Challenge Corner discussion

If you're wanting to broaden your reading with new authors, track them here. Set a goal of how many new authors you want to read and see how far you get over the year. These don't have to be authors with debut books, just ones you haven't read before.

I'm expecting a bunch of new authors this year as I've recently joined NetGalley and am using it to expand my horizons.

New Authors 2025:

January: Helen Phifer

February: Charissa Weaks

March: R. F. Kuang

April: Travis Baldree

May: Jaysea Lynn

June: Julie Leong

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

Books Read:

New Authors 2025:

January:
Vawn Cassidy

February:
K.N. Banet

March:
Lindsay Buroker

April:
Ryoko Kui

May:
Robert Kirkman

June:
Vanessa Nelson

July:
None

August:
None

September:

October:

November:

December:

Books Read:

New Author Challenge 2025
Goal: 50
Completed: 35/50

1. Grace Reilly, Breakaway, 1/6
2. Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop, 1/25
3. Michelle Hercules, These Pucking Boys: Part One, 1/30
4. Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray, 1/31
5. Soman Chainani, The Princess Game, 1/31
6. Ken Liu, The Cleaners, 1/31
7. Callie Hart, Quicksilver, 2/3
8. Alan Sepinwall, Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History, 2/7
9. Clare Sager, Slaying the Shifter Prince, 2/10
10. Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades, 2/28
11. Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King, 3/15
12. Elsie Winters, Leviathan's Song, 3/16
13. Juliette Cross, The Wraith King, 4/12
14. Aly Hollis, Raven Rebel, 4/19
15. Sally Green, The Smoke Thieves, 4/25
16. Dahlia Rose, Alastair : Bacchus Hill Boys 1, 4/30
17. Dylan Allen, The Mastermind, 4/30
18. Jenny Hickman, A Cursed Kiss, 5/14
19. Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful, 5/17
20. Clio Evans, Not So Kind Regards, 6/1
21. Kaylie Smith, Phantasma, 6/4
22. Elsie Silver, Flawless, 6/10
23. Navessa Allen, Lights Out, 6/19
24. Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life, 7/4
25. E Lockheart, We Were Liars, 7/5
26. April Asher, Not Your Crush's Cauldron, 7/8
27. Sarah Blue, Mile High Heat, 7/9
28. Alwyn Hamilton, Rebel of the Sands, 7/19
29. Stephanie Williams, The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel, 8/2
30. Katy Rose Pool, There Will Come a Darkness, 8/8
31. Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War, 8/10
32. Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War, 8/10
33. Aurora Palit, Honey and Heat, 8/18
34. Kayla Ruhland, The Unofficial Twilight Saga Cookbook: Flavors from Forks, 8/31
35. Jeremy Renner, My Next Breath, 9/4

New (to-me) Authors 2025:
Aim for 3+ per month!

January:
Jenna Levine, My Roomate is a Vampire
Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch
Nick Bradley, The Cat and the City
Holly Brickley, Deep Cuts

February:
Gillie Bolton, The Writer's Key
Lemn Sissay, My Name is Why
Holly Race, Six Wild Crowns
Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

March:
Abercrombie Joe, Half a King
Elan Mastai, All Our Wrongs Today
Megan Chance, Glamorous Notions
Cesca Major, Maybe Next Time
Abby Jimenez, The Fall Risk
Melissa Payne, In the Beautiful Dark
Ann Lamott, Bird by Bird
Hanna Thomas Uose, Who Wants to Live Forever
Liann Zhang, Julie Chan is Dead
Mona Awad, Bunny

April:
Frieda McFadden, The Housemaid
Dawn Kurtagich, The Thorns
Amity Gaige, Heartwood
Victoria Hughes, Ladies Mile
Lewis Hancox, Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure
Philip Ellis, We Could Be Heroes
Charlotte Paradise, Overspill
Keren Landsman, The Heart of the Circle
D B Stephens, The Serial Killers Support Group
Julie Soto, The Thrashers

May:
Elizabeth von Arnim, This Enchanted April
Struan Murray, Dragonborn
Emma Cowing, The Show Woman
Michael Christie, Greenwood
Kerry Downes, That Time Everything Was on Fire
Phillip Fracassi, The Third Rule of Time Travel
Jo Brown, Secrets of a Devon Wood
Sara Raasch, These Rebel Waves
Glennon Doyle, Untamed

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December: