Debuts LJ DOD Fall 2021
Brown Girls Daphne Palasi Andreades HC: 978-0-59324-342-8 eBook: 978-0-59324-343-5 DN : 978-0-59341-640-2 Ran dom Hou se | 50,000 On Sal e January 4, 2022
A bl azingly original debut n ovel about a grou p of friends and their immigrant fam ilies from Qu eens, New York—a ten derly observed, fiercely poetic love l etter to a modern generation of brown gi rls. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
Black Cake Charm aine Wilk erson HC: 978-0-593-35833-7 eBook: 978-0-593-35834-4 DN : 978-0-593-50522-9 LP: 978-0-593-55913-0 Bal lantine Books | 100,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022
T he Maid Nita Pros e HC: 978-0-593-35615-9 eBook: 978-0-593-35616-6 DN : 978-0-593-45269-1 LP: 978-0-593-51084-1 Bal lantine Books | 150,000 On Sal e January 4, 2022
Y inka, Where Is Your Huzband? Lizzie Dam ilola Blackburn HC: 978-0-593-29900-5 eBook: 978-0-593-29901-2 DN : 978-0-593-55290-2 Pam ela Dorm an Books | 60,000 On Sal e January 18, 2022
A ch armingly eccentric hotel Meet Y i nka: a thirty-something, m ai d di scov ers a guest murdered in Oxford-educated, British Nigerian h i s bed. Sol ving the mystery will turn wom an with a well-paid job, good h er on ce orderly world upside down fri ends, and a mother whose constant i n this utterly original debut. refrain is "Yinka, where i s you r R equ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. h u zband?" R equ est an eGalley on NetGalley. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
What the Fireflies Knew Kai Harris HC: 978-0-593-18534-6 eBook: 978-0-593-18535-3 DN : 978-0-593-51098-8 LP: 978-0-593-55658-0 Ti n y Reparations Books | 75,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022
In th is moving debut nov el, two estranged siblings must set aside A com i ng-of-age nov el tol d from the th ei r differences to deal with their perspective of el even-year-old KB, as she m oth er's death and her hidden past—a an d h er sister try to make sense of their jou rn ey of discov ery that takes them n ew l ife with their estranged grandfather from the Caribbean to Lon don to after the death of their father. Cal i fornia and ends with her famous Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. bl ack cake. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World Sas ha Fletcher TR: 978-1-61219-947-4 eBook: 978-1-61219-948-1 Mel v i lle Hou se | 30,000 On Sal e February 8, 2022
Bedlam Bobby Spears, Jr. HC: 978-1-954220-08-9 eBook: 978-1-954220-09-6 Ki n gston Imperial | 25,000 On Sal e January 25, 2022 For fan s of Brain on Fire and Girl inte rrupte d—Bedlam is a crackling, sati rical debut based on a horrifying tru e story about what happens when an asylum owner becom es a patient. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
Love Maayan Eitan HC: 978-0-593-29969-2 eBook: 978-0-593-29970-8 DN : 978-0-593-55584-2 Pen guin Press | 20,000 On Sal e February 15, 2022
A l i terary sensation in Israel, Maayan A l ov e story set in a bad dream about Ei tan’s incendiary debut set off a A m erica, con cerning permanent debt, fi restorm about the relationship secret police, m aking dinner, and between truth and fiction , and the u n paid invoi ces—right up until the experiences of women under the en d of th e world. power of m en. Com pact and gemlike, th i s is a con temporary allegory of a Cl i ck to Learn More A bout the Book. y ou n g woman on the v erge. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
T he Verifiers
When We Were Birds
Memphis
Jane Pek
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Tara M. Stringfellow
TR: 978-0-593-31379-4 eBook: 978-0-593-31380-0
HC: 978-0-385-54726-0 eBook: 978-0-385-54727-7 DN : 978-0-593-50828-2 LP: 978-0-593-55668-9 Dou bl eday | 125,000 On Sal e March 1, 2022
HC: 978-0-593-23048-0 eBook: 978-0-593-23049-7 DN : 978-0-593-50484-0 LP: 978-0-593-55873-7 Th e Di al Press | 75,000 On Sal e March 1, 2022
A m y thic love story set in Tri n idad and Tobago, Ayanna Ll oy d Banwo's radiant debut i n troduces two u nforgettable ou tsi ders brought together by th ei r connection with the dead. For readers of Yaa Gy asi and Si l via Moreno-Garcia.
A spel lbinding debut nov el tracing th ree generations of a Southern Black fam ily and on e daughter's discov ery th at she has the power to change her fam ily's l egacy.
DN : 978-0-593-55491-3 V i n tage | 60,000 On Sal e February 22, 2022
In troducing a sharp-witted heroi ne for th e 21st century: a new amateur sl eu th exploring the landscape—both ph y sical and virtual—of New York in a debu t n ovel about love, technology, an d m urder. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
Don't Know Tough Eli Crano r HC: 978-1-64129-345-7 eBook: 978-1-64129-346-4 Soh o Cri m e | 75,000 On Sal e March 8, 2022 Fright Night Lights m eets Sou thern Goth i c, this thrilling debut is for readers of Megan Abbott and Wiley Cash .
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Cov er Not Final
Disorientation
Lessons in Chemistry
Elaine Hs ieh Chou
Bonnie Garm us
HC: 978-0-593-29835-0 eBook: 978-0-593-29836-7 DN : 978-0-593-55588-0 Pen guin Press | 40,000 On Sal e March 22, 2022
HC: 978-0-385-54734-5 eBook: 978-0-385-54737-6 DN : 978-0-593-50754-4 LP: 97 8-0-593-55667-2 Dou bl eday | 200,000 On Sal e April 5, 2022
A Tai wanese American wom an's com i n g-of-consciousness ignites eyeopen i n g revelation s and chaos on a col l ege campus in this ou trageou sly h i l arious and startlingly tender debut n ov el . Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
A del ight for readers of Where'd You Go, Be rnadette and The Marvelous Mrs. Maise l, this blockbuster debut set i n 1960s California features the si n gular voi ce of Elizabeth Zott, a sci en tist whose career takes a detour wh en she becomes the star of a bel ov ed TV cooking show. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
Like a House on Fire
T he Hacienda
Lauren McBrayer
Is abel Cañas
HC: 978-0-593-33182-8 eBook: 978-0-593-33183-5 DN : 978-0-593-55266-7 G.P. Pu tnam's Son s | 35,000 On Sal e April 26, 2022
HC: 978-0-593-43669-1 eBook: 978-0-593-43671-4 DN : 978-0-593-55268-1 Berkl ey | 75,000 On Sal e May 10, 2022
A n el ectric and seductive debut nov el Me xican Gothic m eets Rebecca in this abou t a wom an at a turning poi nt in debu t supernatural suspense n ovel, h er l ife, and what happens when she set i n the aftermath of the Mexican di scov ers the spark that makes her War of In dependence, about a remote feel whol e again. h ou se, a sinister haunting, and the wom an pulled into their clutches . . . Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. R equ est an eGalley on NetGalley.