"Family secrets, village gossip and revenge-driven ghosts": 8 debut novels to read this Easter

If you liked Marty Supreme, you’ll love this fast-paced novel in which a relentlessly ambitious player rises to the top of his game in the high-stakes world of table tennis – but what goes up must come down...

Out now.

The savvy tradwife satire that everyone is talking about follows a mother whose perfect life suddenly takes a dive into an alternate, borderline-dystopian reality.

Out on 9 April.

In Nineties Australia, four girls form a grunge band in an attempt to transform what they see as tragically dull teenage years into an era of freedom. The consequences are mixed – and take place at top volume.

Out now.

A compelling tale of friendship challenged by newfound superstardom and ambition – for fans of Euphoria and Daisy Jones and The Six. Darkening Song explores the experience of being a young woman growing up unprotected in the music industry, and the implications that can bring.

Out on 13 April.

An unlikely couple, Chuck and Joey – an ad copywriter and a barista, respectively – meet in a bar and connect. I Want You to be Happy considers the passions and peculiarities of love that can be found unexpectedly in modern times.

Out on 21 May.

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