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100+ Debut Authors for 2021 📚

  • Chantal W.
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2021

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Looking for someone new to read?  Give these 2021 debut authors a try - you will find a fine selection of fiction and nonfiction, as well as some of the buzziest books of 2021.

On Girlhood

On Girlhood

15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
Published in 2021
xxiv, 200 pages ; 22 cm
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The Reading List

The Reading List

A Novel
Adams, Sara Nisha, author.
Published in 2021
373 pages ; 24 cm
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Dead Dead Girls

Dead Dead Girls

Afia, Nekesa, author.
Published in 2021
317 pages ; 21 cm.
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Sisters in Arms

Sisters in Arms

A Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II
Alderson, Kaia, author.
Published in 2021
374, 10 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Who is Maud Dixon?

Who is Maud Dixon?

A Novel
Andrews, Alexandra, author.
Published in 2021
324 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Black Buck

Black Buck

Askaripour, Mateo, author.
Published in 2021
xi, 388 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Love in Color

Love in Color

Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
Babalola, Bolu, author.
Published in 2020
xii, 290 pages ; 20 cm
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Where the Truth Lies

Where the Truth Lies

Bailey, Anna, 1995- author.
Published in 2021
371 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Windhall

Windhall

Barry, Ava, author.
Published in 2021
361 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Mary Jane

Mary Jane

A Novel
Blau, Jessica Anya, author.
Published in 2021
314 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Songs in Ursa Major

Songs in Ursa Major

Brodie, Emma, author.
Published in 2021
323 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Talk Bookish to Me

Talk Bookish to Me

Bromley, Kate, author.
Published in 2021
317 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Punch Me Up to the Gods

Punch Me Up to the Gods

Broome, Brian, author.
Published in 2021
xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Assembly

Assembly

Brown, Natasha, author.
Published in 2021
106 pages ; 19 cm
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Unbound

Unbound

My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Burke, Tarana, author.
Published in 2021
258 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Silent Winds, Dry Seas

Silent Winds, Dry Seas

A Novel
Busjeet, Vinod, author.
Published in 2021
272 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Photographer

The Photographer

Carter, Mary Dixie, author.
Published in 2021
296 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
A Play for the End of the World

A Play for the End of the World

Chakrabarti, Jai, author.
Published in 2021
x, 286 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The City of Good Death

The City of Good Death

A Novel
Champaneri, Priyanka, author.
Published in 2021
xii, 433 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Land of Big Numbers

Land of Big Numbers

Chen, Te-Ping, author.
Published in 2021
236 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Shoko's Smile

Shoko's Smile

Stories
Ch'oe, Ŭn-yŏng, 1984- author.
Published in 2021
261 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
In the Company of Killers

In the Company of Killers

A Novel
Christy, Bryan, author.
Published in 2021
358 pages ; 24 cm
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The Unbroken

The Unbroken

Clark, C. L. (Cherae L.), author.
Published in 2021
529 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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A Master of Djinn

A Master of Djinn

Clark, P. Djèlí, author.
Published in 2021
392 pages ; 22 cm.
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The Charm Offensive

The Charm Offensive

A Novel
Cochrun, Alison, author.
Published in 2021
358 pages ; 21 cm
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Sarahland

Sarahland

Stories
Cohen, Sam, 1982- author.
Published in 2021
199 pages ; 22 cm
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The Way She Feels

The Way She Feels

My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces
Cook, Courtney, 1995- author.
Published in 2021
219 pages ; 22 cm
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Finlay Donovan is Killing It

Finlay Donovan is Killing It

Cosimano, Elle, author.
Published in 2021
359 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Orphan Witch

The Orphan Witch

Crutcher, Paige, author.
Published in 2021
345 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Waiting for the Night Song

Waiting for the Night Song

Dalton, Julie Carrick, author.
Published in 2021
pages cm
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Negative Space

Negative Space

Dancyger, Lilly, author.
Published in 2021
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Nice Girls

Nice Girls

A Novel
Dang, Catherine, author.
Published in 2021
338 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Damnation Spring

Damnation Spring

A Novel
Davidson, Ash, author.
Published in 2021
445 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Girl A

Girl A

A Novel
Dean, Abigail, author.
Published in 2021
344 pages ; 24 cm
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Girls with Bright Futures

Girls with Bright Futures

A Novel
Dobmeier, Tracy, author.
Published in 2021
xi, 387 pages ; 21 cm
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The Anatomy of Desire

The Anatomy of Desire

A Novel
Dorn, L. R., author.
Published in 2021
307 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Divines

