This challenge is sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl – but I’ve ‘modified’ the challenge here. While the original challenge is focused on YA , NA and middle grade titles, I’m not a huge reader of any of those genres, so I went with a “debut” offering, big house or self-published (as there is a mix of people who try one before the other) and first time published in a country (ie- first US release for a UK Author) will count.
I set a goal of 12 titles: debuts released in 2018 – and here’s how I did!
- This Love Story Will Self-Destruct by Leslie Cohen
- Everything You Came to See by Elizabeth Schulte Martin
- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
- Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman
- Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
- Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
- The Unforgotten by Laura Powell
- A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out by Sally Franson
- Family and Other Catastrophes by Alexandra Borowitz
- My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
- Don’t Call Me Cupcake: The Holloway Girls #1 by Tara Sheets
- The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
- My Big Greek Summer by Sue Roberts
- Secrets and Tea at Rosie Lee’s by Jane Lacey-Crane
- The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi
- The Runaway Wife by Dee MacDonald
- What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine
- Trouble the Water by Jacqueline Friedland
- Summer at the Castle Café by Donna Ashcroft
- Murder in an English Village: Beryl and Edwina Mystery #1 by Jessica Ellicott
- The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
- A Murder for the Books: Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #1 by Victoria Gilbert
- Playing with Matches by Hannah Orenstein
- Dear Mrs. Bird: A Novel by AJ. Pearce
- The Lido by Libby Page
- Seekers of the Past by Amy Valentini
- America for Beginners by Leah Franqui
- Ghosted by Rosie Walsh
- Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
- Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
- Goodbye, Paris by Anstey Harris
- How (Not) to Marry a Duke by Felicia Kingsley
- The Stylist: Amber Green #1 by Rosie Nixon
- The Lost Queen: The Lost Queen Trilogy #1 by Signe Pike
- The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan
- Rule: Rule #1 by Ellen Goodlett
- The City of Lost Fortunes: Crescent City #1 by Bryan Camp
- Life on the Leash by Victoria Schade
- Unclaimed Baggage by Jen Doll
- Trouble Brewing by Suzanne Baltsar
- The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox
- A Curious Matter of Men with Wings by F. Rutledge Hammes
- Amreekiya: A Novel by Lena Mahmoud
- The Waiter by Matias Faldbakken
- The Temporary Bride: A Memoir of Love and Food in Iran by Jennifer Klinec
- The Christmas Company by Alys Murray
- The Woman Who Kept Everything by Jane Gilley
- Murder by the Book: Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery #1 by Lauren Elliott
- Curses, Boiled Again!: A Lobster Shack Mystery #1 by Shari Randall
So – as you can see I manged to read 49 debut offerings: from first books, first release in the US, as well as just first offerings in translation – all from a variety of genres. Some hits, some misses and some real surprises – adding to my determination to pick up debut titles that intrigue me and give a new author a chance!
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