Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is:
Favorite New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2020
1. Sarah Adams
I really loved rom coms The Match and The Enemy.
2. Lauren Rowe
I started off with Smitten and somehow found myself reading every related book and series.
3. Erin Hahn
I loved my ARC of More Than Maybe so much I had to go immediately read You’d Be Mine.
4. Karla Sorensen
I started out with book 3 of the Washington Wolves series and have now read all the books she has written.
5. Kate Clayborn
Love Lettering was so good that I can’t wait to get to more of her books.
6. Danielle Allen
Work Song was such a great read. I’m looking forward to reading more.
7. Olivia Dade
I read an ARC of Spoiler Alert and fell in love with her writing and imperfect characters.
8. Claudia Connor
I quickly binged The McKinney Brothers. Such great, emotional reads.
10. Rebecca Jenshak
I couldn’t get enough of Jenshak’s Smart Jocks series. She’s already an auto-buy author for me.
11. Kristin Callihan
The Game On series is another binge read I went on. It was so good that I read all of her backlist contemporary romances.
12. Simone St. James
I found a new author for when I want a mystery/thriller! I loved The Sun Down Motel.
13. Brighton Walsh
The Havenbrook series was so fun to read. I am still trying to work through her backlist of books.
14. Scarlett Cole
I’m not always a fan of rockstar romances, but Scarlett Cole’s Preload series managed to be both heartbreaking and swoon worthy.
15. Alix E. Harrow
I ended the year listening to The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I was mesmerized by it.
Wow, you found a lot of great new authors last year!
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Yes, I did! I was surprised by how many new authors I read.
I’ve been hearing good things about Sarah Adams, but haven’t given any of her books a chance yet. Perhaps I’ll remedy that… someday. Glad you found some great authors in 2002!! 🙂
They’re so cute and fun! Thank you!
I see you couldn’t whittle it down. 😁 Kate Claybourne and Simone St. James are the only ones I have read but I do have Claudia Connor coming up. Nice list Deanna.
I couldn’t! I found too many!
😂😂
I am shocked that Kristin Callihan was new to you in 2020. You read so much romance, I am surprised you hadn’t already read her books. I like her contemporaries a lot. Hanh, Clayborn, and Dade are also authors I have read, but they weren’t new to me in 2020. Glad you found success with so many new authors.
I know, right?
I’ve not read any of these, but I’ll have to check the romances out – always looking for more of those! Happy TTT 🙂
Thanks! I hope you find one to love.
Thank you! ☺️
Sounds like you found some really great new authors last year. 🙂
I did!
I loved The Sun Down Motel too, but I read it at the end of 2019! And yay for Spoiler Alert! Such a good book.
Glad we both enjoyed them!
I’m glad you found so many new authors in 2020.
Me, too! I hope 2021 is just as good.
Alix E Harrow was one of mine too but I think I forgot her on my list!!!
I forgot some authors today, too. It happens. 😉
I found another after, Aiden Thomas!
These are a great mix of authors, I haven’t read too many of these, but I have enjoyed Kristen Callihan and I have heard some good things about Olivia Dade.
Both are excellent!
The Sun Down Motel was awesome – I can’t wait to read more from her!
Lauren @ Always Me
Me, too!
I’ve heard good things about Sun Down Motel!
It was so good!
Great list! I haven’t read anything by these authors yet, but Simone St. James is one whose work I’ve been curious about.
I would recommend her for sure!
Most of these are unfamiliar to me, but Kate Clayborn’s Love Lettering was charming, and I have books by both Kristin Callihan and Olivia Dade on my Kindle to read at some point.
Read them sooner than later. You won’t regret it!
I love Sarah Adams and Simone St. James!! 😀
YAY! I am so happy!
I really want to read Spoiler Alert. The cover alone brings me joy.
The book will, too! 😉
Woo hoo!! I love Lauren Rowe and Kristin Callihan and I’m so glad you now love them too!! 🙂 🙂
They are so awesome! It made me happy seeing your review for Rowe’s series.
I love Erin Hahn. I can’t wait for more from her, and I know there are couple coming soonish.
I can’t wait!
You read so many! It’s always nice discovering new authors. I’m planning to read a lot more romance novels this year, so I’ve got plenty more to discover – as your list clearly tells me!
I really tried to branch out this year. 🙂
Karla Sorensen was one of my favorite new-to-me 2020 authors, too – thanks to your recommendation!
YES! I love hearing that! I’m glad I helped you find her.
