About this list
Every year brings new experiences for all of us, and for these debut authors, 2023 certainly ushered in tremendously bold beginnings. Ringing in their careers as novelists with timely explorations of often overlooked and sometimes taboo topics, these emerging storytellers lean toward hope while offering a slate of fresh perspectives. Together, they deliver some of the brightest, buzziest, and most heartfelt listens of the year.-
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The Bandit Queens
- A Novel
- By: Parini Shroff
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 412
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 368
Five years ago, Geeta lost her no-good husband. As in, she actually lost him—he walked out on her and she has no idea where he is. But in her remote village in India, rumor has it that Geeta killed him. And it’s a rumor that just won’t die....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfection!
- By Jeannie
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The Bandit Queens
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-03-23
- Language: English
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The Collected Regrets of Clover
- A Novel
- By: Mikki Brammer
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 430
From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit, Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with the dying than she has with the living....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Poignant and True
- By Syd Young
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The Collected Regrets of Clover
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 05-09-23
- Language: English
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Chain Gang All Stars
- A Novel
- By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch, Lee Osorio
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 733
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 674
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 673
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning
- By courtney
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Chain Gang All Stars
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch, Lee Osorio
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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Wandering Souls
- A Novel
- By: Cecile Pin
- Narrated by: Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook, Ainsleigh Barber
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into a sweeping meditation on love, ancestry, and the power of storytelling....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Story
- By RMD
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Wandering Souls
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook, Ainsleigh Barber
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-21-23
- Language: English
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The Nigerwife
- A Novel
- By: Vanessa Walters
- Narrated by: Dami Olukoya, Debra Michaels
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 171
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 171
A young woman goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie will stop at nothing to find the truth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent.
- By ugonna
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The Nigerwife
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dami Olukoya, Debra Michaels
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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The East Indian
- A Novel
- By: Brinda Charry
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Inspired by a historical figure, The East Indian is an exhilarating debut novel about the first native of the Indian subcontinent to arrive in Colonial America, inspired by a historical figure....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly well done
- By null
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The East Indian
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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Maame
- A Novel
- By: Jessica George
- Narrated by: Heather Agyepong
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 752
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 661
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 659
It’s fair to say that Maddie’s life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana (yet still somehow manages to be overbearing), Maddie is the primary caretaker for her father, who suffers from advanced stage Parkinson’s....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A dang good book!
- By Christina
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Maame
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Heather Agyepong
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-31-23
- Language: English
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All-Night Pharmacy
- A Novel
- By: Ruth Madievsky
- Narrated by: Moniqua Plante
- Length: 8 hrs and 0 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 61
On the night of her high school graduation, a young woman follows her older sister Debbie to Salvation, a Los Angeles bar patronized by energy healers, aspiring actors, and all-around misfits....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Details
- By null
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All-Night Pharmacy
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Moniqua Plante
- Length: 8 hrs and 0 mins
- Release date: 08-08-23
- Language: English
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What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
- By: Claire Jimenez
- Narrated by: Claire Jimenez
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
Upon discovering that their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island set out to bring her home....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Voice Sells This Book!
- By Maryanne T.
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What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
- Narrated by: Claire Jimenez
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 03-07-23
- Language: English
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A Grandmother Begins the Story
- By: Michelle Porter
- Narrated by: Michelle Porter, Jani Lauzon, Tara Sky, Tantoo Cardinal, Dakota Ray Hebert, Bernard Starlight, Elle-Màijà Tailfeathers, Wesley French, Jenny Pudavick, Lisa Cromarty, Monique Mojica, Alison Deon, Jacob MacInnis, Yolanda Bonnell, Brefny Caribou
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
A Grandmother Begins the Story follows five generations of women and bison as they reach for the stories that could remake their worlds and rebuild their futures....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great actors
- By Kathleen F
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A Grandmother Begins the Story
- Narrated by: Michelle Porter, Jani Lauzon, Tara Sky, Tantoo Cardinal, Dakota Ray Hebert, Bernard Starlight, Elle-Màijà Tailfeathers, Wesley French, Jenny Pudavick, Lisa Cromarty, Monique Mojica, Alison Deon, Jacob MacInnis, Yolanda Bonnell, Brefny Caribou
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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Wade in the Water
- A Novel
- By: Nyani Nkrumah
- Narrated by: Eboni Flowers, Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 290
Set in 1982, in rural, racially divided Ricksville, Mississippi Wade in the Water tells the story of Ella, a Black, unloved, precocious eleven-year-old, and Ms. St. James, a mysterious white woman from Princeton who appears in Ella’s community to carry out some research....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unpredictable
- By Latrice Benjamin
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Wade in the Water
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Eboni Flowers, Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-17-23
- Language: English
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Hungry Ghosts
- A Novel
- By: Kevin Jared Hosein
- Narrated by: Don Warrington
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
Trinidad in the 1940s, nearing the end of American occupation and British colonialism. On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognizable to those who reside in the farm’s shadow....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One for the times
- By Dionne
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Hungry Ghosts
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Don Warrington
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-07-23
- Language: English
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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
- A Novel
- By: Marisa Crane
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
Dept. of Speculation meets Black Mirror in this lyrical, speculative debut about a queer mother raising her daughter in an unjust surveillance state....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully devastating
- By Rima Chaddha
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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-17-23
- Language: English
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Night Wherever We Go
- A Novel
- By: Tracey Rose Peyton
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
A gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their owners....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stellar
- By Zai
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Night Wherever We Go
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-03-23
- Language: English
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The God of Good Looks
- A Novel
- By: Breanne McIvor
- Narrated by: Varia Williams, Alexis Rodney
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Disgraced model-writer Bianca Bridge can’t stand hotshot makeup maven Obadiah Cortland. And he lets her know the feeling is mutual. But when working together is their last resort, they must navigate scandal, revenge, and unexpected affection to unlock the beauty that’s found in redemption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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must read!!!
- By Amber Depena
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The God of Good Looks
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Varia Williams, Alexis Rodney
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Bad Summer People
- A Novel
- By: Emma Rosenblum
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 305
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Story4 out of 5 stars 274
Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Easy fun lesson
- By P. Orr
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Bad Summer People
- A Novel
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-23-23
- Language: English
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Black Candle Women
- A Novel
- By: Diane Marie Brown
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 247
Generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Awesome story
- By Nakesha
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Black Candle Women
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-28-23
- Language: English
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