Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish. This week I'm sharing the top ten authors that have been new to me in 2014.
1. Gabrielle Tozer
I am so glad that I came across The Intern and now can't wait to read the sequel Faking It!
I am so glad that I came across The Intern and now can't wait to read the sequel Faking It!
2. Rachael Craw
Spark really impressed me and Rachael Craw is definitely now on my must-read author list.
Spark really impressed me and Rachael Craw is definitely now on my must-read author list.
3. Alyxandra Harvey
Alyxandra Harvey has introduced me to a world where magical realism, fantasy and historical elements combine!
Alyxandra Harvey has introduced me to a world where magical realism, fantasy and historical elements combine!
4. E. Lockhart
We Were Liars blew me away and now I'm really looking forward to getting to The Disreputable History of Frankie-Landau Banks.
5. Abigail Haas
I read Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys right after each other and loved them both! I'm really hoping that Abigail Haas writes more of these thrillers with surprising twists.
6. Marie Rutkoski
The Winner's Curse may not be her debut, but it's definitely sparked a lot of attention in the bookish world this year for all the right reasons.
7. Leslye Walton
If Leslye Walton is able to pull of another whimsical tale with such lyrical prose as this one, I'll be reading it for sure.
8. Amy Zhang
This stunning debut packed with emotion and beautifully written has put Amy Zhang right at the top of my contemporary to-read list with her next novels!
9. Katherine Longshore
I'm always on the lookout for new historical fiction reads, so now that I've come across Katherine Longshore I know of her other works too.
10. Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott's novels are as chilling as they are captivating, and now that I've read three of hers I can say that I'm a fan!
Over to you - what authors have you discovered this year?
Falling Into Place is sitting on my bookshelf, I am waiting for We Were Liars to come in at the library, and I'm waiting for Spark to come in the mail.
ReplyDeleteI discovered Dangerous Girls last year.
The Winner's Curse is also sitting on my shelf.
I've read a lot of books this year, but there are still SO MANY I want to read.
You've got a lot of great reads ahead of you Cassie! Hope you enjoy all of the ones sitting on your shelf and discover some new ones too :)
DeleteAhh, The Winner's Crime and Falling Into Place were fantastic! I really need to read The Intern and Spark already! I'm so glad you loved A Breath of Frost - it's one I've been contemplating about reading for a while now. I own Dangerous Girls, so I don't know why I haven't read it already! Especially with all of the positive feedback! Unfortunately We Were Liars was a disappointment for me, but I really want to give The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavendar and Katherine Longshore's historical novels a go. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to find more fans of The Winner's Crime - I've heard good things already and can't wait to read it :) Ooh Dangerous Girls is so good! - I was so glad when I finally got to read it.
DeleteAhhh The Winner's Crime is AMAZING :D I LOVED that book. I've heard awesome things about Falling Into Place. Great list!!
ReplyDeleteRachel @ A Perfection Called Books
Hope you get to reading Falling Into Place soon - it's one of the best contemporaries I've read this year!
DeleteI've heard a lot about Longshore but have yet to read her. I MUST THOUGH! The hardcovers are stunning so.... :D :D
ReplyDeleteThey are! I only have a couple of paperbacks, but I saw 'Manor of Secrets' in hardback which is on my wishlist now...couldn't resist :)
DeleteWe have three authors in common on our list! We both have awesome taste, clearly :) I read Frankie Landau-Banks earlier this year and really disliked it, but I'm thinking of reading it again since I own a copy now...hmmm.
ReplyDeleteWhy of course we do Emily *hairflip* ;) I suppose giving that a go might help, it's happened to me before that when I come back to something after a while I can sometimes like it more than the first time round.
DeleteAwwwwhh I definitely need to read all these authors because I've read none of them! *runs*
ReplyDeleteAnd I've heard so many great things about all of them too!
Hope you get to read something from them soon, I'd recommend all their books! :)
DeleteI can just steal your post. ;-) I would list SO many of the same authors! I can't love Abigail Haas enough and I'm so glad I discovered her this year too. That author is an evil mastermind. hehe.
ReplyDeleteShe definitely is (in the best possible way of course!). I still can't get over what a shock Dangerous Girls was.
DeleteACK! There are so many of these that I've yet to read, but totally agree about THE WINNER'S CURSE!
ReplyDeleteI find that with every TTT, I add more books to my ever-growing TBR and am still trying to keep track of the must-reads!
DeleteYES OMG AMY ZHANG IS QUEEEEN. I LOVE HER TO BITS.
ReplyDeleteSHE IS. I can't wait to read whatever she writes next!!!
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