The Divines

A Novel
Eaton, Ellie, author.
Published in 2021
306 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Parted Earth

The Parted Earth

Enjeti, Anjali, author.
Published in 2021
261 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Swimming Back to Trout River

Swimming Back to Trout River

A Novel
Feng, Linda Rui, 1975- author.
Published in 2021
263 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Dear Miss Metropolitan

Dear Miss Metropolitan

Ferrell, Carolyn, author.
Published in 2021
419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Brother Sister Mother Explorer

Brother Sister Mother Explorer

A Novel
Figueroa, Jamie, author.
Published in 2021
225 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Somebody's Daughter

Somebody's Daughter

A Memoir
Ford, Ashley C., author.
Published in 2021
212 pages ; 25 cm
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Ghost Forest

Ghost Forest

A Novel
Fung, Pik-Shuen, author.
Published in 2021
257 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
Of Women and Salt

Of Women and Salt

Garcia, Gabriela, 1984- author.
Published in 2021
207 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Music of Bees

The Music of Bees

A Novel
Garvin, Eileen, author.
Published in 2021
322 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Dog Flowers

Dog Flowers

A Memoir
Geller, Danielle, author.
Published in 2021
260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Conductors

The Conductors

Glover, Nicole, author.
Published in 2021
422 pages ; 21 cm.
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The Witch's Heart

The Witch's Heart

Gornichec, Genevieve, author.
Published in 2021
359 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Recent East

The Recent East

Grattan, Thomas, 1974- author.
Published in 2021
356 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Something Wild

Something Wild

A Novel
Halperin, Hanna, author.
Published in 2021
326 pages ; 24 cm
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Three Rooms

Three Rooms

Hamya, Jo, 1997- author.
Published in 2021
200 pages ; 22 cm
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The Other Black Girl

The Other Black Girl

A Novel
Harris, Zakiya Dalila, author.
Published in 2021
357 pages ; 24 cm
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The Wife Upstairs

The Wife Upstairs

Hawkins, Rachel, 1979- author.
Published in 2021
290 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis

Hazelwood, Ali, author.
Published in 2021
373 pages ; 22 cm
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Break out

Break out

A Thriller
Herron, Paul, 1975- author.
Published in 2021
290 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Other People's Children

Other People's Children

A Novel
Hoffmann, R. J., 1969- author.
Published in 2021
376 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Sistersong

Sistersong

Holland, Lucy, author.
Published in 2021
406 pages ; 25 cm
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Summer on the Bluffs

Summer on the Bluffs

A Novel
Hostin, Sunny, author.
Published in 2021
385 pages ; 24 cm.
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Book
 
Fault Lines

Fault Lines

A Novel
Itami, Emily, author.
Published in 2021
216 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
A Net for Small Fishes

A Net for Small Fishes

Jago, Lucy, author.
Published in 2021
pages cm
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

A Novel
Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne, 1967- author.
Published in 2021
xiv, 797 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Other Me

The Other Me

Jeng, Sarah Zachrich, author.
Published in 2021
339 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Caul Baby

Caul Baby

A Novel
Jerkins, Morgan, author.
Published in 2021
342 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
A Little Hope

A Little Hope

A Novel
Joella, Ethan, author.
Published in 2021
pages cm
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My Monticello

My Monticello

Fiction
Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole, author.
Published in 2021
210 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Kindest Lie

The Kindest Lie

A Novel
Johnson, Nancy (Novelist), author.
Published in 2021
326 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Mirrorland

Mirrorland

A Novel
Johnstone, Carole (Carole L.), author.
Published in 2021
307 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
How the One-armed Sister Sweeps Her House

How the One-armed Sister Sweeps Her House

A Novel
Jones, Cherie, 1974- author.
Published in 2021
278 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Palmares

Palmares

Jones, Gayl, author.
Published in 2021
492 pages ; 24 cm
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Low Country

Low Country

A Southern Memoir
Jones, J. Nicole, author.
Published in 2021
232 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Prophets

The Prophets

A Novel
Jones, Robert, Jr., 1971- author.
Published in 2021
pages cm
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Book
 
Several People Are Typing

Several People Are Typing

A Novel
Kasulke, Calvin, author.
Published in 2021
248 pages ; 22 cm.
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Book
 
Worldly Things

Worldly Things

Kleber-Diggs, Michael, author.
Published in 2021
73 pages ; 23 cm
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Book
 
Shallow Waters

Shallow Waters

A Novel
Kopacz, Anita, author.
Published in 2021
xiv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Family

