Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
The rules are simple:
- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
- Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
- Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
- Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2022. I’m always pleasantly surprised by how many of the books I read in a year are by authors whose books I’ve never read before. Understandable, yes, if they’re debut authors but sometimes I feel extremely late to the party when it comes to more well-established authors.
Very attentive followers of this blog may notice that a couple of the authors on my list feature in my Backlist Burrow reading challenge.
Links from the titles will take you to my review.
Noel O’Reilly, author of The Darlings of the Asylum
Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship
Simon Scarrow, author of Death to the Emperor
Kamila Shamsie, author of Best of Friends
Charles Lambert, author of The Bone Flower
John Boyne, author of All the Broken Places
N.E. Solomons, author of The Bone Road
Denzil Meyrick, author of The Death of Remembrance
Tony Birch, author of The White Girl
Ciaran McMenámin, author of The Sunken Road
What Cathy Read Next... 
Well, I haven’t read many of the authors on your list. Kamila Shamsie is the only one I have read fairly consistently over the last few years, although I was slightly disappointed in Best of Friends. I’m brilliant at being late to the party though, even with very well established authors. My very best entry for last year would probably be Tolstoy. And to my shame, it’ll be a good while before I read him again.
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I was disappointed in Best of Friends as well.
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I haven’t read any of these authors before, but I do have The White Girl on my TBR.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/authors-i-first-read-in-2022/
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I really enjoyed it, I hope you do too.
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All of these books are new to me. It sounds like you had a great reading year. 🙂
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-discovered-in-2022/
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I hope you keep enjoying books from all of these authors!
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What a neat list, and so many nice covers. These are new to me. Hope you enjoy discovering many new authors in 2023.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2023/01/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-new-to-me.html
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I’m curious about The Bone Flower.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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It’s written in the style of a classic ghost story. My husband read and enjoyed it too and it takes a lot to impress him!
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The wonderful thing about books is that they will always be there, so you can never really be late to the party (or at least that’s what I tell myself!). I think the right book generally finds you at the right time for you!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/01/24/top-ten-tuesday-404/
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What a great way to think about it.
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🙂
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I haven’t heard of most of these authors, but THE NIGHT SHIP is one I definitely want to read. It sounds excellent.
Glad you found so many great authors to love in 2022!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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