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2026 Debut Books

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

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  • Cover for There Used to Be People Here, showing a starry night sky with a red streaked comet across it. A car with bright headlights sits on the road beneath the title. The book title and the author’s name are written in a bold, large cap font.

    There Used to Be People Here

    November 3
  • A silhouette of a woman looking into a three-way mirror with two reflections looking back at her. Half is dark blue with teal accents. The other half is teal with dark blue accents. Over the illustration in yellow is the title: The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes: A Novel" and the name of the author: Annie Morgan.

    The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes

    September 22
  • A woman wearing a sultry, low-back green satin dress is facing away. There are pink flowers lining the book with a gold serif font. There is a tag line that says, "Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest..."

    The Demon’s Kiss

    September 24
  • Cover for Last Night I Dreamed of Home, showing an illustrated girl with pink hair opposite a boy with dark blue hair, juxtaposed against a background of the Toronto skyline and an Asian night market.

    Last Night I Dreamed of Home

    October 22
  • Cover for What Could Go Wrong showing an illustrated female wedding Photogrpaher capturing a ginger red headed man in the Snake River in Wyoming who is about to trip and fall in. The book title and author name are in a bold script.

    What Could Go Wrong?

    June 1
  • Cover for Close Relationships with Strangers, showing a naked man on a beach facing the ocean with his back to an unseen viewer. The book title and author's name, Krista Diamond, are in a white sans serif font.

    Close Relationships with Strangers

    June 23
  • Cover for American Triage by Adam Axler. Male sketch bound at elbows with Paul Giamatti quote at top and stating A Memoir.

    American Triage: From 9/11 to Fahrenheit 451

    June 1
  • "Cover one: UK cover for Nemesis Mine, showing two men staring at each other intensely whilst holding daggers to each other's throats, with a night sky and full moon in the background. The man on the left has long blond hair and wears a pale blue shirt, the man on the right has shorter brown hair and wears a cream shirt. Nemesis Mine is written in spiky bright pink lettering across the front.

    Nemesis Mine

    June 18
  • Cover for Wasp's Nest: A Novel, showing lounge chair poolside in front of dark green bushes. The sky in the background is a yellow-tinged blue with hints of gathering clouds. The title and author's name, Kat Stoddard, are written in a yellow serif font.

    Wasp’s Nest

    June 30
  • Cover for A World Apart, showing two men reaching towards each other without touching, with a scene of Victorian London in the background. The colours are vibrant red, blue, and purple with gold leaf accents. The book title and the author's name, Meghan Nesmith, are written in ornate font.

    A World Apart

    November 17
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    Change My Mind

    December 31
  • Cover for Any More Questions for the Corpse? by J.J. Unthank, showing a illustration of a skeleton sitting on a sofa reading a book in a library, all stylised in red and yellow.

    Any More Questions for the Corpse?

    August 25
  • Cover for No Man’s Daughter showing a woman with olive skin and dark hair, in frontier clothing, and holding a rifle with glowing runes. The background depicts trees and antlered phantom giants. The book title and the author's name, Justine Lombardi, are written in Nordic font.

    No Man’s Daughter

    June 2
  • Cover for Silk and Sensibility, showing an illustration of pink plum blossoms and two blue swallows on a white background. The book title and author's name, Mengxi Seeley, are written in a simple serif font.

    Silk and Sensibility

    September 15
  • The background shows the title: Formula for Crime, subtitle: Where racing meets racketeering and speed hides sin and the author name: Aditya Aurora.

    Formula for Crime

    January 29
  • Cover for The Love Code, a STEM romance novel by Connie Kitson, featuring an illustration of a young man and woman, dressed in office work attire, standing back-to-back, holding their own laptops, looking back at each other. The book title is written in large, white, capitalised block letters, on a pink background.

    The Love Code

    November 19
  • Cover for Dead Boys Club, showing an illustration of two boys standing in front of a car with a mountainous National Park in the backdrop. There is a fire tower in the distance. The boy on the left has dark brown hair and is dressed in punk fashion. The boy on the right is pale with red hair and is dressed in a green shirt and cargo pants.

    Dead Boys Club

    September 15
  • Cover for A (Dead) Thing Like Me, showing an illustrated coffin with the title inside. Illustrated Ouija board elements (a planchette, a skull, an all-seeing eye, stars, and moon phases, and the words “hello” and “goodbye”) surround the coffin. The background color is black, and the coffin and elements are hot pink, turquoise, yellow, and orange. In hot pink, a blurb from AS King, Printz award-winning author of “Dig,” says, “Stunning … a suspenseful tale of friendship and healing”

    A (Dead) Thing Like Me

    August 18
  • Cover for The Marigold Bridge shows illustration of a candle in the center with orange and red flowers and greenery around an arch at the edges of the cover. The book title is large white letters in the center.

    The Marigold Bridge

    June 5
  • Cover for Frankie Lu's Summer of No Regrets, showing an illustrated girl and boy sitting on a bench, looking out over the Taipei cityscape. The book title is written across the top in a swirling handwritten font and the author's name, Betty Chang, is printed across the bottom of the cover.

    Frankie Lu’s Summer of No Regrets

    September 29
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