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

This week’s topic is: Authors You Wish Were Still Writing Today (These could be authors who have passed away or retired/are taking a long hiatus from writing. You could also spin this and share authors who have switched to a genre you’re not interested in.) (submitted by Rebecca @ Top100Books)
Although I’m still talking about authors in today’s post, I’m going slightly rogue and sharing ten authors I can’t wait to read for the first time!






S.A. Cosby
Yaa Gyasi
Megha Majumdar
Anne McCaffrey
S.A. Barnes





Sadeqa Johnson
Angeline Boulley
Lily King
Grady Hendrix
Saara El-Arifi

Have you read any of these authors or are they also new to you?

I’ve seen lots of love for S.A. Barnes!
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I haven’t read any of them yet, but I hope you love their stuff.
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Saara El-Arifi is one of my favourite authors and I truly hope you enjoy her writing whenever you get around to picking something up by her 🤞 we’ll have to dive into Dragonflight soon as it sounds like such an incredible series and I know you brought the entire set 😂 S. A. Barnes, Angeline Boulley and Grady Hendrix are also ones I especially want to try although with the latter I’m unsurprisingly planning to pick up their vampire title first. I hope you enjoy all of these and cant wait to hear what you think of their books.
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Great topic! I like to think there are lots of authors I would be still excited to try, but I also like to stay with the ones who consistently charm or make me laugh with their books. 🙂
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Yaa Gyasi and Lily Kin. Both so good.
My TTT list: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/ttt-humorists-i-wish-were-still-writing.html
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Faebound has been on my list for sooo long. It’s one I’m hoping to get to this year. I hope you’re able to read some of these authors, if not all, this year!
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The Fire Keeper’s Daughter was such a good read! I hope you love it!
Here’s my TTT: https://readintowonderland.blogspot.com/2026/05/t10t-my-latest-5-star-reads.html
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From this list, I’ve read and enjoyed both books I’ve read by Sadeqa Johnson and Angeline Bouley. I hope you enjoy them as well when you get the chance.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/my-most-read-authors-of-all-time/
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I had the same topic idea, but I saw this will be a topic in the near future so I went completely rogue haha.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2026/05/05/top-ten-tuesday-from-dusk-till-dawn/
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I love Angeline Boulley! I hope you do as well!
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