{"id":13474,"date":"2026-01-27T01:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13474"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:31:22","slug":"new-to-me-author-discoveries-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13474","title":{"rendered":"new-to-me author discoveries of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a> invites us to share bookish discoveries we made last year. I thought I’d focus on writers. Of the 59 authors I read, 39 were new to me. Here are ten of those whose books I gave four stars to:<\/p>\n

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  1. B.K. Borison, Good Spirits<\/em> (romantasy)<\/li>\n
  2. Abiola Bello, Love in Winter Wonderland<\/em> (YA romance)<\/li>\n
  3. John Scalzi, Starter Villain<\/em> (sci fi adventure)<\/li>\n
  4. Kate McKinnon (yes, that one), The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science<\/em> (kidlit adventure)<\/li>\n
  5. Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time<\/em> (sci fi)<\/li>\n
  6. Emily Henry, Book Lovers<\/em> (romance)<\/li>\n
  7. Alexene Farol Follmuth, Twelfth Knight<\/em> (YA fiction)<\/li>\n
  8. Sylvie Cathrall, Letters to the Luminous Deep<\/em> (romantasy)<\/li>\n
  9. A. Kendra Greene, No Less Strange or Wonderful<\/em> (nature essays)<\/li>\n
  10. Sara Raash, The Nightmare Before Kissmas<\/em> (romantasy)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’ll definitely be checking out more books by these authors in the future.<\/p>\n

    How about you? Did you stumble across any authors last year whose books will hit your tbr list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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