26 debut books in 2026 that are not my book but deserve just as much recognition

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*timestamps & books*
⌛ 0:00 - What are lead titles and why should we read underrepresented books?
⌛ 02:02 - Why I do not accept ARCs
⌛ 02:45 - Snakzy [ad]
📕 03:55 - Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/232241722-better-catch-up-krishna-kumar
📕 04:52 - Love From the Cosmos by Mowa Badmos (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228846700-love-from-the-cosmos?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20
📕 05:50 - Saltswept by Katalina Watt (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223615614-saltswept?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
📕 06:30 - A Day of Breath by Darby Cox (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/233717416-a-day-of-breath?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_16
📕 07:37 - Deathly Fates by Tesla Tsai (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231147851-deathly-fates?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
📕 08:50 - Burn the Sea by Mona Tewari (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238615737-burn-the-sea?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
📕 09:39 - The Wives of Herrick Hall by Julie Lew (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/245237913-the-wives-of-herrick-hall?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_25
📕 10:32 - Wrong Order by Alice Li (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244742656-wrong-order?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bwcSntOzax&rank=8
📕 11:23 - How the Story Goes by Andrew Forrester (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239744709-how-the-story-goes?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_39
📕 12:20 - Smash or Pass by Birdie Schae (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241673965-smash-or-pass?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_30
📕 12:54 - You're Dead to Me, Reed Walker by Gwenyth Reitz (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223847081-you-re-dead-to-me-reed-walker?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_32
📕 13:30 - Game of Oaths by S. C. Bandreddi (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241125408-the-game-of-oaths?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
📕 14:29 - Letters From the Last Apothecary by Bita Behzadi (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241434390-letters-from-the-last-apothecary?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_32
📕 15:29 - Our Sister's Keeper by Jasmine Holmes (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239147548-our-sister-s-keeper?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20
📕 16:21 - Love, Gods, & Sinners by Camille Chong (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220624470-love-gods-and-sinners?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_38
📕 17:08 - A Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243010474-a-prince-among-pirates?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_22
📕 17:40 - A Great and Powerful Tyranny by Victoria Carbol (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239922403-a-great-and-powerful-tyranny?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_28
📕 18:37 - Cursed Ever After by Andy C. Naranjo (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237615255-cursed-ever-after?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_17
📕 19:45 - Mirrorwoven by Bori Cser (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242377863-mirrorwoven?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
📕 20:48 - A River Like Mine by Erin Jo Eldry (A): https://www.conquest-publishing.com/erinjoeldry
📕 22:00 - Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242978105-home-sick?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Ly2FjiyKvV&rank=1
📕 23:04 - Alex, by Proxy by Karen Myna Cantor (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243042467-alex-by-proxy?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_13
📕 24:10 - Bound By Fury by Noelle Monét (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221556056-bound-by-fury?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13
📕 25:24 - Portrait of a Witch Undone by K. S. Shay (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221638877-portrait-of-a-witch-undone?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_26
📕 26:35 - Mothsblood by Lynn D. Jung (A): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/246604751-mothsblood?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
📕 27:12 - Blood of Silver by Allie Nguyen (YA): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/236580417-blood-of-silver?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15

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