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The premier literary website and podcast helping readers discover new writers and debut books since 2019.
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COVER REVEAL @debutiful is honored to reveal the cover for CHARLOTTE by Elizabeth Ferris (@elizabethferriswriter) on the anniversary for when Jane Eyre was first published (10/19)! The debut novel follows Charlotte Brontë during the turbulent year she wrote Jane Eyre. Charlotte is a historical reimagining of Brontë’s life as she faces rejection from publishers, financial pressures, and expectations that women abandon their literary ambitions. Despite these obstacles, Brontë refuses to surrender her dream of becoming a novelist. The debut book will be published by @williammorrowbooks on April 6, 2027! The book is available for pre-order now! The cover was designed by Elsie Lyons. Head to Debutiful.net to read a Q&A with Ferris about how the cover was designed.
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INTERVIEW: @brendalatorrewrites discusses her debut horror novel, BRUJA’S NEST, with Priya Dames over at Debutiful.net! The two chat about taboo spiritual practices, her research process, and the underappreciation of telenovelas. BRUJA’S NEST follows Yolanda, a teenager growing up in a household of abuse and disorder. When her mother sends her to work as a servant at the Fernández De la Rosa estate, she plots to become the woman of the house. The book draws on horror, telenovelas, feminism, class politics, and Indigenous spiritual practices to explore her story. It is available now from @creaturepublishing now.
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Pub week buzz for Work Lunch by Lee Bains @gloryfires! Catch him tonight at @thefuzzyneedle and tune in to NPR's Weekend Edition tomorrow to hear his interview! For anyone who can’t catch Lee on tour, snag a copy of his collection at hubcity.org/worklunch
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INTERVIEW: @amber2dawn discusses her debut novel, ANOTHER NAME FOR RED, with @mohawkmiami overt at Debutiful.net! The two talked about the importance of Indigenous voices telling Indigenous stories, why Natives rarely focus on one art form, and how younger generations perceive old school representation like Dances with Wolves. RED is available now from @pantheonbooks.
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OBSERVER by @o_rinocoflow is one of the best horror books I’ve ever read. Look for it on @debutiful’s Best Debut Books of 2026 list this November.
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What makes a good short story collection? In our latest INSIDE THE COLLECTION, @adamofallonprice dissects his own collection, Objects of Desire! You can read the Q&A over at Debutiful.net. In it, the author delivers an unflinchingly honest and darkly funny collection exploring the restless longings, complicated relationships, and unfulfilled desires that shape our lives. From a resentful brother confronting the responsibility of donating bone marrow to his dying sibling to a struggling artist whose search for his missing dog leads him into danger and a college soccer player wrestling with childhood trauma and resentment toward her mother, these stories follow characters whose desires push them toward unexpected and often irreversible consequences. The book is available now from @autumnhousepress.
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INTERVIEW: Lee Bains aka @gloryfires released his debut poetry collection, WORK LUNCH. You can read a conversation between him and interviewer @rita_hickey over at Debutiful.net. Work Lunch draws on his own experience at the intersection of work and food—the daily ritual of a workday lunch. It is available now from @hubcitywriters.
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COVER REVEAL @debutiful is honored to reveal the cover for ALL GOOD MEN by Libby Flores (@libby_flores_writer_ )! The debut book will be published by @unnamedpress on April 6, 2027, and is available for pre-order now! The debut story collection is unflinching exploration of masculinity, vulnerability, and the consequences of the choices men make. Across stories of love, betrayal, parenthood, and violence, Flores inhabits the inner lives of men at their most unguarded, challenging the expectations and power dynamics that shape their relationships. The cover was designed by @yannickscott Head to Debutiful.net to read a Q&A with Flores about how the cover was designed.
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@mollieghawkins’s debut novel, MINTON MANOR, brings a golden family of the South back home, fifteen years after their beloved reality TV series wrapped, for a zany romp of a reunion season. In a cover reveal Q&A with @debutiful, Mollie discusses the book’s cover designed by @jason_heuer and what it conveys about the novel’s exploration of manufactured realities. Check it out at debutiful.net!
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EXCERPT: Read from @mindymise’s GOOD GUYS over at Debutiful.net ✨ Good Guys follows Georgie and Jo, two estranged sisters living in a small New England town in 2008. When Gary Clemmons, a celebrated hometown hero and the brother of Georgie’s secret girlfriend, dies in the Iraq War, Georgie discovers a disturbing secret about his past. As the sisters become entangled in the fallout, their family and community are forced to confront the darker sides of patriotism, masculinity, and religious devotion. It is available now from @melvillehouse.
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EXCERPT: In Desirée de Fez’s DON’T LEAVE HER ALONE, readers readers meet Alba, a woman consumed by anxiety who relies heavily on her mother while her sister struggles with the demands of work and motherhood. When Alba encounters two mysterious women at a shopping mall just before Christmas, a terrifying series of events unfolds, culminating in her disappearance on Christmas Eve. As long-buried family tensions erupt into visceral horror, the three women must confront the fears that bind them together. You can read an excerpt at Debutiful.net. The book is out now from @putnambooks.
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COVER REVEAL @debutiful is honored to reveal the cover for STEELHEAD by Colby Cotton (@colbycott)! The debut book will be published by @upittpress on February 16, 2027, and is available for pre-order now! The debut poetry collection is a meditation on grief, loneliness, and the lasting impact of loss. Written in the aftermath of a childhood friend’s death by suicide, the collection moves through dreamlike landscapes where the boundaries between life and the afterlife blur, exploring the search for a home we can never truly return to. The cover was designed by @hey_mom_i_mean_dad. Head to Debutiful.net to read a Q&A with Cotton about how the cover was designed.
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