We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023.
I was actually really looking forward to this topic because there were a lot of new-to-me authors that I read in 2023 and it was nice to look back and see exactly which ones they were! I should note that I purposely didn’t include debut authors on this list because, of course, they’d be new to everyone! I’m hoping in 2024 I’ll read more new-to-me BIPOC authors because I want to diversify my reads more.






Diana Quincy
Sangu Mandanna
Sarah MacLean
F.T. Lukens
Cathy Yardley






T. Kingfisher
Dria Andersen
N.G. Peltier
Mazey Eddings
Olivia Atwater

Have you read any of these authors? Were they also new to you last year? Who were some of your favourite new-to-me authors from 2023?

I haven’t read any of these, but I’m planning on reading my first Sangu Mandanna book this year!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/01/30/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-discovered-in-2023/
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I hope you love it!
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I usually find T. Kingfisher and F.T. Lukens fairly safe bets 🙂
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Yeah, I think they are too 🙂 Well, as long as Kingfisher’s books don’t get too spooky/creepy/horror filled for me, lol
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Role Playing looks like an interesting book.
Here is my <a href=”https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-discovered-in-2023/“>Top Ten Tuesday</a> post.
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It was so very good 🙂 I loved it and can’t wait to read more by this author!
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I honestly can’t remember who was new-to-me so this topic is perfect. 😂 Glad you found some great new authors!
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Haha, I stopped by your blog and saw that you found some great ones though! 😍
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What a gorgeous group of covers!! I loved Bombshell! So good. And I’ll be picking up my first F.T. Lukens soon!
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I need to finish this MacLean series! I don’t know why I stopped (darn mood reading) 😂 I hope you enjoy Lukens!
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The secret society of irregular witches sounds fun! May have a look come October.
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It’s a great one! I hope you enjoy it if you check it out 🙂
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You make a good point about excluding debut authors… I didn’t consider that in mine lol. I didn’t realize Cathy Yardley has so many other books!! I read Role Playing as well and enjoyed it, good reminder to check out her others. OMG — also just realized I’ve actually read another book by her without having even realized?? xD
Here’s my post for this week!
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I don’t know if Yardley has a very extensive backlist but I do know at least three of her other romances that I’ve had on my radar for… A while 😂 What book of hers did you already read? Was it the Gouda one? LOL (I don’t know but this feels dejavu-y)
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She has like at least 20 novels and a lot of graphic novels or comics that I think she compiled with other authors. I read love comment subscribe and was actually really into it! The Gouda one is intriguing by that description though lol
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Wowowow, graphic novels!? I need to find out more about this! 😍 I’ve had Love Comment Subscribe on my TBR for way too long, don’t know why I keep waffling on picking it up. I also can’t wait to read the Gouda one cos it’s puntastic, lol.
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Love Olivia Atwater! So excited for her new books 🙂 I have Cathy Yardley in my tbr, that book looks cute
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I’m excited to read more from Atwater this year! I’ve got Half-A-Soul on my TBR and I have a good feeling about it 🙂 I hope you enjoy Yardley’s book! It’s very cute and heartwarming!
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I love seeing Eddings and Mandanna on your list! You read some great new authors this year.
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It was a pretty great year for discovering new authors that I can’t wait to read more from 🙂
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I also discovered T. Kingfisher last year! She’s great. Here is my post https://paigesofnovels.com/2024/01/30/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-loved-in-2023/
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I can’t wait to read more by Kingfisher this year!
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So many lovely and talented authors to discover!
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Indeed, I think so! 😃
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I love Sangu Mandanna and F.T. Lukens! And hope to try Sarah MacLean soon 🙂
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I hope you love MacLean! 😍
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I’ve not read any of these authors but I’ve heard wonderful things about Sarah MacLean!
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I love MacLean’s writing! It almost feels like having a chat with a friend about some scandalous historical happenings and sexy swoony romance! 😍
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I discovered T. Kingfisher last year too
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I can’t wait to read more books by Kingfisher! 😃
