Delighted and Enchanted
6 December 2016
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten New to Me Authors, Top Ten Tuesday
Every Tuesday over at the The Broke and Bookish we all get to look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) examples to demonstrate that particular topic.
New-To-Me Authors I Read For The First Time In 2016
This is a nice easy list as my full year’s reading is all in one place! So easy to check out which were new to me authors:
- Jeff Salyards – Scourge of the Betrayer, a dark and violent journey, a band of warriors and a bookish scribe – what could possibly go wrong!
- Jordanna Max Brodsky – The Immortals – Gods and a murder mystery, in the heart of NY. Totally engaging, very entertaining, fantastic sense of place.
- Stephanie Burgis – A double whammy from Ms Burgis. She burst onto my radar with the highly entertaining Masks and Shadows and then totally out did herself again with Congress of Secrets. Both period/fantasty dramas that combine historical events and people into highly readable fiction.
- Madeline Ashby – Company Town. Totally compelling reading. Science fiction, futuristic and murder mystery all rolled into one.
- Laurence MacNaughton – UF with Demons and possessed cars. Great start to a promising series – It Happened One Doomsday.
- Jon Skovron – Hope and Red – how to sum this one up. It’s a bit like Gangs of New York meets Crouching Tiger!
- Drew Magary – The Hike surely had to be one of my most unexpectedly enjoyable and compelling reads this year.
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia – do we really need any more vampire fiction? Hell yes if it’s anything like Certain Dark Things. I loved this.
- Emily St John Mandel – Station Eleven. I wanted to read this for such a long time but sometimes get a bit turned off by sci-fi but there was no need in this case – this was brilliant and unique.
- Beth Lewis – The Wolf Road was such a good read with one of the most readable characters ever in Elka. Such a compelling storytelling voice.
Okay, I spoke too soon. That wasn’t easy at all as I had over 30 new to me authors this year so narrowing it down to 10 was a bit of a task. Anyway, there they all are. I hope you get a chance to pick up a couple or ten of these – if you haven’t already done so. And for all of you out there who like the pretty things:
Books and travelling with Lynn 
Jon Skovron is on my list too! Plus I’m sure one or two others will be featured another day when I make a 2016 best debut lists – I already know The Immortals has a spot 🙂
I enjoyed this and had much more new to me authors than I thought!
Lynn 😀
Okay, I really need to read Congress of Secrets! In fact, maybe I should start it now… Great list!
It’s a good read. I enjoy that Burgis uses real characters and events to base her story around. I enjoy period fiction anyway and this has that element of truth running through it that is then balanced out by the fantasy elements.
Lynn 😀
I just finished it! I loved it 😀
Can’t wait to read your review.
Lynn 😀
This is a cracking list – I need to look through my new authors this year, as I seem to have collected quite a number, too. I love the look of Certain Dark Things – and MUST get hold of Station Elevan again!
Thanks – I really enjoyed Certain Dark Things so hope you have a chance to pick it up.
Lynn 😀
I just read Stephanie Burgis for the first time and I agree – love her style! Can’t wait to pick up Congress of Secrets now. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a new favourite too; CDT is definitely going to be making my “best of 2016” list! 😀
CDT – was awesome.
Congress of Secrets, for me, was even better than Masks and Shadows. I look forward to seeing what Burgis comes up with next.
Lynn 😀
Great to hear you enjoyed so many new authors. I haven’t read any of these but, because of you, I have put Stephanie Burgis on my TBR list 🙂
I actually think you would really like Burgis. Lovely writing and period style drama with the fantasy elements being quite subtle and not stealing the show.
Lynn 😀
You’re right, picking only 10 names required some difficult choices for me as well: there are so many amazing authors out there…
And I totally agree on Stephanie Burgis!
Yes, I couldn’t believe it but I had over 30 new to me authors so it was really difficult to choose. Just goes to show how many good books I’ve managed to read this year.
Lynn 😀
I just finished reading The Hike – amazing!! Great list 🙂
It was such a good read wasn’t it I really enjoyed it.
Lynn 😀
i havent read any of these books hehe. So many books so little time 😀 http://www.curious-daisy.com/top-ten-tuesday/top-5-new-to-me-authors-i-read-for-the-first-time-in-2016/
Indeed – lots and lots of books and sometimes it seems like very little time.
Thanks for stopping by.
Lynn 😀
What a fab list! So many intriguing looking books!
Thanks 😀
What a great list! I also read a few of these authors for the first time: Madeline Ashby and Silvia Moreno-Garcia were two favorites. Oh and Stephanie Burgis as well!
It’s been a really good year for books hasn’t it?
Lynn 😀
Station Eleven is on my TBR and all I hear are good things. Great list!
Station Eleven was really good and I was very pleased that I’d pushed it up the list I hope you enjoy it too.
Lynn 😀
I have also been wanting to read Emily St John Mandel’s “Station Eleven” for a while. Reading this has motivated me to add a hold for it at my library. I can’t wait to read it! Thanks for the reminder.
I hope you enjoy it – drop me a link to your review so I make sure I don’t miss it.
Lynn 😀
This week’s theme makes me really want to participate in this meme! I could go on and on about new to me authors, but Brent Weeks might be my favorite for the year!
You should definitely take part, it’s a really popular meme and apart from the fact that you meet other like minded people it’s also fun and often informative – the only down side, if you can call it a down side – is it will explode your tbr a bit!
Lynn 😀
I second Jordanna Max Brodsky as I enjoyed The Immortals a lot (and can’t wait for the sequel). Company Town has me really interested too.
Company Town was excellent I really enjoyed it. I hope you get a chance (or more to the point the time) to pick one up.
Lynn 😀
I haven’t read a single thing on this list, but dang, some of them look really good.
They were all good to be honest – although I guess it depends on your preferences.
Lynn 😀
Thanks for checking out It Happened One Doomsday! It’s my debut urban fantasy, so I can’t help but get excited every time someone reads it. Book 2 is already written (it’s called A Kiss Before Doomsday) AND I’m giving away a Dru Jasper short story, Magic Carpet Ride, for free on my author website at http://www.LaurenceMacNaughton.com. Thanks for reading! 🙂
I loved the first book and I will definitely continue with No.2. I’ll check out your website thanks for the link 😀
I read Station Eleven this year too and thought it was refreshing and unlike any type of post apocalyptic fiction I’d ever read before.
Really unique and very good.
Lynn 😀