of losing everything."Utterly en... Read more
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, V... Read more
Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, The Washington Post, and Harper's Bazaar“A tender, spiky family saga about love in all its mysterious incarnations.” —Lorrie Moore, aut... Read more
The Bone Shard Daughter is an unmissable debut from a major new voice in epic fantasy — a stunning tale of magic, mystery, and revolution in which the former heir to the emperor will fig... Read more
