"Discovering a favorite new author is one of the genuine thrills of maintaining a serious reading habit. It's interesting to reflect that all authors were newbies once. At some point in the distant past, early adopters were raving about this obscure British writer, Agatha Something….
We've gathered below the 29 most popular debut novels of the year, though June, tracking across all genres (except young adult). It's a pretty eclectic mix! Food and romance in 1960s California. Supernatural suspense in Mexico. An art heist at Harvard. Science fiction cautionary tales. Chinese moon goddesses. Violinists in trouble. Caribbean cakes."
Note: the original title of the article was "The 30 Most Popular Debut Novels of 2022 (So Far)" but the book "The Tobacco Wives" appeared twice on the list.