Which debut novels should you be reading in 2026?

What are the best books get you out of a reading slump? How did Snakes on a Plane inspire a literary sensation? What did James Joyce and Pakistani rap teach one of our debut novelists? And does a writer need to be completely delusional to finish writing a novel? This week on Ask Penguin we sit down with three breakout debut authors, Angela Tomaski , Sufiyaan Salam , and Madeline Cash , to discuss…