Happy Tuesday y’all! Can you believe January is almost over already? Where has the time gone? I mean, wasn’t it just Christmas? Anyway, on to this week’s TTT post! This week Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl wants us to list some New-to-Us Authors. I went back and forth over this topic. Should I list authors I knew about but hadn’t read yet? Or authors whose first book I just read in 2021, though it was released in previous years? Or should I focus on authors who made their debut in 2021? In the end, I think I did a mixture of authors, but they are all ones that I enjoyed reading, and I look forward to reading more of their work. Now on to 10 authors I discovered in 2021.
Alan Bradley
- Book I Read in 2021: Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
- Genre: Historical Fiction; Mystery
- Books Published: over 10
Abbi Waxman
- Book I Read in 2021: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
- Genre: Contemporary; Women’s Fiction
- Books Published: 6
Amanda Flower
- Book I Read in 2021: Farm to Trouble
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Books Published: over 40
Thomas King
- Book I Read in 2021: Indians on Vacation
- Genre: Contemporary
- Books Published: over 70
Jess Dylan
- Book I Read in 2021: Death in Bloom
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Books Published: debut, 3 listed on Goodreads
Adiba Jaigirdar
- Book I Read in 2021: Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
- Genre: YA/ Contemporary
- Books Published: 5
Beth O’Leary
- Book I Read in 2021: The Road Trip
- Genre: Romance
- Books Published: 4
Laurie Gelman
- Book I Read in 2021: Class Mom
- Genre: Contemporary/Women’s Fiction
- Books Published: 4
Elle Wren Burke
- Book I Read in 2021: Mediums & Murder
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Books Published: debut, with second just released
Lynn Painter
- Book I Read in 2021: Better Than the Movies
- Genre: YA/Romance
- Books Published: debut, with two planned for 2022 release
Those are just 10 of the fantastic authors I discovered in 2021. I tried not to repeat any books from my Best Reads of 2021, as many of those authors were also new to me. Have you read any of these authors? Who are some of the authors you discovered in 2022?
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Beth O’Leary is an author I think I discovered in 2020, and now I watch eagerly for her new books.
Great list! I’ve read O’Leary and Jaigirdar and love both authors so much. ๐ Their books never fail to make me smile and feel all warm and fuzzy by the end!
Lots of new-to-me-authors here! Thanks! Beth O’Leary is great, but I wouldn’t start with Road Trip. Just saying….. Indians on Vacation is on my TBR.
I love Flower’s Amish Candy Shop series. I haven’t tried any of her other books, but they’re definitely on my TBR list. Bradley is another author I’ve been meaning to try. His books sound super fun. Glad you made all these fun author discoveries in 2021!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Iโve heard good things about The Road Trip.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-discovered-in-2021/
I loved The Bookish Life of Nina Hill! I haven’t yet read anything else by Abbi Waxman, but she’s definitely one I hope to read more by. I have been wanting to read something by Beth O’Leary for some time now. I will have to check out some of these other authors too. Thank you for sharing!
I read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and loved it. However, now that I think about it I only read one or two more of his books. Maybe I need to read some more of his books. Good list!
Beth O’Leary made my list as well, except I read The Flatshare which ended up being my favorite read from last year. ๐ I’ll have to check out the other authors on your list as I’ve never heard of any of them.
Great list! I want to read more of Amanda Flower’s books. And I recently bought Abbi Waxman’s The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, so I’m really hoping to enjoy that one!
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2022/01/25/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-discovered-in-2021/
I haven’t read any of these, but I’ve been on a cozy mystery kick lately, so I’m just going to have to check some of these out!
I have several of these authors on my TBR list. https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/01/top-ten-tuesday-helpbookish-questions.html
I enjoy Beth O’Leary!! I have Bookish Life of Nina Hill on my TBR!
I haven’t read any of these authors but I like the sounds of the sweetness found at the bottom of pie
I love Amanda Flower, she’s one of my absolute favourite cozy mystery authors.
I haven’t read any of these, but I know a couple of them are on my tbr. ๐
I’ve heard really good things about Alan Bradley but I haven’t read any of that series yet. I enjoyed The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and Beth O’Leary’s first novel
I feel like I’ve seen Waxman and Nina Hill around quite a bit, looks neat.
Farm To Trouble looks fun!
I love Abbi Waxman, Beth O’Leary, and Lynn Painter so thrilled to see you discovered them this year. ๐
I enjoy Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce mysteries. I caught up on the series last year so now I have to wait for the next release. I’m a slow series reader so that doesn’t happen to me often.
Beth O’Leary and Abbie Waxman should have been on my list too!
I need to get back to the Flavia De Luce series. It’s been years since I read one!
These look like good books! I went for Author’s that I hadn’t read before ๐
Emily
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/
The Flavia de Luce series has been on my TBR for way too long! Can’t believe I still haven’t read any of them. I’ve only read one Beth O’Leary, but it was a great read and I will definitely read some more.
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the road trip looks so cute!! I will have to give it a read eventually!!
Beth O’Leary made my list as well. I have only read The Flatshare though, but I’d like to read more of her stuff.
I’ve looked at Waxman’s The Bookish Life of Nina Lane so many times but have to yet pick it up. I need to make that a priority this year!
I really need to read Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating!
I haven’t read any of these authors, but have a novel by Beth O’Leary waiting on my kindle. Hope to read it soon!
Great list! Bradley has been on my TBR for too long, thanks for reminding me to check this book out!
About half the authors are known to me (rather, their books are on my TBR so still new in that sense).. the rest are new discoveries here at your blog..
Great list! I’m looking forward to reading The Road Trip after enjoying The Flatshare last year.
Adiba Jaigirdar and Beth O’Leary are on my TBR as well. I’ve read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill back in 2019 but didn’t like it that much unfortunately.
My TTT: https://lauriereadsalot.com/tags-memes/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-discovered-in-2021/