Adam Vitcavage
@vitcavage.bsky.social
"that guy with that website that covers debut writers"
www.debutiful.net
www.debutiful.net
I love seeing the different tastes of readers!
NPR's Books We Love is here! This year, I had the honor of writing about books by Claire Jia, Andrew Porter, Davey Davis, Leni Zumas, Paula Bomer, Joan Silber, Travis Mulhauser, Corinna Vallianatos, Dean Van Nguyen, Jeremy Atherton Lin, and Lucas Schaefer: apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I love seeing the different tastes of readers!
I just spent $75 on Shawn Michaels shirts for Mrs Debutiful for Christmas.
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I just spent $75 on Shawn Michaels shirts for Mrs Debutiful for Christmas.
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@samanthapaigerosen.bsky.social wants LIVING, TOGETHER to both spark and further conversations around what kinds of living situations and relationships make us feel happier, healthier, and more connected. The cover art reflects that joy. @debutiful.bsky.social
See the cover for Living, Together, an essay anthology edited by Samantha Paige Rosen
What is a home? That is what writer and editor Samantha Paige Rosen sought to answer in the essay anthology, Living, Together: Reimagining Community in the Age of Disconnection. In it, over twenty …
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November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
@samanthapaigerosen.bsky.social wants LIVING, TOGETHER to both spark and further conversations around what kinds of living situations and relationships make us feel happier, healthier, and more connected. The cover art reflects that joy. @debutiful.bsky.social
You know that "turn a paperclip into owning a house" trade-up guy?
I have an idea for a newsletter that uses that concept.
I have an idea for a newsletter that uses that concept.
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
You know that "turn a paperclip into owning a house" trade-up guy?
I have an idea for a newsletter that uses that concept.
I have an idea for a newsletter that uses that concept.
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THE BEST DEBUT BOOKS OF 2025, according to @debutiful.bsky.social's @vitcavage.bsky.social
👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/17/t...
👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/17/t...
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
THE BEST DEBUT BOOKS OF 2025, according to @debutiful.bsky.social's @vitcavage.bsky.social
👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/17/t...
👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/17/t...
The Debutiful "2026 Debut Books List" is over 150 titles for January-June alone. I left a lot of books off because the book didn't fit Debutiful's coverage interests.
I haven't even been pitched all of the Big 5 (4? idk I can't keep track anymore), let alone small and university presses.
I haven't even been pitched all of the Big 5 (4? idk I can't keep track anymore), let alone small and university presses.
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The Debutiful "2026 Debut Books List" is over 150 titles for January-June alone. I left a lot of books off because the book didn't fit Debutiful's coverage interests.
I haven't even been pitched all of the Big 5 (4? idk I can't keep track anymore), let alone small and university presses.
I haven't even been pitched all of the Big 5 (4? idk I can't keep track anymore), let alone small and university presses.
I got the wildest email from a publicist today who didn't understand how media outlets worked.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I got the wildest email from a publicist today who didn't understand how media outlets worked.
The good reads debut shortlist for voting is okay. Lots of ones missing. Lots of ones I personally didn’t enjoy but happy readers connected.
A few are in Debutiful’s Best Of list coming out next week.
A few are in Debutiful’s Best Of list coming out next week.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The good reads debut shortlist for voting is okay. Lots of ones missing. Lots of ones I personally didn’t enjoy but happy readers connected.
A few are in Debutiful’s Best Of list coming out next week.
A few are in Debutiful’s Best Of list coming out next week.
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Democrat Justin Crosby ousted incumbent Republican House Rep. Jon Lancaster in the Nov. 4 special election for Mississippi House District 22, flipping the seat.
Democrat Justin Crosby Flips Mississippi House Seat, Ousts Republican Incumbent
Democrat Justin Crosby defeated incumbent Republican House Rep. Jon Lancaster in the Nov. 4 special election for Mississippi House District 22.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Democrat Justin Crosby ousted incumbent Republican House Rep. Jon Lancaster in the Nov. 4 special election for Mississippi House District 22, flipping the seat.
An Adventuring Academy with @friede.bsky.social and @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social is going to be so fun and so educational!
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
An Adventuring Academy with @friede.bsky.social and @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social is going to be so fun and so educational!
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FRIENDS please come out to my book launch events in Jan!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
FRIENDS please come out to my book launch events in Jan!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
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NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
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Take a deep dive with @himymcraig.bsky.social on HIMYM, why disability representation is so important, and writing his debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, on the Debutiful Podcast with @vitcavage.bsky.social!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7HSD...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7HSD...
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Take a deep dive with @himymcraig.bsky.social on HIMYM, why disability representation is so important, and writing his debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, on the Debutiful Podcast with @vitcavage.bsky.social!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7HSD...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7HSD...
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really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
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My book comes out on Tuesday, 11/4 -- FOUR days away! -- and these are the book events I have lined up for next week...please come if you possibly can!
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My book comes out on Tuesday, 11/4 -- FOUR days away! -- and these are the book events I have lined up for next week...please come if you possibly can!
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Listen to @maxdelsohn.bsky.social read from CRAWL on the First Taste Reading Series!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/32Bl... @graywolfpress.bsky.social
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/32Bl... @graywolfpress.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Listen to @maxdelsohn.bsky.social read from CRAWL on the First Taste Reading Series!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/32Bl... @graywolfpress.bsky.social
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/32Bl... @graywolfpress.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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listen, I didn't stop listening to Nirvana when they started selling the smiley face shirts at Urban Outfitters; I'm not gonna stop using em-dashes just because chatGPT uses them
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
listen, I didn't stop listening to Nirvana when they started selling the smiley face shirts at Urban Outfitters; I'm not gonna stop using em-dashes just because chatGPT uses them
This reader, Bruce Kendell, left a comment on a Debutiful interview trying to come for a writer. I have a "felling" he didn't "poof read" his own comment though.
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This reader, Bruce Kendell, left a comment on a Debutiful interview trying to come for a writer. I have a "felling" he didn't "poof read" his own comment though.
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saturday! we’re tearing up tarzana celebrating the release of @ilanaslightly.bsky.social’s stunning new novel at @sunnysbookshop.bsky.social 🛸 join us! 👽
October 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
saturday! we’re tearing up tarzana celebrating the release of @ilanaslightly.bsky.social’s stunning new novel at @sunnysbookshop.bsky.social 🛸 join us! 👽
I fly to London tomorrow with Mrs Debutiful, my mom, my cousin, and my in-laws for sports and recreation.
I deserve a Nobel Peace Prize if I make it out of this alive.
I deserve a Nobel Peace Prize if I make it out of this alive.
October 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I fly to London tomorrow with Mrs Debutiful, my mom, my cousin, and my in-laws for sports and recreation.
I deserve a Nobel Peace Prize if I make it out of this alive.
I deserve a Nobel Peace Prize if I make it out of this alive.