I loved Spoiler Alert — the author was new to me too! Alix E. Harrow is such a wonderful writer. Such a great list!
Thank you!
Oh I want to read that Simone St James book!!!
You need to!
I’ve never read an Erin Hahn book, but I’m loving the sound of You’d Be Mine. Definitely adding that one to my TBR pile.
Yes! Read it! It was really good. So was her second book, More Than Maybe.
Simone St. James was new for me in 2020 as well and I loved her. Can’t wait to read more from her this year. 🙂
Yes, same. Such a great writer!
I enjoy St. James’ books as well! Creepy and exciting – what’s not to love?
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I know, right? They are so good!
Oooh, looks like a lot of new authors! I am not familiar with any of these, haha, but I will definitely keep my eye out for them. 🙂
Thanks! I hope if you try one, you love them.
I have not read any of these authors’ works, but I will have to check them out! Great TTT 😊 Happy reading! I hope you have a wonderful week.
Thanks! You, too!
I need to get the Simone St. James book. I have heard so many good things. Glad you have found new authors whose work you enjoy, Deanna.
I bet you will love it!
You have so many great authors on this list!! I read half of them, and have many more authors to check out 😀
~ Corina | thebrowneyedbookworm.com
Thank you! I hope that if you do check them out, you enjoy them as much as I do.
Glad you found some new authors to enjoy. Spoiler Alert is one I think I might have to add to my TBR list, it sounds great.
Yes, do! It’s so much fun, especially if you like fan fiction.
Kate Clayborn made it onto my TTT list too but Olivia Dade was new-to-me as well and I really enjoyed the book I read. It was such a refreshingly sweet and mature romance 😍
YAY!!!
I’ve only read two of those authors. I need recommendations like these to help me brach out. 🙂
Yay! I hope you try and like a few. 🙂
I see so many of my favorites including Kate Clayborn, Danielle Allen, Olivia Dade, Kristen Callihan and Brighton Walsh! You have excellent tastes! 😉
Thank you! You do as well…since you clue me in to so many new authors!
Ooooooh I see some great authors here! I am really hoping to read some of their works this year!
I hope you do!
Haha, same as you, I couldn’t stop at 10. LOL
Thanks for visiting my TTT earlier.
I’ll admit, I’ve not heard of a lot of these authors, but at least now I can add them to my list. I’ve heard good thinks about Alix E. Harrow’s book.
So many authors on your list that I want to read too. I’ve read a couple of Lauren Rowe’s books and I really enjoyed it too. 🙂
I’ve heard almost all of the authors in this list, but haven’t read any 🙈 But I am glad you found do baby new-to-me authors!! 🥺💖💕
I love seeing everyone’s lists especially when there are authors I’ve never heard of on them. Not like I had a small GR want-to-read shelf anyways, so a couple more books won’t hurt 😉 Thanks for stopping by my TTT to comment.
I just received my arc of Love at First by Kate Clayborn! It’ll be my first book by her, but I definitely want to go back to Love Lettering at some point. <3
You’re going to love it! At least I hope you will!
Olivia Dade was on my list, too. Spoiler Alert was a lot of fun and I’m sure I’ll read more from her. Kate Clayborn is so high on my list to try!
Just try her books! You won’t be disappointed.
Great list! I hope to read more of Sarah Adams in 2021.
I hope we both do!
Did you see her Instagram? She has a another book coming out!
No! She does??? YES!
I just followed her and added it to my TBR.
Yay! She has the cutest covers!
Simone St. James made my list the first year I read her too (with The Broken Girls). I’m especially delighted to see Erin Hahn on your list — The romance in You’d Be Mine uses some of my least favorite tropes so that kept me from putting her on this year’s list, but I thought her writing was fabulous and it would have been perfect if I liked the reformed-bad-boy/enemies-to-lovers thing, while her next two books’ summaries both sound super appealing. And I have simply not seen her name mentioned enough this week.
–RS
Well, I also loved her second book, so you should read it, too! I couldn’t decide which to use on this list.
SO many great authors on your list! I still need to read The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I have been seeing it everywhere! 🙂
It’s really good on audio, if you like audio books.
Out of the authors on this list I’ve only read a book by Alix E. Harrow. I’ll have to check out the others!
I hope you find one or two to try.
I’ve been wanting to read The Sun Down Motel and The Ten Thousand Doors of January! Cool to see those authors made your favorite new-to-me list.
You need to read them! I think you would enjoy both.