Best Debut Fiction of 2023

by Rebekah Bergman

With melancholy imagination, Bergman elegantly tackles nothing less than the entire arc of human history. Full review >

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by Claudia Cravens

Cravens shakes the dust off tired tropes and delivers a shining example of what an old-fashioned page-turner can accomplish. Full review >

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by Tom Crewe

A smart, sensual debut. Full review >

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by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

A stunning and evocative portrait of love, pride, and survival. Full review >

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by Halle Hill

A stunning slow burn brimming with observation, emotion, and incident. Full review >

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by Bethany Jacobs

An exciting start from a fresh talent, offering emotional and political complexity plus plenty of interplanetary action. Full review >

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by Justin C. Key

Key acknowledges all kinds of terrifying possibilities for dreaming the future—and inhabiting the present. Full review >

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by Yume Kitasei

Cerebral SF, tackling both humanitywide problems and the smaller but ever present conflicts closer to home. Full review >

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by Chetna Maroo

A debut novel of immense poise and promise. Full review >

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by Deena Mohamed ; illustrated by Deena Mohamed

Immensely enjoyable. Full review >

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by Ghassan Zeineddine

A fantastic collection heralding the voice of a major new writer. Full review >

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