The StoryGraph's Genre Challenge 2024 - hosted by thestorygraph

A debut literary or contemporary fiction novel
A debut novel is somebody's first full-length novel. The book you read for this prompt should be the author's first full-length work of fiction and should fall within either literary or contemporary fiction. 

They can have published more books since, but this prompt is to get you picking up their first books!
All books added
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Musclos per sopar by Birgit Vanderbeke

Musclos per sopar

Petits Plaers #21

Birgit Vanderbeke

134 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

Queens of Geek

Jen Wilde

262 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Loom by Therese Chehade

Loom

Arab American Writing

Therese Chehade

182 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary
Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley

Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch

Codie Crowley

292 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror thriller young adult
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

263 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks by Kelsie Stelting

Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks

The Curvy Girls Club #1

Kelsie Stelting

446 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
A Conspiracy of Mothers by Colleen van Niekerk

A Conspiracy of Mothers

Colleen van Niekerk

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
She Started It by Sian Gilbert

She Started It

Sian Gilbert

415 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced