Best Debut of 2022 - Voting Thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/zqmkq0/best_debut_of_2022_voting_thread/

created by vincoug on 20/12/2022 at 12:00 UTC

5 upvotes, 17 top-level comments (showing 17)

Welcome readers!

This is the voting thread for the best Debut of 2022! From here you can make nominations, vote, and discuss the best Debut of 2022. Here are the rules:

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Nominations

• Nominations are made by posting a parent comment.

• Parent comments will only be nominations. If you're not making a nomination you must reply to another comment or your comment will be removed.

• All nominations must have been originally published in 2022.

• Please search the thread before making your own nomination. Duplicate nominations will be removed.

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Voting

• Voting will be done using upvotes.

• You can vote for as many books as you'd like.

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Other Stuff

• Nominations will be left open until Sunday January 17 at which point they will be locked, votes counted, and winners announced.

• These threads will be left in contest mode until voting is finished.

• Most importantly, have fun!

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Best of 2022 Lists

To remind you of some of the great books that were published this year, here's the /r/Books' Megalist of Best of 2022 Lists

Comments

Comment by dobeel123 at 20/12/2022 at 14:38 UTC

51 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

Comment by [deleted] at 21/12/2022 at 15:40 UTC

15 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt

Comment by book0saurus at 03/01/2023 at 01:30 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Comment by chicano-superman at 02/01/2023 at 06:30 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Oh wow. No one has mentioned The Maid by Nita Prose. Charming mystery debut told from the perspective of an autistic protagonist.

Comment by Caleb_Trask19 at 01/01/2023 at 02:47 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Comment by jellyrollo at 20/12/2022 at 22:12 UTC*

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

Comment by BookishJulie at 21/12/2022 at 13:07 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

Comment by jellyrollo at 20/12/2022 at 22:20 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

Comment by masterix476 at 01/01/2023 at 02:55 UTC*

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

Comment by stumbling_disaster at 21/12/2022 at 10:19 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

Comment by timtamsforbreakfast at 20/12/2022 at 23:16 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hovering by Rhett Davis

Comment by [deleted] at 22/12/2022 at 14:13 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Quiet Whispers Never Stop by Olivia Fitzsimons

Comment by [deleted] at 28/12/2022 at 20:04 UTC*

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies**, *Maddie Mortimer*

Comment by TangerineDream74 at 01/01/2023 at 05:55 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

All This Could Be Different, Sarah Thankam Mathews

Comment by twintec-9s at 11/01/2023 at 01:24 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

Comment by [deleted] at 15/01/2023 at 03:04 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies- Tsering Yangzom Lama

Comment by Zestyclose-Cup1199 at 15/01/2023 at 11:32 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

black cake by Charmaine Wilkerson