NoveList 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by sarahm

January

Start off the year exploring new authors by reading a 2023 debut. NoveList tip: Search for the genre "Debut title" 


NoveList Suggestions
You definitely don't have to stick to these options. NoveList encourages readers to choose any book they'd like for the prompts, these lists just give a starting point. 
  • Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
  • The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong
  • The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
  • The Art of Scandal by Regina Black
  • Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
  • A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
  • The Spite House by Johnny Compton
  • The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher
  • The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
  • Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
  • What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez
  • Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
  • The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
  • The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
  • Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
  • The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
  • The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
  • The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz
  • A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
  • Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
  • Dearborn: Stories by Ghassan Zeineddine
All books added
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

325 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark funny medium-paced
Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

Lunar Love

Lauren Kung Jessen

328 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

A Most Agreeable Murder

Julia Seales

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical mystery funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Żeńska końcówka języka by Martyna F. Zachorska

Żeńska końcówka języka

Martyna F. Zachorska

7 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction education essays feminism gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Go As A River: A Novel by Shelley Read, Shelley Read

Go As A River: A Novel

Shelley Read, Shelley Read

433 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

16 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Torch of Brighid: Flametending for Transformation by Erin Aurelia

The Torch of Brighid: Flametending for Transformation

Erin Aurelia

144 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction religion
Chlorine by Jade Song

Chlorine

Jade Song

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ literary dark tense medium-paced
Powerless by Lauren Roberts

Powerless

The Powerless Trilogy #1

Lauren Roberts

502 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Pageboy by Elliot Page

Pageboy

Elliot Page

271 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced