Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2021

Posted January 25, 2022 by Alana in Bookish / 3 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday New to Me Authors Discovered in 2021

Hello everyone! It is Tuesday again which means it is time for another top ten post! For those of you that don’t know, Top Ten Tuesday (created by The Broke and the Bookish) is over at Artsy Reader Girl. Each Tuesday brings a new prompt to list your top ten (2, 5 or 20) books.

This week’s prompt is “New to Me Authors Discovered in 2021.” I stumble into new authors regularly so my twist for this prompt will be new-to-me authors I discovered last year that I really enjoyed and hope to read more from this year!

Genre-wise, these authors are all over the place! I picked up a Merry Farmer book after seeing her work recommended in some of the historical romance groups I’m a part of. I loved how light and funny the writing was and adored the characters. Andy Weir is a well-known name in science fiction circles, but this was my first book of his and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I really want to pick up more of Jackie Lau’s work this year because Her Pretend Christmas Date was fabulous and exactly the sort of brain candy I love to read between heavy reads.

Grady Hendrix’s writing is fascinating and I am currently reading their latest book Final Girl Support Group.

I loved Okorafor’s world building in Binti and hope to explore more of their backlist in 2022! Lillian Lark’s monster romance (Kraken!) was so much fun and the next Monstrous Matches book is on my radar and coming in hot.

Gill Sims absolutely nailed parenting and all the baggage that comes with it (including those bags under your eyes). I want to read the next in the series too!

Penelope Douglas came onto my TBR by way of book blogger reccs and I think I ended up reading at least 4 of her backlist in 2021. I want to read more in 2022 because the tension and heat in these dark romances… chef’s kiss.

Lacie Waldon’s debut, The Layover, was so much fun and I’m excited to have an arc of her next book to read! And finally, I picked up TJ Klune’s work after seeing so many raving reviews for Linus and Co and I adored it. So many lovable characters, flaws included, left me feeling cozy as I turned the last page.