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NEW PODCAST EPISODE!

Listen to Anna Kovatcheva discuss her debut novel, SHE MADE HERSELF A MONSTER, with @vitcavage.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts from.

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Belgrave Road author Manish Chauhan believes every book he’s ever read shaped his debut novel

Discover the books that shaped his life and influenced his debut novel: debutiful.net/2026/02/10/b...

MURDER BIMBO author Rebecca Novack is always looking for a perfect Michael Crichton smell-alike

Discover the books that shaped her life and influenced her debut novel: debutiful.net/2026/02/10/m...

MURDER BIMBO is available now from @avidreaderpress.bsky.social

Eight books about coming of age in a war zone, recommended by Ashraf Zaghal

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New podcast! Listen to C. William Lansfeld discuss the path to publishing his debut novel SALVATION!

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Check out the books that inspired Marisa Walz throughout her life!
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Read an excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah over on Debutiful!

@elizmccrack.bsky.social calls it "astonishingly alive, lovable, aggravating, real"

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This list was supposed to come out tomorrow, but in solidarity with Americans across the country, we're taking the day off.

Here are the 20 debut books from January 2026 we think all of Debutiful followers will love the most!

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See the cover for Hands by Pardeep Toor - Debutiful In Hands, Pardeep Toor takes readers through a series of stories that explore lofty ideals of assimilation in America and the brutal comedy of the journey. Maria Kuznetsova, author of Oksana, Behave! ...

See the cover for Pardeep Toor's HANDS, out April 14 from Cornerstone Press.

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We had @stephenfishbach.bsky.social on the podcast to talk about his book ESCAPE!, #Survivor, and why @robcesternino.bsky.social's podcast community is the BEST.

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See the cover for Her Kind by Sophie Lefens - Debutiful Chicago-based writer Sophie Lefens has published her writing in Third Coast Magazine, Passengers Journal, The Christian Century, and Scary Sugar. A graduate of the Yale Divinity School, she is set to ...

See the cover for HER KIND by Sophie Lefens and get the behind-the-scenes for how it was created.

The cover was designed by Mark Robinson.

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What's "weird," anyway?

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Discover the books that shaped @mlfaliveno.bsky.social's life and her debut novel HEMLOCK!

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NEW PODCAST: @aliahanna.bsky.social discusses all things nonfiction, lit agents, and why being genuine matters most.

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COVER REVEAL

Debutiful has the BTS info on how the cover of FALSE PROPHET by Afsheen Farhadi was created! The debut novel will be published by Melville House on July 7, 2026. It’s available for preorder now.

The cover was designed by Beste Miray Doğan.

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Dive into the wonderful world of pro wrestling with Alison Lyn Miller's excellent ROUGH HOUSE.

We learned about why and how she wrote this inside look into an up-and-coming (wannabe) superstar from Georgia.

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Discover the books that shaped Jacob Rollinson's life, including why his debut book, THE TRUTH OF CARCOSA, is an homage to The King in Yellow.

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Are you a short story writer ready to send your manuscript to an agent? This class from @jaredlemus.bsky.social IS FOR YOU!

Feb 18-March 11, $200 -- get insight into how to make your short story collection manuscript shine!
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Dive into Senaa Ahmad's debut short story collection, THE AGE OF CALAMITIES, as she dissects what it took to write, edit, and sequence the stories.

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Our first podcast of 2026 has landed!

Listen to Kathleen Boland discuss how she writes, why she writes, and the path to publishing her debut book SCAVENGERS (@vikingbooks.bsky.social).

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We have launched a new series called WRITER/TRANSLATOR where we invite, you guessed it, a writer and translator to discuss a book they've worked on.

First up is Simón López Trujillo and Robin Myers discussing PEDRO THE VAST.

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Discover the books that shaped Sydney Rende's life and influenced her debut short story collection, I COULD BE FAMOUS!

Her debut book is now available from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social.

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I don't use my website much ever since @debutiful.bsky.social took over my life, but I updated it

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Get the BTS scoop about how the cover for VOYAGERS by Meg Charlton was created!

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Start 2026 off right with these debut books hitting bookstores this January!

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ICYMI! 2026's Most Anticipated Debut Books are going to rock your world!

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Did you catch our BEST DEBUT BOOKS OF 2025? Head to Debutiful's site to discover them all!

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Trying to clear up the murky book media landscape...

Here is what Debutiful was up to and will be up to in 2026

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Thrilled to see so many of our forthcoming titles included in @debutiful.bsky.social’s most-anticipated list! 2026 is gonna be a BIG year! 🔥📚🔥📚

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