The Family

Krupitsky, Naomi, author.
Published in 2021
360 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Among Thieves

Among Thieves

Kuhn, M. J., author.
Published in 2021
343 pages ; 24 cm
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Build Your House Around My Body

Build Your House Around My Body

A Novel
Kupersmith, Violet, author.
Published in 2021
378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Never Saw Me Coming

Never Saw Me Coming

Kurian, Vera, author.
Published in 2021
389 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Future Feeling

Future Feeling

A Novel
Lake, Joss, author.
Published in 2021
294 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Happy Endings

Happy Endings

A Novel
Lam, Thien-Kim, author.
Published in 2021
viii, 310 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
We Are the Brennans

We Are the Brennans

Lange, Tracey, author.
Published in 2021
274 pages ; 25 cm
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All Girls

All Girls

Layden, Emily, 1989- author.
Published in 2021
311 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The World Gives Way

The World Gives Way

A Novel
Levien, Marissa, author.
Published in 2021
402 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

A Novel
Lin, Tom, author.
Published in 2021
275 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Book
 
No One is Talking About This

No One is Talking About This

Lockwood, Patricia, author.
Published in 2021
210 pages ; 22 cm
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Hades, Argentina

Hades, Argentina

Loedel, Daniel, author.
Published in 2020
294 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Arsenic and Adobo

Arsenic and Adobo

Manansala, Mia P., author.
Published in 2021
xi, 316 pages ; 21 cm.
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Summer Sons

Summer Sons

Mandelo, Lee, author.
Published in 2021
372 pages ; 22 cm
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A Marvellous Light

A Marvellous Light

Marske, Freya, author.
Published in 2021
375 pages ; 22 cm.
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Book
 
The Bad Muslim Discount

The Bad Muslim Discount

A Novel
Masood, Syed, author.
Published in 2021
357 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Winter's Orbit

Winter's Orbit

Maxwell, Everina, author.
Published in 2021
430 pages ; 22 cm
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Nobody, Somebody, Anybody

Nobody, Somebody, Anybody

A Novel
McClorey, Kelly, author.
Published in 2021
292 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The_atmospherians

The_atmospherians

A Novel
McElroy, Alex, author.
Published in 2021
290 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
God Spare the Girls

God Spare the Girls

A Novel
McKinney, Kelsey, author.
Published in 2021
307 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Body Scout

The Body Scout

A Novel
Michel, Lincoln, author.
Published in 2021
356 pages ; 22 cm
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Milk Blood Heat

Milk Blood Heat

Stories
Moniz, Dantiel W., author.
Published in 2021
202 pages ; 22 cm
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Down Range

Down Range

A Novel
Moore, Taylor, author.
Published in 2021
342 pages ; 24 cm
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All Her Little Secrets

All Her Little Secrets

Morris, Wanda M.
Published in 2021
384 p. ;
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Love Scenes

Love Scenes

Morrissey, Bridget, author.
Published in 2021
306 pages ; 21 cm
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Hello, Transcriber

Hello, Transcriber

Morrissey, Hannah, author.
Published in 2021
pages cm
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A Deadly Fortune

A Deadly Fortune

Murphy, Stacie, author.
Published in 2021
298 pages ; 24 cm
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Open Water

Open Water

Nelson, Caleb Azumah, author.
Published in 2021
166 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Falling

Falling

Newman, T. J. (Novelist), author.
Published in 2021
290 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Things We Lost to the Water

Things We Lost to the Water

A Novel
Nguyen, Eric, 1988- author.
Published in 2021
289 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Son of the Storm

Son of the Storm

Okungbowa, Suyi Davies, author.
Published in 2021
487 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
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Book
 
Northern Heist

Northern Heist

A Novel
O'Rawe, Richard, author.
Published in 2021
262 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
We Are Watching Eliza Bright

We Are Watching Eliza Bright

Osworth, A. E., author.
Published in 2021
407 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Aftershocks

Aftershocks

A Memoir
Owusu, Nadia, 1981- author.
Published in 2021
xiii, 299 pages ; 23 cm
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Yes, Daddy

Yes, Daddy

Parks-Ramage, Jonathan, author.
Published in 2021
282 pages ; 22 cm
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The Lost Apothecary

The Lost Apothecary

Penner, Sarah, author.
Published in 2021
301 pages : map ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Detransition, Baby

Detransition, Baby

A Novel
Peters, Torrey, author.
Published in 2020
140 pages ; 25 cm
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Brood

Brood

A Novel
Polzin, Jackie, 1979- author.
Published in 2021
222 pages ; 20 cm
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Little and Often

