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Best Debut Novels by Women 2017

From crime to literary fiction, The Independent has rounded up the recently published works of fiction from some of the literary world's most exciting new talents:

Goodbye, Vitamin

Goodbye, Vitamin

Rachel Khong

8.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Ruth is thirty and her life is falling apart: she and her fiancé are moving house, but he's moving...

Fiction
Conversations With Friends

Conversations With Friends

Sally Rooney

6.3 (4 Ratings) Rate It

Book

A sharply intelligent novel about friendship, lust, jealousy, and the unexpected complications of...

Literary Fiction
Sweet Little Lies

Sweet Little Lies

Caz Frear

8.3 (4 Ratings) Rate It

Book

What happens when the trust has gone? Cat Kinsella was always a daddy's girl. Until the summer of...

crime fiction
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

8.6 (80 Ratings) Rate It

Book

No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She...

Romance fiction
The Idiot: A Novel

The Idiot: A Novel

Elif Batuman

4.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Selin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard and finds herself...

Literary Fiction
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Loved Settled and Understood in Books

May 14, 2017  
Loved Settled and Understood
Loved Settled and Understood
Kirsty Grant | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Quick read. Passionate. Same sex love between two women. (0 more)
Sometimes life isn't quite what you expected. A novel about finding yourself and finding true love.
This is a nice little debut novel about Sophie, a young woman who is torn between her love for her boyfriend and her growing feelings for her best friends sister. Set in Scotland, this novel is tragic, romantic, gripping and sad.
  
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Kwana Jackson recommended (Im)Perfectly Happy in Books (curated)

 
(Im)Perfectly Happy
(Im)Perfectly Happy
Sharina Harris | 2020 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Romance
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Book Favorite

"This debut from Sharina Harris shines, giving me warm feelings of Waiting to Exhale set in present day. Raina, Kara, Nikki, and Sienna—the lifelong best friends in this novel—quickly become yours too. You know these women and feel their emotions."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Time Traveler's Wife in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger | 2003 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
8.2 (40 Ratings)
Book Rating
The New Year always makes me ponder on the passage of time. That also made me think about this highly creative novel, which is a carefully written and fascinating to read, despite the somewhat unbelievable aspect that anyone could have a genetic problem that causes them to travel in time. Find out what I thought of this best-selling debut novel by Audrey Niffenegger in my review here. http://drchazan.blogspot.com/2014/09/take-time-to-travel-with-this-book.html
  
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Amy Carney (3 KP) rated A Certain Slant of Light (Light #1) in Books

Jun 23, 2019  
A Certain Slant of Light (Light #1)
A Certain Slant of Light (Light #1)
Laura Whitcomb | 2005 | Young Adult (YA)
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9.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Love, ghosts, feela so real (0 more)
I've read it 12 times
My absolute favourite book of all time.
A beautifully written debut novel. Stunning prose help to move the story in such a smooth way.
The story is effortless
The characters perfectly developed.
Proof that true love will over come all obstacles, even death. Character development is whole hearted and true, with everyone becoming something so much more than they were.
Best book ever!!!