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Books by first-time debuts (authors who have never published any book before).

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  • Book cover with a neon sign outline of an arm holding a knife. The neon is the colors of the lesbian pride flag. In brushed font, the title reads Robbie McNeil's Hit List (A Mystery).

    Robbie McNeil’s Hit List

    March 24
  • A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley.

    Child of the Dragon

    March 10
  • Cover for Sparring Partners by Erin Rose; the backdrop is dark blue with a red MMA octagon and heavy bag in the back. Front and center are a man and a woman, each wearing MMA gloves and posed as if about to spar. Both are smiling. The man is muscular with a brown fade cut and many tattoos on his arms. The woman is also muscular and a brunette. They're each wearing sparring gear. There's a blurb from bestselling author Emilia Finn: "Dive into the gritty world of lust and loss, found family, and how important it is to fight for those we love. I was hooked."

    Sparring Partners

    March 31
  • Cover of the book "Burn the Sea" with the title written in swoopy gold-yellow font. There is a woman in the foreground playing a tambura. She is wearing a teal-green lehenga with gold trim and is holding the tambura such that its neck is covering half her face. She is staring at the audience and her unbound curls cascade down her shoulders. A dagger leans against one of her legs. She is sitting in a stepwell, and her toes and hem are in the pool of water at the base. There is a snake made of smoke hovering in the upper right corner.

    Burn the Sea

    April 21
  • Cover for Kill Your Darlings, showing an illustrated teenage girl, Thulasi, who is horrified when monsters appear to coming from her open book. She is shadowed above by the villain, Addison Greer, wearing a menacing smile, and surrounded by a contingent of monsters, including a vampire, a harpy and a howling dog.

    Kill Your Darlings

    September 22
  • Homebound: a novel by Portia Elan, over a background of blue sky, pink and purple clouds, which dissolve into pixels in places.

    Homebound

    May 5
  • A book cover in turquoise, blue, and purple depicting a girl facing away with Tudor-style hair and dress, and arms slightly raised. Waves rise and crash around her. There is ocean and a dark rocky island in the background. The cover features the book title, Tidespeaker, and the author name, Sadie Turner.

    Tidespeaker

    January 6
  • Cover for Bound by Fury, showing a mixed media brown-skinned girl facing the viewer. She has grey eyes and two brown buns. She wears a black top and has a gold necklace. Behind her, a white male looks off to the side. In the foreground a castle-like school is in blue tones, and behind them, a large pink moon glows. Blue and pink swirls add detail. The book title and author name - noelle monét - are in a serif font. The book also features celestial sprayed edges in a dark blue.

    Bound by Fury

    August 18
  • A book cover in dark blue depicting a gemstone jutting up from the bottom right. Nestled among the gems rugged facets is a tower with golden windows and a twisted tree. To the top left of the tower are two small white birds. In gold at the top is the book title, Black As Diamond. In white at the bottom is the author's name, U.M. Agoawike.

    Black As Diamond

    March 3
  • Cover for It's All In Your Head by Sabina Nordqvist. Over a light purple background, the title is written in 3D lettering in pink and white. Illustrations show a red-haired white woman wearing chronic illness awareness socks and reclining on the word "ALL". A brown-haired white man holding a cane leans against the word "HEAD." Other illustrations show snowboarding goggles, a pill, and a snowboard. The tagline reads "Your fake relationship shouldn't come with chronic feelings."

    It’s All In Your Head

    February 10
  • On the book cover, the title appears in large gold letters against a dark blue background depicting the night sky. There is a glowing white crescent moon at the top center, and on the left and right edges are two tall hawthorn trees with thorns and red berries. In the branches sit several small animals and other objects, including a weasel, a pair of white mice, a teacup, and a crown. At ground level, there is a cottage and pine trees lighted in green and gold. In front stand two figures in silhouette; the one on the left is taller with short hair, and the one on the right is shorter with long hair, and is holding the leash of a small dog that stands between them.

    Into the Midnight Wood

    January 13
  • A white cabin sits on a black background with a white ground that bleeds into dripping red. White birch trees with eyes surround the cabin. In white text, the title surrounds the cabin and trees saying: THE DARKNESS GREETED HER. In red text at the top right is a tagline that says: Everyone has a monstrous side... In red text on the bottom left is the author's name: Christina Ferko. A red slash of color with a white fire symbol is centered on the left side of the cover signifying the book as part of Sourcebooks Fire's Midnight Reads line.

