This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is “New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024”. There were lots of authors I tried for the first time last year, but the ten I’m listing below are all authors whose work I enjoyed and would consider reading again.
1. Benjamin Myers – I read Cuddy early last year and although I wasn’t sure at first if it would be my sort of book, I enjoyed it much more than I’d expected. I have The Gallows Pole waiting to be read!
2. Alexander Lernet-Holenia – Count Luna was a great book – so unusual and thought-provoking! I’m pleased to see there are more of Lernet-Holenia’s books available in English translations.
3. Tove Jansson – I finally read my first Moomin book, Finn Family Moomintroll, thanks to last year’s #MoominWeek. I might read more of them at some point, but would also like to try one of Jansson’s adult books.
4. Charlotte Armstrong – I didn’t know where to start with Charlotte Armstrong’s books, but I think I made a good choice with Mischief. There are lots more to explore now!
5. Clare Whitfield – I loved Clare Whitfield’s Poor Girls, about the fascinating Forty Elephants gang. Now I’m looking forward to reading her previous novel, People of Abandoned Character.
6. Akimitsu Takagi – Takagi’s The Noh Mask Murders is one of the best Japanese crime novels I’ve read so far. I would like to read more of his books, although I think there’s only one other currently in print in English – The Tattoo Murder.
7. Penelope Mortimer – I read a short story by Penelope Mortimer in A Different Sound, a collection of stories by women authors of the mid 20th century. It was one of the highlights of the book and made me want to read more of her work.
8. Kate Foster – I read Kate Foster’s The King’s Witches last year and enjoyed it, so I’m looking forward to reading my review copy of her new novel, The Mourning Necklace.
9. Jane Thynne – Midnight in Vienna, a thriller set in the 1930s, is the first Jane Thynne novel I’ve read, but I’m sure I’ll be reading more of them now. I really liked this one!
10. Alice Loxton – I read very little non-fiction in 2024, but I did enjoy Alice Loxton’s Eighteen, which explored the history of Britain through the lives of eighteen famous young people. She has written another book about Georgian London which also sounds interesting.
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Have you read books by any of these authors or would you like to? Which new authors did you discover last year?
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I haven’t read anything by any of these authors yet 🙈 but I have all three of Kate Foster’s books on my TBR and hope you enjoy The Mourning Necklace. I remember 18 catching my eye as well. I’ve never read non fiction (although I do have my eye on a 2025 release to try) but the concept of that one sounded rather unusual and intriguing.
I’m glad you discovered so many new authors in 2024 and hope they 2025 brings even more your way.
I don’t read a lot of non-fiction books and I’m very selective about the ones I do read (I just stick to subjects I know I’m going to find interesting), so I usually enjoy them! I hope you like Kate Foster, whenever you get round to trying her.
Yes that’s what I’m planning to do too so if I do get into the genre it’ll probably be through a jumble of history, animals, true crime and biographies 😂 thank you 🥰
I haven’t read any of these authors except for Charlotte Armstrong. The Alice Loxton book really appeals to me. I’ll have to see if my library has a copy. Fun TTT list! 😀
I enjoyed the Charlotte Armstrong book so will probably read more of them. The Alice Loxton book was very entertaining!
Some nice authors there. I really enjoy Lernet-Holenia!
I’m sure I’ll be reading more by Lernet-Holenia!
I like the sound of that British history work!
It was both interesting and fun to read!
I haven’t read most of these authors, but I discovered the Moomin books a year or two ago. I’m glad you discovered some new authors in 2024!
I wish I had read the Moomin books as a child, but I think they still have a lot to offer an adult reader too. I’m looking forward to reading another one!
I haven’t read any of these apart from Kate Foster but hope you enjoyed them all! 📚
Yes, I enjoyed all of these and would be happy to read more books by any of those authors!
I read Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book, which I definitely recommend. I also really want to read the Moomins!
You can check out my list here: https://franlaniado.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-of-2024/
Yes, I think The Summer Book will probably be the next book I read by Jansson. I’m glad you would recommend it!
Hello Helen, I actually only read one book by a new-to-me author last year, which was the a beautifully written, poignant memoir, Wintering by Katherine May (2020). Only one, but a great one.
Blessings, Jessica 💌
I’m glad your only book by a new-to-you author was such a good one! I haven’t read Wintering, but it does sound like a beautiful book.