thelittlebookowl

Hi guys, I hope you are all well. As you can already tell from the title, I’m going to be sharing some of my favourite debut books. There are many fantastic debuts, but today I’m only going to be sharing 12 of my favourites. Let’s get started.

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Fantasy/Sci-fi:

• The Hobbit / J. R. R. Tolkien

• Malice / John Gwynne / first book in the Faithful and the Fallen series

• The Bear and the Nightingale / Katherine Arden / first book in the Winternight trilogy

• Daughter of the Forest / Juliet Marillier / first book in the Sevenwaters series

• Promise of Blood / Brian McClellan / first book in the Powder Mage trilogy

• Soul of the World / David Mealing / first book in the Ascension cycle

• Theft of Swords / Michael J. Sullivan / first two books in the Riyria Revelations series

• Old Man’s War / John Scalzi / first book in the Old Man’s War series

 

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Other fiction:

• To Kill A Mockingbird / Harper Lee

• Sense and Sensibility / Jane Austen

• Dissolution / C. J. Sansom / first book in the Shardlake series

• Between Shades of Grey / Ruta Sepetys 

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That’s it for today. What are your favourite debut books? I’d love to know if you’ve read any of the ones I mentioned or whether you have any recommendations for me. I hope you are all having a wonderful day and I will see you next time. 

 

 

Pippa