    The Darkness Greeted Her

    February 3
  • The cover of The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, by Reena McCarty The background is a night sky, dark blue on top, fading down to a bright blue behind a mountain range. There is a little peek of sun or moon behind the mountains, and a stone circle in the foreground at the bottom. The bulk of the cover is a slightly stained scroll that has the title, The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, written in two different fonts. The scroll is surrounded by and almost holding back a bunch of plants and flowers–pine branches and cones, balsamroots, lupines, and prairie rockets, along with things like chokecherries, huckleberries, and morels. There are also a few other things in the border–a bronze dagger, a salt shaker, a spoon, and a pen, along with a scattering of iron nails.

    The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains

    April 7
  • Background shows a sunrise by a river with rowing crews. In the foreground, a man and woman look at each other, with the man's hand lifting the woman's chin. Tagline reads: He was definitely not in her training plan.

    Racing Hearts

    February 10
  • Two characters stand shoulder to shoulder smirking at each other. The girl has her arms crossed in a short black lace dress with fingerless gloves. Her black hair is braided into buns at the nape of her neck. The boy has chin length black hair and olive skin. He's wearing a maroon kitesurfing shirt and jeans. They stand in front of a large wrought iron gate covered in vines outside a dark turreted mansion. The title covers the image: You're Dead to Me Reed Walker. Above it is the tag line: They'd kill each other. If they weren't already dead.

    You’re Dead to Me, Reed Walker

    May 12
  • A man reads on a park bench beneath a modern lamp post in the upper left corner, upside down. A woman waits beneath an old-fashioned lamp post in the bottom left corner, right side up, both silhouetted in light blue against yellow clouds. Silhoettes of St. Paul's cathedral sit in opposite corners in blue. The title, All We Have is Time, covers the center in stacked words over grey and yellow clouds on a navy blue background dotted with stars. The authors name sits beneath it.

    All We Have is Time

    February 24
  • A bright pink book cover with a large rose in the background. The title reads “Most Eligible,” under which it says the author’s name, Isabelle Engel. At the top, there is a quote that says “sizzles with drama and intrigue on every page—Ava Wilder” and at the bottom, there is a tagline that says “she’s not there for love.”

    Most Eligible

    January 13
  • A black book cover with a gold fringe on either side, as well as a gothic looking arch, in the same gold, with hot pink roses inside two triangles. Under the arch is a golden bat, and beneath that, the title The Book of Blood and Roses, in a gold and white font. Beneath the title is a white and pink book, flanked by two pink candles. Beneath is a golden rectangle encasing the author’s name, Annie Summerlee, in a gothic font.

    The Book of Blood and Roses

    January 13
  • Ocean maelstrom surrounded by rainbow eucalyptus tree, sampaguita flowers, and green leaves. At the heart of the maelstrom is a wooden ship with red Asian-style sails.

    Saltswept

    February 26
  • Cover of the novel 'A Good Animal' by Sara Maurer, featuring a pastoral landscape with a sunset, trees, a barn, and a flock of flying birds under a partly cloudy sky.

    A Good Animal

    February 24
  • Cover for A Fate Worse Than Drowning, showing dark red waves leading up to a craggy island and a lighthouse that is shining yellow light across a sky with stars.

    A Fate Worse Than Drowning

    July 21
  • The UK cover for Vile Lady Villains, showing an illustration of two women, one with red hair, a white dress and a red cloak, and one with black hair and a black dress. Both are holding daggers on each other's throats.

    Vile Lady Villains

    April 2
  • The cover shows a young girl swimming in the ocean, her body like a shadow. She is red-haired. There are vibrant pink and orange coral reef beneath her. Above her is the watery shape of a woman representing Moana, the ocean. Moana wraps the young girl in her arms. Moana's body is all blue, made of water, fish, waves, and bubbles. In the center is the title of the book in thin, gold letters: Salt Water Blood. The author's name, Manuia Heinrich, is written in white at the bottom of the cover.

    Salt Water Blood

    November 17
  • Cover for We've Hit Turbulence. Illustrated characters of a tall white man with short brown hair and a shorter woman with curly dark brown hair stand back to back, looking over their shoulders at each other. Both are wearing flower leis and have rolling suitcases next to them. They stand on a small island with white sand set in a blue ocean with a pink sunset sky behind them.

    We’ve Hit Turbulence

    January 13
  • Cover for The Poet Empress by Shen Tao. It shows a reddish-pink dragon against a visit blue night sky. A blurb from Andrea Stewart says, "A breathless reading experience."

    The Poet Empress

    January 20
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