13 days ago as a National Book Critics Circle voting member I submitted my ballot on which I nominated six first books for NBCC's John Leonard Prize for a First Book. Any book published in 2020 that is its author's first published book is eligible. This year I read 36 first books of varying genres, but all six books I nominated are debut novels (in previous years I've also nominated poetry, short story, essay collections and memoirs for the Leonard Prize). Here are my picks in alphabetical order by author's surname:
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
Little Gods by Meng Jin
Luster by Raven Leilani
Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata
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