Best New Author Debuts

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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,094 ratings
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,223 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,031 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,839 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,178 ratings
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The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,579 ratings
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The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,012 ratings
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,704 ratings
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,811 ratings
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Consequences (Consequences, #1)
Consequences (Consequences, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 43,141 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,055 ratings
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Without MAlice
Without MAlice 4.03 avg rating — 365 ratings
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The Cavalier (Heroes of the Empire, #1)
The Cavalier (Heroes of the Empire, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,312 ratings
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Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,009 ratings
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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 327,423 ratings
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Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 616,821 ratings
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,375 ratings
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,930 ratings
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,640 ratings
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The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,420 ratings
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The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 174,793 ratings
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The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating — 295,478 ratings
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A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,779 ratings
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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 2,808,864 ratings
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Home Repair
Home Repair 3.19 avg rating — 721 ratings
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The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap
The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap 3.90 avg rating — 937 ratings
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Safe & Sound
Safe & Sound 3.90 avg rating — 246 ratings
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Atancia (The Durand Duology, #1)
Atancia (The Durand Duology, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 83,234 ratings
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The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai 4.11 avg rating — 10,904 ratings
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Special Topics in Calamity Physics 3.70 avg rating — 48,385 ratings
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,848 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,336,638 ratings
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Emeline and the Mutants
Emeline and the Mutants 3.87 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Side Effects
Side Effects 4.14 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Piecemeal June
Piecemeal June 3.62 avg rating — 300 ratings
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Arana's Visitor (The Vadelah Chronicles, #1)
Arana's Visitor (The Vadelah Chronicles, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 98 ratings
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End Credits
End Credits 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)
Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 160,659 ratings
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Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by: Mark Dunn
3.94 avg rating — 56,067 ratings
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 542,087 ratings
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,177 ratings
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Slightly Out of Tune
Slightly Out of Tune 3.95 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
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Lumen (Blood Luminary, #1)
Lumen (Blood Luminary, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Talented (Talented Saga, #1)
Talented (Talented Saga, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 5,790 ratings
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Josie and Jack
Josie and Jack 3.57 avg rating — 2,140 ratings
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The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle 3.97 avg rating — 50,388 ratings
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 293,154 ratings
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Warprize (Chronicles of the Warlands, #1)
Warprize (Chronicles of the Warlands, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 20,136 ratings
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A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove 4.38 avg rating — 1,164,815 ratings
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Death Drop (The D-Evolution, #1)
Death Drop (The D-Evolution, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 104 ratings
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The Devil's Prayer
The Devil's Prayer 3.99 avg rating — 632 ratings
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Stuck Wide Open
Stuck Wide Open it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The First (The First, #1)
The First (The First, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 813 ratings
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A Curse Dark as Gold
A Curse Dark as Gold 3.61 avg rating — 13,906 ratings
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Gil's All Fright Diner
Gil's All Fright Diner 3.86 avg rating — 13,677 ratings
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Vernon God Little
Vernon God Little 3.61 avg rating — 33,413 ratings
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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt 3.96 avg rating — 86,778 ratings
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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories 3.79 avg rating — 13,004 ratings
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The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories
The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories
by: Susi Wyss
3.82 avg rating — 242 ratings
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On the Island (On the Island, #1)
On the Island (On the Island, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 86,484 ratings
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The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle, #1)
The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 129,634 ratings
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Love Unscripted (Love, #1)
Love Unscripted (Love, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 68,273 ratings
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Mélusine (Doctrine of Labyrinths, #1)
Mélusine (Doctrine of Labyrinths, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 4,474 ratings
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 4.23 avg rating — 1,371,115 ratings
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Elantris (Elantris, #1)
Elantris (Elantris, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 329,831 ratings
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Dream of Me
Dream of Me 3.95 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Snake Ropes
Snake Ropes 3.58 avg rating — 603 ratings
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Enough (Enough, #1)
Enough (Enough, #1) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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My Life as a Myth
My Life as a Myth 4.06 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Inherit The Whirlwind: The Final Showdown Between Science And Religion
Inherit The Whirlwind: The Final Showdown Between Science And Religion
by: D.R. Pope
4.52 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Safecracker
Safecracker
by: Ryan Wick
4.16 avg rating — 328 ratings
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Letters from the Light
Letters from the Light 4.35 avg rating — 85 ratings
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A Lifetime of Men
A Lifetime of Men 4.49 avg rating — 55 ratings
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All Good Things Die in L.A.
All Good Things Die in L.A. 3.33 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Soul Reunion (Soul Taker, #1)
Soul Reunion (Soul Taker, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Rorschach's Ribs
Rorschach's Ribs 3.80 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Chains of Prophecy
Chains of Prophecy 4.26 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Caged (Talented Saga, #2)
Caged (Talented Saga, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 2,641 ratings
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Dark Warrior: To Tame a Wild Hawk (Dark Cloth, #1)
Dark Warrior: To Tame a Wild Hawk (Dark Cloth, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Hunted (Talented Saga, #3)
Hunted (Talented Saga, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 2,263 ratings
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Captivated (Talented Saga, #3.5)
Captivated (Talented Saga, #3.5) 4.20 avg rating — 633 ratings
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The Worker Prince (Saga of Davi Rhii, #1)
The Worker Prince (Saga of Davi Rhii, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)
The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 62,182 ratings
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The Calligrapher's Daughter
The Calligrapher's Daughter 3.81 avg rating — 6,938 ratings
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What The Torah Teaches Us About Spirituality: Through Isaac's Own Spiritual Journey
What The Torah Teaches Us About Spirituality: Through Isaac's Own Spiritual Journey 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Mysery
Mysery 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Maids of Misfortune (A Victorian San Francisco Mystery #1)
Maids of Misfortune (A Victorian San Francisco Mystery #1) 3.77 avg rating — 12,256 ratings
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Once More, From the Beginning
Once More, From the Beginning 3.49 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The King's Peace (Tir Tanagiri, #1)
The King's Peace (Tir Tanagiri, #1)
by: Jo Walton
3.55 avg rating — 777 ratings
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The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,460 ratings
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating — 332,396 ratings
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Ill Street Blues
Ill Street Blues really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Who Got Liz Gardner
Who Got Liz Gardner 3.32 avg rating — 133 ratings
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How Do You Say Goodbye
How Do You Say Goodbye
by: Pam Logan
4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?
The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time? 3.56 avg rating — 405 ratings
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Sherry and Narcotics
Sherry and Narcotics 3.87 avg rating — 135 ratings
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A DISTRICT OF SMALL TALKERS
A DISTRICT OF SMALL TALKERS really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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