To say shes the years biggest debut would be an understatement.
The first in a trilogy,Blood and Boneisa Black Lives Matter-inspired fantasywith awe-inspiring world-building reminiscent ofHarry Potter.
It has completely shaken up the YA space.
Macmillan Children’s
Brass, by Xhenet Aliu
Perhaps the most unsung novel on this list.
Aliu followed up her superb short-story collectionDomesticated Wild Thingswiththis layered, personal meditation on the American Dream.
Don’t sleep on this one.
Macmillan Children’s
But the novel is wholly its own artwork, messy and vibrant and propulsive.
The dialogue runs hot, the melodrama sings, and its ensemble of lost, beautiful souls proves unforgettable.
Asymmetry, by Lisa Halliday
A big acquisitionthat lived up to the hype.
Random House
It’s a work of ingenuity that rewards multiple readings.
Johnson revitalizesOedipusthrough a completely deconstructive approach that somehow never falls apart.
The Incendiaries, by R.O.
Ecco
Kwon
The best way to pitch this book is probably to quote it.R.O.
There There, by Tommy Orange
There Theredoesnt read like a first book.
A transfixing panorama of Native American life,Tommy Oranges novel instead builds like an epic.
Grove Atlantic
The result is one of 2018’s very best books.
Folks, that’srarefor a literary debut.
Simon + Schuster
Macmillan
MCD
Penguin
Penguin
Knopf
Scribner
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