2024 Reading Glasses Challenge! - hosted by marcg789

A Debut Novel
Read an author’s debut novel. The novel can be from any year as long as it’s that author’s debut. 
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Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

229 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare

Sugar, Baby

Celine Saintclare

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

The Other Valley

Scott Alexander Howard

10 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

218 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
Brat by Gabriel Smith

Brat

Gabriel Smith

306 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews

Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

Robin George Andrews

10 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction science adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

Artificial Wisdom

Thomas R. Weaver

387 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Astrology House by Carinn Jade

The Astrology House

Carinn Jade

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

357 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced