2012 Debut Authors (Young Adult & Middle Grade)

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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,843 ratings
2.
The Selection (The Selection, #1)
The Selection (The Selection, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,716,191 ratings
3.
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 115,144 ratings
4.
Everneath (Everneath, #1)
Everneath (Everneath, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 46,741 ratings
5.
Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)
Incarnate (Newsoul, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 22,248 ratings
6.
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,065,446 ratings
7.
Elemental (Auri, #1)
Elemental (Auri, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 406 ratings
8.
Sweet Evil (Sweet, #1)
Sweet Evil (Sweet, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 77,812 ratings
9.
Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy, #1)
Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 51,389 ratings
10.
Starters (Starters, #1)
Starters (Starters, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 45,179 ratings
11.
Tempest (Tempest, #1)
Tempest (Tempest, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 13,513 ratings
12.
Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,108 ratings
13.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,662 ratings
14.
Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)
Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 17,792 ratings
15.
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,149,541 ratings
16.
Article 5 (Article 5, #1)
Article 5 (Article 5, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 28,233 ratings
17.
Fracture (Fracture, #1)
Fracture (Fracture, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 15,339 ratings
18.
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 107,581 ratings
19.
Scarlet (Scarlet, #1)
Scarlet (Scarlet, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 25,201 ratings
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Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
by: Dan Wells
3.93 avg rating — 59,728 ratings
21.
Unraveling (Unraveling, #1)
Unraveling (Unraveling, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 18,426 ratings
22.
The Alchemy of Forever (Incarnation, #1)
The Alchemy of Forever (Incarnation, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 5,320 ratings
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Struck (Struck, #1)
Struck (Struck, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 8,459 ratings
24.
Slide (Slide, #1)
Slide (Slide, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 7,389 ratings
25.
Defiance (Defiance, #1)
Defiance (Defiance, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 29,017 ratings
26.
The Catastrophic History of You and Me
The Catastrophic History of You and Me 4.03 avg rating — 16,537 ratings
27.
Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
Seraphina (Seraphina, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 88,787 ratings
28.
Above
Above 3.12 avg rating — 2,877 ratings
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Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly, #1)
Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 13,915 ratings
30.
Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters, #1)
Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,083 ratings
31.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,628 ratings
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Storm (Elemental, #1)
Storm (Elemental, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 27,017 ratings
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Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)
Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 122,710 ratings
34.
Glitch (Glitch, #1)
Glitch (Glitch, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 8,314 ratings
35.
Hemlock (Hemlock, #1)
Hemlock (Hemlock, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 10,345 ratings
36.
Velveteen
Velveteen 3.61 avg rating — 2,145 ratings
37.
What's Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles, #1)
What's Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles, #1)
by: Kat Zhang
3.77 avg rating — 15,991 ratings
38.
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by: Susan Ee
4.10 avg rating — 197,225 ratings
39.
My Life Next Door
My Life Next Door 3.97 avg rating — 155,098 ratings
40.
Crewel (Crewel World, #1)
Crewel (Crewel World, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 18,941 ratings
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The Gathering Storm (Katerina, #1)
The Gathering Storm (Katerina, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 4,029 ratings
42.
The Treachery of Beautiful Things
The Treachery of Beautiful Things 3.81 avg rating — 5,685 ratings
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The Glimpse (The Glimpse, #1)
The Glimpse (The Glimpse, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 2,181 ratings
44.
Harbinger
Harbinger 3.22 avg rating — 1,890 ratings
45.
Someone Else's Life
Someone Else's Life 3.88 avg rating — 4,788 ratings
46.
Fractured Light
Fractured Light 3.99 avg rating — 803 ratings
47.
My Heart Be Damned
My Heart Be Damned 3.74 avg rating — 352 ratings
48.
When the Sea Is Rising Red (Hobverse #1)
When the Sea Is Rising Red (Hobverse #1) 3.45 avg rating — 1,792 ratings
49.
Lies Beneath (Lies Beneath, #1)
Lies Beneath (Lies Beneath, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 5,886 ratings
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Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries, #1)
Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 2,817 ratings
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Gravity (The Taking, #1)
Gravity (The Taking, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 8,363 ratings
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Where It Began
Where It Began 3.39 avg rating — 3,564 ratings
53.
