Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Top Ten Tuesday: 2018 Author Discoveries


Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It's been months since my last TTT post, but this week's topic, New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018, caught my eye. Since half the books I read last year were by "new" authors, I though it would be fun to take a look at my favorites. Interestingly, they were all women.


2018 Author Discoveries: Fiction

Min Jin Lee - Pachinko  and  Free Food for Millionaires

Joan Silber - Improvement

Sarah Winman - Tin Man

Claire Fuller  - Swimming Lessons

Rebecca Kauffman - The Gunners



2018 Author Discoveries: Nonfiction


Nina Willner 







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32 comments:

  1. We have a couple in common on our lists for this year, Kelly Corrigan and Rebecca Kauffman. Two others I read for the first time last year, Claire Fuller and Nina Willner. It's always a plus adding new favorite authors to look forward to.

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    1. Susie - Finding new authors to follow and read is the best!

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  2. Yes, The Radium Girls was an excellent read.

    This is my Top Ten Tuesday post.

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    1. Lydia - I hope she's working on another book!

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  3. Yay for female authors! I discovered Min Jin Lee in 2018, too, and need to go back and read her first book.

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    1. Kathy - Hope you can work Free Food for Millionaires in this year. The audio was really good, too. It was a read/listen combo for me.

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  4. All mine were women too! You've got some great selections on here and I'd say most of these are already on my wishlist. Now to make it happen!

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    1. Iliana - It was a good year for female authors!

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  5. I really neglected nonfiction in 2018 and really find myself missing it. It's one of my favorite genres and I'm going to check out the authors you mention.

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    1. Katherine - Hope you can work more nonfiction in this year. I'm enjoying it more and more every year!

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  6. Yes to Kate Moore! I hope she writes another book!

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    1. Angela - Me, too! Wonder if she's working on something now...

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  7. Kelly Corrigan is an all-time favorite of mine. The rest on your list are on my recommendation list for my book club. If we don't choose all my recs, I still plan on reading them!

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    1. Les - After reading the above book and Lift, I need to catch up with her older books.

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  8. I'm glad you read Claire Fuller! Our Endless Numbered Days is so, so good, too. :) I haven't read Bitter Orange (yet).

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    1. Monika - I have Our Endless Numbered Days ready to go on my kindle... looking forward to it. It seems like Bitter Orange is getting mixed reviews, but I plan to read that one, too.

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  9. I bought Panchinko for a bookish friend. I couldn't even come up with 10 I wanted to read again, so sad!

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    1. Stacy - Oh, no! Hope 2019's selections are better.

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    1. Patty - Me, too! The only problem is that there's never enough time to read all of their previous books and keep up with their new one, too...

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  11. Wow love your list. All women too! I've only listened to Tin Man of these, but I hope to get to many more of them. Thanks!

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    1. Susan - The audio version added to my enjoyment of Tin Man... the author's narration was absolutely perfect! It was a read/listen combo for me, but I almost hated to just read!

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  12. Thanks for the heads up about these books by female authors. I have some of them on my tbr list but not all. Will look them all up.

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    1. Thanks, Paula. I can't believe I read nearly 80% female authors last year... many new to me and, I have a feeling, will become favorites.

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  13. Great list -- I have some of them on that ever-growing "I really want to read it" list.

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    1. Beth F - Ever-growing is right. My list is out of control!

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  14. I read Free Food for Millionaires and loved it. Pachinko is on my tbr list. I'm going to check out the rest of these writers. Thanks!

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    1. Vasilly - Pachinko is very different from Free Food for Millionaires and, in many ways, even better!

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  15. I liked Tin Man, too! The author should have made my TTT list, but I had to limit myself to 10.

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

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  16. Great to see you enjoyed Claire Fuller's writing last year - I too enjoy her books... I have yet to read her newest release though, despite having it on my Kindle!

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    1. Jade - I plan to read Fuller's new novel, too, and also have Our Endless Numbered Days ready to go on my kindle.

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