Debut Books (DDL Winter Reading 24-25)

Updated January 5, 2025
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Anna O : a novel
Blake, Matthew
Paper Book
#1 International Bestseller GMA Buzz Pick * A Today Show Pick * A People Magazine Pick "A riveting, unsettling crime novel that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Is Anna O a sleeping beauty or a sleeping killer? Matthew Blake's tension-filled thriller is...
The book of love : a novel
Link, Kelly
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE * FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE In the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become...
Booked for murder
Nelson, P. J.
Paper Book
Lilian Jackson Braun Award finalist, Indie Next pick, Library Reads pick, SIBA Read This Next! selection -Madeline Brimley returns to the small town Georgia bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets. Madeline Brimley left small town...
Eleanore of Avignon : a novel
DeLozier, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A Library Reads Pick!  An Amazon Best Book of the Month! An Aardvark Book Club Pick!  Rich with unforgettable characters, gorgeously drawn, and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her...
The gardener's plot : a mystery
Benoit, Deborah J.
Paper Book
A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plots on opening day. After life threw Maggie Walker a few curveballs, she's happy to be back in the small, Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Marlowe holds many...
Homeseeking
Chen, Karissa
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "Homeseeking is about the love of home and family, even against unimaginable circumstances...[A] sweeping epic." --Good Housekeeping "Fans of historical fiction will want to pick up this exceptional novel...
How to end a love story : a novel
Kuang, Yulin
Ebook
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK! "Emotional, relatable and binge-worthy." -Tessa Bailey "I'll read anything she writes. An absolute star." -Emily Henry "I was hooked on the very first page. Don't miss this one!" -- Carley Fortune Two writers with a complicated...
The husbands : a novel
Gramazio, Holly
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * READ WITH JENNA'S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PEOPLE, PARADE, AND BOOKRIOT The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of...
The in-between bookstore : a novel
Underhill, Edward
Paper Book
"What would you tell your teen self if you could go back in time? Underhill's tender, innovative debut is the smartest take on this trope I've ever read. . . and for the record, I read it in a single sitting. A beautiful, thoughtful study of how we find our truest selves, and whom we choose to...
Listen for the lie
Tintera, Amy
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller * A Good Morning America Book Club Pick * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Washington Post Best Thriller of 2024 "I read this in one sitting! Such a fun and engaging read, with an ending that blew my mind!" --<...
Malas
Fuentes, Marcela
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A Bookpage Best Historical Fiction Book of 2024 "A vivacious, page-turning novel of rebellion and rebirth." --Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte...
Martyr!
Akbar, Kaveh
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR * A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and...
Men have called her crazy : a memoir
Tendler, Anna Marie
Paper Book
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* "This book is so many things I didn't know I needed: a testament to the work of healing, a raw howl of anger, and an indictment of misogyny's insipid, predictable, infuriating reign." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of the National Book Award...
The ministry of time
Bradley, Kaliane
Paper Book
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL * WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE<...
Mother-daughter murder night : a novel
Simon, Nina
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK  Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. "I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter." --Reese Witherspoon Think: Gilmore...
Mrs. Quinn's rise to fame
Ford, Olivia
Paper Book
"As cozy as a cup of tea and cake."--People "One of those books you just want to hug to your chest. I loved it so much."--Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of While We Were Dating A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a...
Redwood court : fiction
Dameron, DéLana R. A.
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "[A] richly textured and deeply moving debut" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) about one unforgettable Southern Black family and its youngest daughter's coming of age in the 1990s. "A triumph . . . Redwood Court is storytelling...
Save what's left
Castellano, Elizabeth
Paper Book
GMA BOOK CLUB PICK * ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER * An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors. "Irreverent and unexpectedly tender, this...
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage
Mackay, Asia
Paper Book
Two former serial killers trying to keep their past buried realize that old habits die hard in this "wildly original, razor-sharp thriller" (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark). "An invaluable manual that I return to...
Society of Lies A Novel
Brown, Lauren Ling.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "A dark and haunting debut that explores secret societies, the bonds of sisterhood, and the intricacies of privilege at an elite college . . . I couldn't put this twisty tale down."--Julia Bartz, author of The Writing Retreat ...
The storm we made : a novel
Chan, Vanessa
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE In this "espionage-laden family epic" (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy--and her dark secrets will test even the...
The Sunflower House : a novel
Allegri, Adriana
Paper Book
Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory--a real-life Handmaid's Tale--during World War II. In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss's life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle's bookshop, makes strudel...
Swift River
Chambers, Essie
Paper Book
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A National Bestseller | Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | One of The Washington Post's Best Books of 2024 | An NPR Best Book of 2024 | An Elle Best Book of 2024 | A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 |...
The teller of small fortunes
Leong, Julie
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER * A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this cozy fantasy debut, hailed as "perfection...a beautiful treasure of a book that will warm your heart and heal your soul."--Sarah Beth Durst, Author of The Spellshop "The warmest,...

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