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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten New-to-Me Authors I'm Hoping to LOVE This Year
9:52 AM
It's been a couple weeks since I've participated in my favorite weekly meme, and I've missed it and all of my TTT friends! It's good to be back.
Although I could probably do a Top 100 post with this week's topic—Top Ten Books I Never Reviewed—I'm going to go back to last week's Love Freebie instead. Since I'm always trying out new-to-me authors, I thought I'd highlight some I'm hoping to LOVE this year.
As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl.
Top Ten New-to-Me Authors I Hope to LOVE in 2025
1. Chanel Cleeton—I've been meaning to read Cleeton's Cuba-inspired historical fiction novels for years.
2. Elle Cosimano—I started reading Finlay Donovan Is Killing It very early this morning while waiting for my daughter to arrive home from a weeklong school trip. It's been keeping me royally entertained since the first page. I've got the whole series downloaded on my Kindle—I see some series binge-reading in my near future!
3. Emily Critchley—Both of Critchley's dual-timeline mysteries sound like reads I would enjoy.
4. Veera Hiranandani—Hiranandani's middle-grade novels about kids of Indian descent struggling to find their place in the world sound intriguing to me.
5. Elise Hooper—Hooper's historical novels cover a lot of territory, from Little Women to the 1928 Olympics to Walt Disney's studio in the 1950s. I want to read all of them!
6. Elizabeth Macneal—Macneal's novels are all set in England in the 1800s. They sound unique and compelling.
7. Ginger Reno—Reno writes books based on her Cherokee heritage. She has a couple of picture books coming out soon. Her debut novel, a middle-grade book called Find Her, which is about a missing Indigenous woman and the young daughter who's desperate to find her, is getting lots of positive buzz.
8. Lauren E. Rico—Although her latest novel, a mystery titled After the Ocean, is the one getting all the attention right now, Rico isn't a debut author like I thought. She's written a number of women's fiction and romance books. After the Ocean and Familia are the ones I'm most interested in.
9. Katy Watson—Watson writes "Golden Age crime for modern times," which sounds right up my alley. Her Three Dahlia cozy mystery series features a trio of actresses who work together to catch killers. It sounds really fun.
10. Jane Yang—Yang's debut novel, The Lotus Shoes, came out in January. Set in 1800s China, it tells the story of two very different women who must work together to survive in the wake of a scandal that makes them both outcasts in an unforgiving society.
There you go, ten authors I'm hoping to LOVE this year. Have you read any of them? Which are your favorites? I'd truly love to know. Leave me a comment on this post and I will gladly return the favor on your blog.
Happy TTT!
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I've read several of these authors and you can't go wrong with any of them! Eliabeth MacNeal's books are so good. And I Elle Cosimano's series is such fun! I also really like what I've read by Chanel Cleeton. I hope you enjoy all of these author's work when you try it!
ReplyDeleteThe only author from your list I've read is Elle Cosimano - same book as you're reading! I liked it, but haven't continued with the series yet. Maybe I'll try to get back to it this year. I love this post idea - there were such varied post ideas last week and I've been having a great time popping around blogs to see what everyone came up with!
ReplyDeleteGreat list of authors, Susan! I don't think I've read books by any of them. So much fun to go through and see what might suit me. You've been missed, by the way. LOL
ReplyDeleteYay!! I love Elle Cosimano!! I am so glad you have picked up Finlay and I hope you enjoy the rest. :)
ReplyDeleteCuba-inspired historical fiction? I need to look those up!
ReplyDeleteI read almost all (I'd already read the first) of Katy Watson's 3 Dahlias series just this month. It's definitely a new favourite!
I hope you adore all of their work!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to try the Chanel Cleeton and Elle Cosimano books too. Hope you'll love all of these authors' books this year!
ReplyDeleteI've read two Finlay Donovan books and got the third for Christmas. I am looking forward to getting back to the series.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Hope you enjoy ALL of these new (for you) authors! I have the Finlay book and am SUPER excited to read it. It certainly does sound like a good time. :) Happy reading and thanks for visiting my list. :)
ReplyDeleteI’m not a Cleeton completest but have enjoyed the 5 I read! ~ Carol @ ReadingLadies
ReplyDeleteI hope your daughter had fun on her trip, and that you enjoy reading all of these authors in 2025.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-mysteries-i-read-in-2024/
Nice topic pick! And nice picks too! The only one I know and love is Elle Cosimano! I started with her YA books then carried over to her adult series which is a lot of fun!
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I haven't read anything by any of these women! I hope you enjoy their books and that you get to them all
ReplyDeleteThese are all new to me, in that I either haven't heard of them or read them although I think I have a Chanel Cleeton book on my TBR
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these but i hope you love them too!
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I've read the first two authors and do love their work. I hope you enjoy all of them and find ten new authors to read, Susan.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with any of these authors but I hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteIt's so much fun to find new authors with new books to love! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteMost of these are new to me, and I haven't read any of them. But glad that you've found some new authors you like!
ReplyDeleteI've only read Elle Cosimano's YA series, but I'm curious about the Findlay Donovan books! :)
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of any of these. I do have a long list of authors I am hoping to try and love this year as well!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these authors but I hope you enjoy their books this year!
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