2025 Round Up: Favourite Debut Fiction

Resolve to read new authors. In 2025, these authors debuted with their first novels.

Updated January 9, 2026
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2025 Round Up: Favourite Debut Fiction

Resolve to read new authors. In 2025, these authors debuted with their first novels.

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Austen, Alice
Paper Book
**The international bestseller** An unforgettable historical debut set in Second World War Brussels: exploring love, resistance and courage in all their forms 'I adored it ... It finds courage and love amidst the ruins, and I read with my heart in my...
The three lives of Cate Kay
Fagan, Kate (Sports writer)
Paper Book
" The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past. Cate Kay knows how...
Palm Meridian
Flahive, Grace.
Paper Book
Silver elite
Francis, Dani.
Paper Book
In the first book of a sizzling dystopian romance series, psychic gifts are a death sentence and there are rules to survival- Trust no one. Lie to everyone. Hide in plain sight. And whatever you do, don't fall for your greatest enemy. -----
The list of suspicious things
Godfrey, Jennie
Paper Book
***THE NUMBER 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB FOR APRIL A BEST DEBUT OF 2024 BY BBC, RED, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Such a fresh and interesting voice. You'll cry and you won't be able to stop reading' ...
The names
Knapp, Florence
Paper Book
The story of one family told three different ways, leading to three different fates--a dazzling debut that asks: Can a name shape the course of a life? In the wake of an enormous, history-making storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son's...
The maiden and her monster
Martinez, Maddie
Paper Book
The forest eats the girls who wander out after dark . . .An atmospheric dark fantasy rooted in fairytales, folklore, and sapphic romance. The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Ava Reid, and Naomi Novik.As the healer's daughter, Malka has seen how the...
Oxford Soju Club
Park, Jinwoo
Paper Book
A SHELF AWARENESS BEST BOOK OF 2025 * A CBC BOOKS BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOK OF 2025 * A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF 2025 The natural enemy of a Korean is another Korean. When North Korean spymaster Doha Kim is mysteriously killed in Oxford,...
The Witch of Willow Sound : A Novel
Penney, Vanessa F.
Paper Book
For readers of Our Wives Under the Sea and The Once and Future Witches comes a feminist gothic tale with a tough-as-nails female protagonist who must find her elderly aunt, long suspected of being a witch. A spooky, atmospheric, and fast-paced feminist tale about women called witches and the parts...
Kill the beast
Swift, Serra
Paper Book
The Witcher meets Howl's Moving Castle in this debut original faerie tale of revenge, redemption, and friendship--for fans of T. Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, and cozy fantasy with a dash of gritty adventure. The night Lyssa Cadogan's brother was...
The Guest Children : A Novel
Tarr, Patrick.
Beasts of the sea
Turpeinen, Iida
Paper Book
"A sprawling, seething epic" Lucy Steeds, winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize "As deep and profound as the sea itself" Philip Hoare "Almost hypnotically readable" Guardian "Remarkable" The Times ...
Maggie: ; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar
Yee, Katie.
Paper Book
Julie Chan is Dead
Zhang, Liann.
Paper Book
The instant internationally bestselling outrageously unputdownable debut for fans of Bunny, Bat Eater and Yellowface 'An absolute masterpiece' STYLIST 'You'll enjoy this nail-biting life-swap ride through the glossy influencer scene'...
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