Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic and this week’s topic is: Top Ten New-To-Us Favorite Authors We Read For The First Time in 2015.
This has been a really great year for me. I have discovered so many awesome new-to-me authors that it was hard to choose. The awesome thing is that my top ten are all awesome women! Girl power! 🙂 Anyways, here are my top ten plus a few runner ups. (All author links are to their Goodreads page, book links go to Amazon)
- Rainbow Rowell – I have read 3 of her books now and loved them so much.
- Sarah J. Maas – I have so much love for her now. I first read Throne of Glass for book club this year and I fell in love with the world and characters. ACOTAR was great too!
- Leigh Bardugo – The Grisha trilogy has easily become one of my favorites!
- Maggie Stiefvater – I thoroughly enjoyed Shiver but she really grabbed my attention with The Raven Boys.
- Renee Ahdieh – The Wrath and the Dawn was just beautiful. I can’t wait to see where the next book takes Shazi.
- Erin Morgenstern – The Night Circus was beautifully written and I found myself wanting to join this circus even though I’m not a fan of the typical circus. I can’t wait to read whatever Morgenstern comes up with next.
- Lauren Bird Horowitz – I just recently read Shattered Blue and it was awesome! The characters and story really gripped me. And to top it off, she is one of the nicest people 🙂
- Erica Crouch – I devoured her Ignite series about Pen, Azael and Michael. If you’re looking for a thrilling series about the epic struggle between the Fallen and the Divine, check out Ignite (which you can now get free on Kindle)!
- Dawn Kurtagich – The Dead House opened my eyes to the awesomeness of reading a book formatted with emails, IMs, journal entries, etcc. I wasn’t really a fan of that before but this book was so awesome I read it twice this year!
- Deborah Harkness – I’ve always been a lover of witches and vampires so when I finally started reading this book to find them both, I was taken in immediately. I can’t wait to continue reading the series.
Runner-Ups
- Marie Lu – The Young Elites… totally badass and love that the main character is more of a villain than a hero.
- Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman – Illuminae completely blew my mind! I will now proceed to read anything either of them have written!
- Neil Gaiman – Although I have only just scratched the Gaiman surface with Stardust and The Ocean At the End of the Lane, I am eagerly anticipating my reads of everything else he has ever written.
- Claudia Gray – A Thousand Pieces of You had me wondering if I need to rethink my aversion to time/dimensional travel. I loved this book.
All of these authors sound amazing! I haven’t read that many of their books, but most of them are on my TBR list.
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I have The Wrath & The Dawn and The Night Circus on my TBR list – definitely need to get to those soonish 🙂 My TTT
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They are both awesome! I’m not sure which one I love more 🙂
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Sarah J Maas and Leigh Bardugo are on my list for next year and I can’t wait to see if I love them as much as everyone else! And I’m currently reading The Night Circus now and loving it!
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Glad to hear you’re loving The Night Circus!
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Great list! I had Leigh Bardugo on my list, too. She had to be after Six of Crows.
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Thanks! She is awesome! I can’t wait to keep reading that series.
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You have some great authors listed here! Rainbow Rowell was on my list as well as Marie Lu. I am dying to read The Wrath and the Dawn I’ve heard so many amazing things about it!
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I also read Deborah Harkness for the first time this year too, which reminds me I really need to get round to reading the rest of the All Souls trilogy.
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So many amazing authors here! You know I’m pumped about Maggie Stiefvater! 🙂 Great list.
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I really need to get my hands on the other Ravens Cycle books!
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YES YOU DO.
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I have the next book on my OTSP wish list but if I don’t get it by the end of this round I’m buying it for myself lol.
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Great list, and several I still need to try! I love Rainbow Rowell – glad you tried her books and love her too!
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There are some great authors on your list this week. I love the Raven Boys and the Night Circus Leigh Bardugo really blew me away with Six of Crows. I’m currently reading The Wrath and the Dawn and enjoying it. Great list!
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I’m glad to see you’re enjoying The Wrath and the Dawn! I am eagerly awaiting the sequel. I already pre-ordered it lol.
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Haha, I preordered a couple of books for next year too 😉
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Other than Neil Gaiman, I can’t say as I recall reading any of the other authors on your Top Ten Tuesday post this week, so I have some new to me authors to check out for sure.
Here’s a link to my TTT post for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/12/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-new-to-me.html
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Yay for Neil Gaiman and Rainbow Rowell! I haven’t read the others although I always hear good things about Deborah Harkness and The Night Circus.
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I loved the Night Circus! Great book! And The Ravens Boys! I can’t wait for the last book! Such a great series! 🙂
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Lovely list! I love Rainbow Rowell, Neil Gaiman, and Deborah Harkness — and I see a few here that I’ve been meaning to check out as well (especially the Wrath and the Dawn, but I don’t want to read it until the sequel is out!)
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Thank you! I can’t wait for the sequel for the Wrath and the Dawn. Good idea to wait. I wish I could have read them back to back. I might have to do a reread before book 2 is released.
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Kurtagich made my list, too! Glad to see her make another’s! 🙂
Check out my TTT and Music Monday
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Love Sarah J Maas and Maggie Stiefvater’s books!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/top-ten-tuesday-34/
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