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
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns

259 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

Claire Jiménez

228 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary emotional sad medium-paced
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty

Ling Ling Huang

257 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

The Hurricane Wars

The Hurricane Wars #1

Thea Guanzon

472 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous tense medium-paced
The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher

The Skin and Its Girl

Sarah Cypher

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Spite House by Johnny Compton

The Spite House

Johnny Compton

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins

A Good House for Children

Kate Collins

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown

Black Candle Women

Diane Marie Brown

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Art of Scandal by Regina Black

The Art of Scandal

Regina Black

292 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

The Writing Retreat

Julia Bartz

313 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced