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#TopTenTuesday New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024 #TuesdayBookBlog

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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 Top Ten Tuesday topic is New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024. Looking down the list of books I read in 2024 I was pleasantly surprised by how many were by authors I’d never read before. Here are just ten of them. Links from each title will take you to my review.

  1. The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
  2. His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
  3. Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf
  4. Clear by Carys Davies
  5. The Wager by David Grann
  6. A Better Place by Stephen Daisley
  7. James by Percival Everett
  8. Mania by Lionel Shriver
  9. The Paris Peacemakers by Flora Johnston
  10. Afterlight by Jaap Robben, trans. by David Doherty

What new authors did you discover in 2024?

Book cover of Mania by Lionel Shriver

My Week in Books – 26th January 2025

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On What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I published my review of The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan as part of the blog tour.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Most Recent Additions to my Book Collection.

Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading. 

Thursday – I published my review of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn.

Friday – I shared my review of The House with Nine Locks by Philip Gray.

Saturday – I published my review of short story collection Start A Religion, Stay Out Of Jail and Other Absurd Tales by Logan Medland.

New arrivals

Miss Austen Investigates by Jessica Bull (Penguin)

Jane Austen is just starting out in society. The perils of being a woman in this environment fill the pages of her writing. Yet little does she know just how dangerous things truly are…

When the body of a milliner is discovered during a ball, the murder causes uproar. For Jane, however, it becomes personal when her beloved brother Georgy is accused of the murder. To clear his name, she must find the real killer.

Her writing is full of tales of questioning motives, and unmasking secrets. Might her powers of observation help her solve this mystery, and save her brother from the hangman’s noose?

On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Book Review: The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay by Flora Johnston
  • Book Review: The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor
  • Book Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt