Observer New Review announces the best debut novels for 2025
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The Observer New Review presents its annual selection of the best debut novels for 2025, showcasing diverse voices and themes while spotlighting the importance of arts funding and supportive networks in literature.
Welcome to our annual selection of the year's finest debut novels. For the 12th year running, writers and editors on the Observer New Review spent the busy weeks before Christmas immersed in dozens of forthcoming debut novels, seeking out titles that deserve to be in everyone's hands over the months ahead. This list offers an early glimpse into future prize winners, mega-sellers, and word-of-mouth hits that change the literary conversation.
