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Feb 2024
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123: Debut Novels We Loved, Part 2

SARAH HARTLEY
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Debut novels are so exciting! Can you imagine being a writer and getting your book out into the world for the first time? We love supporting debut authors and today we’re sharing more debut novels we’ve loved (check out episode 74 of the podcast for part 1) and a few we’re excited to try. 

 

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Something Bookish:

[02:49] M: Let’s be friends on Goodreads.

[03:07] S: Check out PangoBooks and visit my store.  

 

Debut Novels We’re Excited to Try:

[05:49] M: Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (out Mar 5, 2024)

[07:02] Jaded by Ela Lee

[07:50] S: The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

[09:32] A Good Happy Girl by Marissa Higgins (out Apr 2, 2024)

 

Debut Novels We’ve Loved:

[10:59] M: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Verity by Colleen Hoover

[12:27] S: In Memoriam by Alice Winn

[13:35] M: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Dracula by Bram Stoker

[14:59] S: Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

[16:08] M: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

[17:25] S: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

[19:58] M: Brooklyn ‘76 by Anthony Ausiello

[21:20] S: A Little Hope by Ethan Joella

[22:28] M: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

[23:54] S: The Measure by Nikki Erlick

 

[25:02] Sarah’s Other Notable Debuts:

 

Also Mentioned:
RTL Episode 74, Debut Novels We Loved



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