10 Books by Debut Authors to Watch in 2019

If you found yourself enthralled by Jordan Peele's 2017 hit Get Out, you'll want to pre-order this book ASAP. Set in a Southern city in the near-future, We Cast a Shadow brings to life new medical procedures, meant to keep black people safe from brutal police forces by changing their appearance and making them look white. The narrator of this highly impactful novel knows his biracial son will one day be forced to endure the scathing racism of their culture, and will have to decide whether or not he wants to invest in procedures that could keep him alive and unaffected.