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Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read in 2018

1. Naomi Novik

I started hearing about Uprooted this year or last, and then somebody recommended Spinning Silver to me this year, so I went ahead and read it. And then I found the Temeraire books,which I'm still going through!

2. Rachel Kadish

I picked The Weight of Ink up by accident in the library because I thought it was a different book! Would definitely read another Rachel Kadish book!

3. Ann Patchett

An author I've been meaning to read for years, and in 2018,  I read both her collection of essays This Is The Story of a Happy Marriage, and her novel Commonwealth.

4. Becky Albertalli

I've been hearing about Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda for a while (I guess there's a movie?), but I was really captivated by the cover/description of Leah on the Offbeat, and so when I saw them in the library, I just read both!

5. Jenny Han

To All The Boys I've Loved Before had kind of been on my radar for a while, and then the movie came out in August, so I decided I'd better read it and I totally fell for Lara Jean and had to read them all!

6. Rena Rossner

I saw the cover of Sisters of the Winter Wood in the library and read the description, and fairytales + Jews+ Goblin Market=a book I had to read and I'm glad I did!

7. Nina LaCour

I'd vaguely heard of her, but I found We Are Okay in the library and I fell in love with her beautiful writing. I want to read her other books for sure.

8. Elaine Castillo

I saw America Is Not the Heart around on some debut lists, but I could not have imagined how good it was!

9. Elizabeth Acevedo

I saw The Poet X on a lot of lists, and then I saw Elizabeth Acevedo at the National Book Festival, and I bought it right there!

10. Becky Chambers

Her books always sounded perfect for me, and I finally got around to them in 2018, just in time for the third book to come out! Now I need more!

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curlygeek04 said…
I love Naomi Novik and Commonwealth was a fantastic book. I've been meaning to read Han and Acevedo. Thanks for the recommendations!
January 28, 2019 at 6:59 PM
Space Station Mir said…
@curlygeek You're welcome! I actually liked Patchett's essays even better than Commonwealth, although Commonwealth is more interesting when you know her personal backstory.
January 29, 2019 at 3:37 PM
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