Every year our editors read through stacks of debut novels and story collections to choose just five books written by some of the most outstanding emerging authors of the season. There are always a number of riveting titles that don’t quite make the cut but are nevertheless noteworthy. Below are eight more debut fiction books that we heartily recommend adding to your reading list this summer.
Honey in the Wound
by Jiyoung Han
Avid Reader Press, April
Livonia Chow Mein
by Abigail Savitch-Lew
Simon & Schuster, April
Attention-Seeking Behavior
by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
Graywolf Press, May
Carryout
by Hasan Dudar
University of Iowa Press, May
New Skin
by Sarah Wang
Little, Brown, May
Offseason
by Avigayl Sharp
Astra House, May
A Real Animal
by Emeline Atwood
Catapult, July
The Responsible Party
by Claire Carusillo
Henry Holt, August
