The 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012

Tell the Wolves I’m Home, Carol Rifka Brunt

In Brunt’s dazzling debut novel, 15-year-old June is left despairing after her beloved uncle Finn, a renowned painter, dies of AIDS. At his funeral, she hunts down his shadowy lover, Toby, and the two begin a tenuous friendship, leaning on each other to build something new. Crackling with feeling and raw talent, this novel will transport you.