2023 Debuts

Whilst there are a number of authors I go back to time and again, there’s something rather wonderful about discovering an author’s first piece of work and falling in love with it – which I have done several times this year. All in all, I read 52 debuts released in 2023, and there are 30 that I would highly recommend, which I have documented below. Do get in touch if you’ve read any of these.

– In The Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan. Published by Simon & Schuster on 19th January.
– For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie. Published by Bloomsbury on 19th January.
– You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd. Published by Bloomsbury on 19th January.
– Don’t Swipe Right by L.M. Chilton. Published by Head of Zeus on 22nd January.
– Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead. Published by Head of Zeus on 2nd February.
– Jayben and the Golden Torch by Thomas Leeds. Published by Hodder on 2nd February.

– Between the Lines by T.J. Ryan. Self Published on 14th February.
– Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati. Published by Michael Joseph on 2nd March.
– Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler. Published by Raven on 2nd March.
– One Moment by Becky Hunter. Published by Corvus on 2nd March.
– In Memoriam by Alice Winn. Published by Viking on 9th March.
– Her by Mira V Shah. Published by Hodder on 23rd March.

– Don’t Believe the Hype by Natalie Lewis. Published by Hodder on 13th April.
– Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out by Ryan Love. Published by HQ on 13th April.
– Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater. Published by Hodder & Stoughton on 27th April.
– The Maiden by Kate Foster. Published by Mantle on 27th April.
– The Kingdom Over the Sea by Zohra Nabi. Published by Simon & Schuster on 2nd May.
– Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star by Laura Noakes. Published by HarperCollins on 25th May.

– My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar. Published by Rider on 8th June.
– Queuing For The Queen by Swéta Rani. Published by Aria on 6th July.
– The Housekeepers by Alex Hay. Published by Headline on 6th July.
– This Child of Mine by Emma-Claire Wilson. Published by Avon on 6th July.
– The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer. Published by Viking on 6th July.
– Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs. Published by Century on 6th July.

– Though The Bodies Fall by Noel O’Regan. Published by Granta on 3rd August.
– Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. Published by Jo Fletcher on 3rd August.
– The Finery by Rachel Grosvenor. Published by Fly On The Wall on 25th August.
– The Death I Gave Him by Em X Liu. Published by Solaris on 14th September.
– Winter’s Wishfall by Ceri Houlbrook. Published by Black and White Publishing on 12th October.
– A Concert For Christmas by Helen Hawkins. Published by Allison & Busby on 23rd November.