Novel Neighbor's 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by kassiereadsbooks

a book by a debut author of color
(you can define debut however you choose: first traditionally published book, first book for a new age group, first work ever published period, etc!)
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Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Ayesha at Last

Uzma Jalaluddin

11 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Behold the Dreamers

Imbolo Mbue

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay by Dale Walls

The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay

Dale Walls

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

Iveliz Explains It All

Andrea Beatriz Arango

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction middle grade poetry emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

Yerba Buena

Nina LaCour

293 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Sangu Mandanna

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare

Sugar, Baby

Celine Saintclare

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña

A Proposal They Can't Refuse

Vega Family Love Stories #1

Natalie Caña

310 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Punching Bag by Rex Ogle

Punching Bag

Rex Ogle

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir young adult emotional sad tense medium-paced
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

His Only Wife

Peace Adzo Medie

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced