I love joining in on this meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish but usually I just don’t plan ahead. As this one is about year favorites and I’ve sort of started thinking about those I thought I couldn’t pass it up.
This week is write about the Top Ten New-to-Me authors I read in 2013. Some of these authors you may see on my year end list, and some may not make it, but nevertheless these are authors I’m glad I discovered this year. I look forward to visiting with them again as I follow their sequels, go back to their debut books or see what their sophomore books will bring.
- Jonathan Evison – Who made me laugh and tear up with The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving.
- Rebecca Cantrell – Who transported me to 1930s Berlin with her mystery A Trace of Smoke.
- Peter May – Who’s atmospheric detective novel The Black House is another series to follow.
- Lynne Raimondo – Who developed an interesting protagonist in her debut novel Dante’s Wood.
- Jean-Claude Izzo – Whose novel Total Chaos is a perfect example of noir fiction.
- Simon Beckett – Who also introduced me to a forensic anthropologist in The Chemistry of Death.
- Rachel Abbott – Who captured a small village caught up in a tangled web of lies so well in The Back Road.
- Susan Nussbaum – Who wrote the excellent novel Good Kings Bad Kings.
- Susan Elia Macneal – Who introduced me to the wonderful Maggie Hope in Mr. Churchill’s Secretary.
- Adam Langer – Who wrote The Salinger Contract a novel about literary crimes and misdemeanors.
Who are some of your top ten? Isn’t it exciting to think about the year end lists of favorites? I’ll have mine but it’ll be much closer to the end of the year. A great book could just be waiting for me right now!
Russell Hoban and Renata Adler are definitely in my top ten “new” authors this year and pretty much all the other authors I read for the first time because of my NYRB Classics subscription.
I have only read Susan Elia MacNeal’s books of all the authors you mention. Her Maggie Hope series are just so much fun! Several other authors on your list are on my want to try list.
I love this time of year with all the best of lists coming out. I wish I was ready to think of my own!
I haven’t read any of these authors. haha. I had no problem coming up with a list… I actually had too many options!
Nice list. I haven’t read any of these myself. I’d have to say Jojo Moyes and Abbie Glines are my top fav new authors this year 🙂
Stefanie – I’ve not read many NYRB books but the ones I have almost all have ended up on my best of lists. Definitely great stuff there. You are continuing with your NYRB subscription right? What a treat. I keep getting emails about a sale and I’m so tempted!
Literary Feline – I love reading all the lists too. It’s so fun isn’t it? Although dangerous because my own wish list just keeps getting longer! I really enjoyed the Maggie Hope book and definitely want to continue with that series.
Kailana – I know, too many options right? I did have a bit of a hard time with this list though because I haven’t read as many books this year as others and I went back to a lot of favorites.
Bookworm – Oh Jojo Moyes is a good choice! Have not read Abbie Glines so I’m going to look her up!