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📖COVER REVEAL📖

debutiful has the behind-the-scenes info on how the cover for Good People by Kat Lewis (Kat Lewis) was created!

The debut novel is set to release on April 27, 2027, by Simon & Schuster. The cover was designed by Madelyn Rodriguez (madelyn).

Head to Debutiful.net to read a Q&A with Lewis about how the cover was created.

PODCAST: Meg Charlton chatted about her debut novel, VOYAGERS, on the podcast with Adam Vitcavage.

The two discussed aliens, the identity of now, how her agent dani_bukie helped the novel find its shape, and so much more.

The episode is available on all of your favorite podcasting apps.

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VOYAGERS is about about two former childhood friends whose alleged alien abduction resurfaces when a mysterious signal from deep space throws the world into turmoil. As they reunite to uncover the truth of what happened decades earlier, they are forced to confront questions of memory, belief, friendship, and the stories people tell themselves to make sense of the unknown. It is available now from Harper Books!

📖COVER REVEAL📖

debutiful has the behind-the-scenes info on how the cover for The Flowers Along the Way by Claudia Castro Luna (Claudia Castro Luna) was created!

The debut memoir is set to release on September 15, 2026, by Northwestern University Press. The cover was designed by José Cándido Pineda.

Head to Debutiful.net to read a Q&A with Claudia Castro Luna about how the cover was created.

MY READING LIFE: Gabbie Hanks answered our recurring Q&A so readers can get to know the books that shaped her life and influenced her writing.

Hanks’s debut thriller, NASTY LITTLE SECRETS, is out now from Zando! It is a twisty psychological suspense novel about a crime writer forced to revisit the murder case that made her famous when her younger sister suddenly disappears. As old wounds reopen and disturbing links emerge between the two cases, Rose Dearling discovers that the book she wrote to prove her brother’s innocence may contain the clues needed to uncover a far darker truth.

The Best Debut Nonfiction of 2026 (So Far)

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Debutiful founder Adam Vitcavage picked 10 of the best debut nonfiction books he has read this year. Head to Debutiful.net to discover each title.

BOOK LIST: Louise Wallace recommends 7 titles that play with form! Head to Debutiful.net to read the full list of recommendations.

Wallace’s debut novel, ASH, is dazzlingly original and bleakly funny debut novel that follows one harried working mother before and after a devastating weather event, capturing the everyday wonders and infuriating indignities of mothering in a time of ecological crisis.

It is available from Mariner Books now!

☀️PODCAST☀️

sonia joined the podcast to discuss the path to publishing GIRL’S GIRL, creating an online marketing POV, and capturing the perfect coming-of-age summer.

GIRL’S GIRL about a 15-year-old’s pivotal summer where an unexpected kiss shifts everything in her life. It is available via The Dial Press now!

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Listen to the conversation between Feldman and Adam Vitcavage wherever you get your podcasts from. (And leave a ⭐️review!)

Over at Debutiful.net, we asked to answer our My Reading Life Q&A so readers can get to know the books that shaped their life and influenced A SENSE OF OCCASION!

Their debut follows fractured family reunited in a small English village after the sudden death of their matriarch, Mary. Over the course of a sweltering funeral weekend, long-buried resentments, secrets, and desires resurface as each family member grapples with grief in their own messy and often self-destructive way. Darkly funny and sharply observed, the novel explores the tangled dynamics of family, s*x, and loss, revealing the chaos that lurks beneath even the most ordinary occasions.

It is available in the US now from Riverhead Books.

INTERVIEW: Shasta Grant discussed her debut novel, WHEN WE WERE FERAL, over on the site with ritamaitland.

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FERAL is a haunting coming-of-age story about friendship, longing, and the dangerous terrain between girlhood and adulthood.

In a world where mothers vanish and truths stay buried, the girls begin to realize the wilderness they fear most isn’t outside— it’s within.

It’s available now from Regal House Publishing.

The Best Debut Books of 2026 (So Far)

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Debutiful founder picked 30 of the best debut fiction he has read this year! Head to Debutiful.net to discover each title.