Little and Often

A Memoir
Preszler, Trent, author.
Published in 2021
viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The Five Wounds

The Five Wounds

A Novel
Quade, Kirstin Valdez, author.
Published in 2021
419 pages ; 24 cm
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Dava Shastri's Last Day

Dava Shastri's Last Day

A Novel
Ramisetti, Kirthana, author.
Published in 2021
pages cm
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Wildwood Whispers

Wildwood Whispers

Reece, Willa, author.
Published in 2021
372 pages ; 25 cm
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Ariadne

Ariadne

Saint, Jennifer, author.
Published in 2021
308 pages ; 25 cm
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Let's Get Back to the Party

Let's Get Back to the Party

Salih, Zak, 1982- author.
Published in 2021
278 pages ; 24 cm
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The Last Chance Library

The Last Chance Library

Sampson, Freya, author.
Published in 2021
pages cm
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Gold Diggers

Gold Diggers

A Novel
Sathian, Sanjena, author.
Published in 2021
344 pages ; 24 cm
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The Last Exiles

The Last Exiles

A Novel
Shin, Ann, author.
Published in 2021
330 pages ; 24 cm
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Meet Me in Another Life

Meet Me in Another Life

A Novel
Silvey, Catriona, author.
Published in 2021
308 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Dovetails in Tall Grass

Dovetails in Tall Grass

A Novel
Specks, Samantha, author.
Published in 2021
xi, 310 pages ; 22 cm
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Brothers on Three

Brothers on Three

A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana
Streep, Abe, author.
Published in 2021
viii, 349 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Dial A for Aunties

Dial A for Aunties

Sutanto, Jesse Q., author.
Published in 2021
309 pages ; 24 cm
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Olympus, Texas

Olympus, Texas

Swann, Stacey, author.
Published in 2021
322 pages ; 25 cm
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The End of Men

The End of Men

Sweeney-Baird, Christina, author.
Published in 2021
392 pages ; 21 cm
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I Don't Forgive You

I Don't Forgive You

Thompson, Aggie Blum, author.
Published in 2021
342 pages ; 22 cm
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What Comes After

What Comes After

Tompkins, JoAnne, 1956 July 10- author.
Published in 2021
419 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Bewilderness

Bewilderness

A Novel
Tucker, Karen, author.
Published in 2021
277 pages ; 22 cm
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The First Day of Spring

The First Day of Spring

Tucker, Nancy, 1993- author.
Published in 2021
345 pages ; 24 cm
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The Shaadi Set-up

The Shaadi Set-up

A Novel
Vale, Lillie, author.
Published in 2021
352 pages ; 21 cm
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The Damage

The Damage

A Novel
Wahrer, Caitlin, author.
Published in 2021
390 pages ; 24 cm
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The Layover

The Layover

Waldon, Lacie, author.
Published in 2021
308 pages ; 21 cm
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Body of Stars

Body of Stars

A Novel
Walter, Laura Maylene, author.
Published in 2021
354 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

A Novel
Walton, Dawnie, author.
Published in 2021
360 pages ; 24 cm
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Beautiful Country

Beautiful Country

A Memoir
Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- author.
Published in 2021
305 pages ; 25cm
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Revival Season

Revival Season

A Novel
West, Monica, 1977- author.
Published in 2021
292 pages ; 24 cm
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We Begin at the End

We Begin at the End

Whitaker, Chris, author.
Published in 2021
370 pages ; 25 cm
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For the Wolf

For the Wolf

Whitten, Hannah, author.
Published in 2021
465 pages ; 20 cm.
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The Liar's Dictionary

The Liar's Dictionary

A Novel
Williams, Eley, author.
Published in 2020
265 pages ; 21 cm
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A Lowcountry Bride

A Lowcountry Bride

A Novel
Williams, Preslaysa, author.
Published in 2021
343 pages ; 21 cm
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In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

A Novel
Winstead, Ashley, author.
Published in 2021
345 pages ; 24 cm
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Madam

Madam

Wynne, Phoebe, author.
Published in 2021
340 pages ; 25 cm
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Nightbitch

Nightbitch

Yoder, Rachel, 1978- author.
Published in 2021
238 pages ; 22 cm
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Crying in H Mart

Crying in H Mart

A Memoir
Zauner, Michelle, author.
Published in 2021
239 pages ; 22 cm
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Women and Other Monsters

Women and Other Monsters

Building a New Mythology
Zimmerman, Jess, author.
Published in 2020
x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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British mystery show addict and lover of fantasy, romance and mystery novels.

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