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 217,480 ratings
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My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century (My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, #1)
My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century (My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 3,166 ratings
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The Other Life (The Other Life, #1)
The Other Life (The Other Life, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 3,115 ratings
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Ditched: A Love Story
Ditched: A Love Story 3.62 avg rating — 3,328 ratings
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Matched (Matched, #1)
Matched (Matched, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 809,379 ratings
58.
Croak (Croak, #1)
Croak (Croak, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 11,095 ratings
59.
Immortal City (Immortal City, #1)
Immortal City (Immortal City, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 13,043 ratings
60.
Destiny's Fire (Kythan Guardians, #1)
Destiny's Fire (Kythan Guardians, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,529 ratings
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Never Eighteen
Never Eighteen 3.79 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
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Conjure (The Hoodoo Apprentice, #1)
Conjure (The Hoodoo Apprentice, #1)
by: Lea Nolan
3.87 avg rating — 503 ratings
63.
A Breath of Eyre (Unbound, #1)
A Breath of Eyre (Unbound, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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The False Prince (Ascendance, #1)
The False Prince (Ascendance, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 106,495 ratings
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Forbidden (Forbidden #1)
Forbidden (Forbidden #1) 3.86 avg rating — 8,880 ratings
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Something like Normal
Something like Normal 3.81 avg rating — 16,821 ratings
67.
Katana (Katana, #1)
Katana (Katana, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
68.
Halflings (Halflings, #1)
Halflings (Halflings, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 3,070 ratings
69.
The Vicious Deep (The Vicious Deep, #1)
The Vicious Deep (The Vicious Deep, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 3,474 ratings
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Pretty Crooked (Pretty Crooked, #1)
Pretty Crooked (Pretty Crooked, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
71.
The Last Princess (Last Princess, #1)
The Last Princess (Last Princess, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 6,359 ratings
72.
If I Lie
If I Lie 3.98 avg rating — 6,594 ratings
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The Broken Destiny (Broken, #1)
The Broken Destiny (Broken, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Origin (Corpus, #1)
Origin (Corpus, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 16,185 ratings
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Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars 3.66 avg rating — 3,723 ratings
76.
Innocent Darkness (The Aether Chronicles, #1)
Innocent Darkness (The Aether Chronicles, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
77.
Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1)
Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 48,413 ratings
78.
Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe
Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe 3.82 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
78.
Illuminate (Gilded Wings, #1)
Illuminate (Gilded Wings, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 6,483 ratings
80.
Valkyrie Rising (Valkyrie, #1)
Valkyrie Rising (Valkyrie, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 6,545 ratings
81.
Skylark (Skylark, #1)
Skylark (Skylark, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 5,087 ratings
82.
Auracle
Auracle 3.89 avg rating — 2,190 ratings
83.
The Sphinx Project (The Chimaera Chronicles, #1)
The Sphinx Project (The Chimaera Chronicles, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 303 ratings
84.
Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 18,395 ratings
85.
Pretty Amy (Pretty Amy, #1)
Pretty Amy (Pretty Amy, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 779 ratings
86.
Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles, #1)
Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 2,827 ratings
87.
Gilt (Royal Circle, #1)
Gilt (Royal Circle, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 3,576 ratings
88.
Tangled Tides (The Sea Monster Memoirs, #1)
Tangled Tides (The Sea Monster Memoirs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 2,848 ratings
89.
A Witch in Winter (Winter Trilogy, #1)
A Witch in Winter (Winter Trilogy, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,714 ratings
90.
Time Between Us (Time Between Us, #1)
Time Between Us (Time Between Us, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 11,652 ratings
91.
Breaking Beautiful
Breaking Beautiful 3.97 avg rating — 5,911 ratings
92.
Greta and the Goblin King (Mylena Chronicles, #1)
Greta and the Goblin King (Mylena Chronicles, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 2,255 ratings
93.
Reunited
Reunited 3.65 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
94.
Inbetween (Kissed by Death, #1)
Inbetween (Kissed by Death, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 2,333 ratings
95.
Storybound (Storybound, #1)
Storybound (Storybound, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 5,419 ratings
96.
Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)
Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 102,826 ratings
97.
Touching the Surface
Touching the Surface 3.83 avg rating — 1,442 ratings
98.
Above World (Above World, #1)
Above World (Above World, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,025 ratings
99.
Visions (The Secret Watchers, #1)
Visions (The Secret Watchers, #1) 4.42 avg rating — 185 ratings
100.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,192 ratings
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