#TopTenTuesday 10 New Authors I Discovered In 2021

Top Ten Tuesday new

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 2021. Here are just ten of the authors whose books I read for the first time last year, many with backlists for me to explore.

Lesley Glaister, author of Blasted Things
Edward Carey, author of Little

Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures
Ingrid Persaud, author of Love After Love

 

Claire Keegan, author of Small Things Like These
Brian Keaney, author of The Alphabet of Heart’s Desire

 

Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory
Anne Holt, author of A Memory For Murder

 

Nadifa Mohamed, author of The Fortune Men
Christy Lefteri, author of Songbirds

Which new authors did you discover in 2021?


When Are You Reading? Challenge 2022 Sign-Up

when-are-you-reading-2022-final-1The When Are You Reading? Challenge is being hosted again by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It involves reading a book predominantly set in (or written in) each of twelve time periods.   You can see how I got on with the 2021 challenge here.

My provisional list for the 2022 challenge is below. I’ve deliberately tried to choose, where I can, books that have been in my TBR pile for way too long. Links from the title will take you to the book description on Goodreads or, once I’ve read them, to my review.

If you love historical fiction but often find yourself sticking to one or two favourite time periods, or if you’re keen to read more historical fiction in 2022, why not join me and sign up?


Pre-1300:           Deposed by David Barbaree

1300-1499:        The Painter of Souls by Philip Kazan

1500-1699:        Tidelands by Philippa Gregory

1700-1799:        The Foundling by Stacey Hall

1800-1899:        The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs

1900-1919:        A House of Ghosts by W. C. Ryan

1920-1939:        The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser

1940-1959:       These Days by Lucy Caldwell

1960-1979:       The Reading Party by Fenella Gentleman

1980-1999:       ?

2000-Present:   Yinka, where is your huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

The Future:       ?