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I love T. Kingfisher! I’m so happy you discovered her last year! I’ve also got The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches on my TBR. Hopefully I’ll get to it this year.
Haze @ The Book Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
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I hope you love Irregular Witches! It’s such a cosy feel-good comfort read 😍
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Awesome list!! I haven’t read any of these but I have a T. Kingfisher on my shelf!! I hope you find many more amazing authors this year too!! 🙂
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Yes! I hope you love Kingfisher! 😍
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Ooh I read T. Kingfisher for the first time last year and enjoyed that one. Definitely will have to read more in 2024. I also love Sangu Mandanna (new to me in 2022!). Can’t wait for the next book.
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I’m so excited for Mandanna’s next book too! And I’m looking forward to reading more Kingfisher 🙂 Lots of backlist to choose from!
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Sangu Mandanna! I feel like a lot of us became personal cheerleaders for her after Irregular Witches.
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Omg yes and it’s cheer that’s so well deserved! That book is some real comfort goodness! 💜 I can’t wait for the next book!
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Witches and Lizzie were so good for me! I adored them both and cannot wait to read the Witches follow up
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Me too! I’m so excited for it and it looks and sounds so cute as well! 😍 I hope we both love it!
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You’ve got to read many more Mazey Eddings’ books! Lizzie Blake holds a special place in my heart but the other books I’ve read by her I enjoyed too.
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I know, I really do! I was planning to immediately pick up A Brush With Love after reading Lizzie Blake but my mood had other plans. 😂 I hope to read more by her this year though!
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I still have to read a T. Kingfisher book – great list!
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I was worried Kingfisher’s books would be too scary for me but I ended up loving the ones I read! 😍 I hope you do too!
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Thanks!
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Glad you found some new authors to love in 2023. I hope you find just as many in 2024.
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Thank you! 😊
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Sangu Mandanna is on my list of authors to try this year! I think that The Seventh Bride might have been my first T. Kingfisher novel, too, though it was several years ago now. I hope you enjoy finding more of her work! Thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier, and happy reading!
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I hope you enjoy Mandanna’s books! Her cosy witchy romance is so wonderful 💜 I hope to read more Kingfisher this year cos I really enjoy her wwriting! Happy reading to you as well 🙂
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Thank you! I’m really looking forward to it — cosy witchy romance sounds perfect.
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Last year was an especially good year for finding new authors for me, too.
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I hope this year will be just as great!
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I’ve only heard of one of these authors. I’m glad you discovered some great new-to-you authors in 2023!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Thank you! I hope you discover some great new authors in 2024! 😍
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Wait . . . you hadn’t ready F.T. Lukens before?! Ma’am, you need to go back and read all their books! They’re soooo stinking cute. Same thing for T. Kingfisher . . . minus the cute thing, for the most part. xD
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I HADN’T! I don’t know why I kept putting off reading them for so long but I loved the two books I read by them last year and I can’t wait to read more. Also, I want to read more more more Kingfisher but also, being a bit pickier with that cos we know I’m a total scaredy… 😂
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Kingfisher doesn’t write a ton of horror! Just a few titles. Most of their titles are actually fantasy, which I think you’d really enjoy. 🙂 Swordheart is romantasy, and A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking is a really adorable middle grade!
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Cathy Yardley, Sangu Mandanna and F.T. Lukens were also some of my fave new to me authors of 2023 💖 I’m so excited to read more books by them!
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I really need to give F.T. Lukens’ work a shot! I own several of the books, it’s just deciding where to start, heh. Good list!
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I absolutely LOVED Olivia Atwater’s HALF A SOUL. I’m hoping to read the rest of that series this year at some point!
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Role Playing is on my kindle, so I’m happy to see it on your list. Happy reading, Dini!
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I have only read two of these authors, Dini: Sangu Mandanna and Mazey Eddings. I liked them both.
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