First Novels

Description
Author's first novels that are worth reading.
Based on tag
debut novel
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
90,107 members
1,559 reviews
½ 4.4
10 Members
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2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
43,995 members
806 reviews
4.2
9 Members
hipdeep, Opinionated, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, rfebrer, ManWithAnAgenda, voweluser
3
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,377 members
460 reviews
3.8
8 Members
jain, thorold, Opinionated, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
68,072 members
1,017 reviews
4.2
7 Members
alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak, rfebrer, ManWithAnAgenda
5
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
62,208 members
813 reviews
3.9
7 Members
jain, merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
51,167 members
811 reviews
3.8
7 Members
hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Adam Bede
by George Eliot
4,835 members
77 reviews
3.8
6 Members
jain, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
by J. K. Rowling
154,100 members
2,219 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
KimarieBee, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak,ManWithAnAgenda
9
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
107,584 members
1,301 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
77,224 members
1,198 reviews
3.8
5 Members
merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
58,115 members
1,375 reviews
4.2
5 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
12
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
47,227 members
749 reviews
4
5 Members
merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
13
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
44,159 members
578 reviews
4.1
5 Members
merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
40,929 members
489 reviews
3.8
5 Members
hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
15
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
26,666 members
633 reviews
4.1
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
25,267 members
648 reviews
4.1
5 Members
alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,771 members
334 reviews
4.2
5 Members
jain, Opinionated, merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom
18
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
20,263 members
385 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
KimarieBee, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
18,363 members
932 reviews
4
5 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak, rfebrer
20
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
10,387 members
442 reviews
3.8
5 Members
thorold, Opinionated, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy
21
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
10,159 members
323 reviews
4.1
5 Members
jain, thorold, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
thorold: Great book, but Smith wasn't exactly a new author when she wrote it, she had a lot of successful plays to her credit.
22
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,932 members
1,396 reviews
3.9
4 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
44,396 members
578 reviews
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, Opinionated, alex68, gypsysmom
24
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
35,903 members
532 reviews
4.1
4 Members
Opinionated, alex68, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
25
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
26,738 members
319 reviews
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963
26
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
26,064 members
477 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
dara85, merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom
27
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
23,552 members
252 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
28
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
22,543 members
1,357 reviews
4
4 Members
jain, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963
29
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
21,695 members
405 reviews
3.9
4 Members
Opinionated, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
30
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
19,473 members
306 reviews
4.1
4 Members
dara85, merrystar, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
31
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
18,588 members
482 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
dara85, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963
32
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
15,602 members
282 reviews
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, Opinionated, merrystar, alex68
33
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
14,402 members
519 reviews
3.8
4 Members
alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy
34
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
11,982 members
272 reviews
4
4 Members
alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
35
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
11,008 members
351 reviews
3.8
4 Members
merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
36
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
7,100 members
101 reviews
4.1
4 Members
dara85, jain, alex68, ahef1963
37
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
57,421 members
818 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy
38
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
42,091 members
1,312 reviews
4.1
3 Members
KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963
39
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
35,990 members
630 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963
40
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
29,854 members
428 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
Opinionated, alex68, gypsysmom
41
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
27,979 members
513 reviews
4.2
3 Members
alex68, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
42
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
26,022 members
418 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom
43
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
25,618 members
361 reviews
3.8
3 Members
alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963
44
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
21,868 members
1,190 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963, kara.shamy
45
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
21,208 members
352 reviews
4.1
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
46
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
15,954 members
272 reviews
3.9
3 Members
jain, gypsysmom, voweluser
47
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
15,792 members
206 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Opinionated, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
48
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
14,400 members
790 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963
49
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
14,275 members
205 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
50
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
13,446 members
343 reviews
3.9
3 Members
alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963
51
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
13,389 members
161 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, ahef1963
52
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
11,537 members
315 reviews
4
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
53
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
10,378 members
152 reviews
3.9
3 Members
thorold, alex68, gypsysmom
54
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
9,730 members
142 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Opinionated, alex68, gypsysmom
55
Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
9,450 members
758 reviews
3.8
3 Members
merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963
56
The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion
8,742 members
594 reviews
4
3 Members
KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963
57
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
8,531 members
438 reviews
4.1
3 Members
jain, KimarieBee, gypsysmom
58
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
8,409 members
104 reviews
4
3 Members
thorold, alex68, gypsysmom
59
Still Life
by Louise Penny
7,888 members
473 reviews
3.8
3 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy
60
Déjà Dead
by Kathy Reichs
7,076 members
171 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963
61
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,957 members
325 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
62
The Horse Whisperer
by Nicholas Evans
6,287 members
87 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963
63
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
by Marina Lewycka
6,055 members
254 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
thorold, gypsysmom, ahef1963
64
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë
5,942 members
180 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
jain, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
65
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
by Kate Atkinson
5,221 members
145 reviews
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, thorold, gypsysmom
66
Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns
4,432 members
85 reviews
3.9
3 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
67
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
4,186 members
305 reviews
4
3 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963, kara.shamy
68
Decline and Fall
by Evelyn Waugh
3,986 members
63 reviews
3.9
3 Members
thorold, Opinionated, ManWithAnAgenda
69
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
48,002 members
1,819 reviews
4
2 Members
gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
70
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
40,904 members
581 reviews
3.9
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
71
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
34,328 members
1,538 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
dara85, alex68
72
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
32,806 members
560 reviews
4
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
73
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
32,597 members
534 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, alex68
74
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
30,986 members
1,107 reviews
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
75
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
29,394 members
612 reviews
3.9
2 Members
dara85, alex68
76
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
26,667 members
479 reviews
3.9
3 Members
dara85, merrystar, gypsysmom,ManWithAnAgenda
77
The Martian
by Andy Weir
22,960 members
1,381 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
78
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
22,280 members
1,385 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
79
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
20,831 members
752 reviews
4.1
2 Members
dara85, gypsysmom
80
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
20,329 members
472 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
81
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
19,325 members
220 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
82
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
18,597 members
491 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
83
Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
15,057 members
279 reviews
3.8
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
84
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
15,025 members
268 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
alex68, gypsysmom
85
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius / Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
by Dave Eggers
14,094 members
212 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
86
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
13,904 members
198 reviews
3.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
87
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
12,859 members
174 reviews
4
2 Members
dara85, alex68
88
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
12,530 members
133 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, KimarieBee
89
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
11,513 members
102 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
90
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik
9,231 members
407 reviews
4.1
2 Members
jain, gypsysmom
91
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
8,510 members
687 reviews
3.8
2 Members
gypsysmom, kara.shamy
92
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
7,901 members
439 reviews
4
2 Members
gypsysmom, voweluser
93
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
7,834 members
219 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Opinionated, ahef1963
94
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
7,665 members
172 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Opinionated, alex68
95
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
7,446 members
259 reviews
4
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
96
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
7,376 members
399 reviews
3.9
2 Members
gypsysmom, kara.shamy
97
Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie
7,298 members
427 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, gypsysmom
98
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova
7,214 members
469 reviews
4.2
2 Members
dara85, gypsysmom
99
Casino Royale
by Ian Fleming
7,176 members
286 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
100
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
7,175 members
250 reviews
4.1
2 Members
jain, voweluser