2021 New (to me) Author Challenge

I've done this challenge for the past eleven years and discovered some amazing authors along the way (not hard to believe since I've read 651 debut/new-to-me authors in that time). It's fun for me to look back on these lists, especially when I see authors who are now auto-buys for me.


The Challenge: Read 20 or more books this year by authors you’ve never read before.
Dates: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

My list:

1. Author: Christina Britton
Title: Someday My Duke Will Come (Isle of Synne, Book 2)

2. Author: Keira Andrews
Title: In Case of Emergency

3. Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Title: The Ex Talk

4. Author: Samantha Young
Title: Much Ado About You

5. Author: Elizabeth Holmes
Title: HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style

6. Author: Erica Ridley
Title: The Duke Heist (The Wild Wynchesters, Book 1)

7. Author: Elizabeth Everett
Title: A Lady’s Formula for Love (The Secret Scientists of London, Book 1)

8. Author: Nina Bocci
Title: A Vineyard Valentine

9. Author: Kathleen Marple Kalb
Title: A Fatal Finale (Ella Shane Mystery, Book 1)

10. Author: Jim Butcher
Title: Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)

11. Author: Rosie Danan
Title: The Intimacy Experiment (The Roommate, Book 2)

12. Author: Sherra Aguirre
Title: Joyful, Delicious, Vegan: Life Without Heart Disease

13. Author: Alexis Hall
Title: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Winner Bakes All, Book 1)

14. Author: Sam Heughan
Title: Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other

15. Author: Graham McTavish
Title: Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other

16. Author: T.J. Klune
Title: The House in the Cerulean Sea

17. Author: India Holton
Title: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, Book 1)

18. Author: Janna MacGregor
Title: Where There’s a Will (The Widow Rules, Book 0.5)

19. Author: Harper St. George
Title: The Devil and the Heiress (The Gilded Age Heiresses, Book 2)

20. Author: Stuart Reardon
Title: Gym or Chocolate? (Gym or Chocolate, Book 1)

21. Author: Jane Harvey-Berrick
Title: Gym or Chocolate? (Gym or Chocolate, Book 1)

22. Author: Gabby Allan
Title: Much Ado about Nauticaling (Whit and Whiskers Mystery, Book 1)

23. Author: Julie Murphy
Title: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (Meant to Be, Book 1)

24. Author: Laura Miller
Title: Raw. Vegan. Not Gross.: All Vegan and Mostly Raw Recipes for People Who Love to Eat

25. Author: Lucy Parker
Title: Battle Royal (Palace Insiders, Book 1)

26. Author: Amelia Grey
Title: “Christmas at Dewberry Hollow” (in the Kissing Under the Mistletoe anthology)

27. Author: Christi Caldwell
Title: “Wishing Under the Mistletoe” (in the Mistletoe Christmas anthology)

28. Author: Tirzah Price
Title: Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, Book 1)

29. Author: Sonya Lalli
Title: A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli

30. Author: Denise Williams
Title: The Fastest Way to Fall

31. Author: Wendy Warren
Title: Moonlight, Menorahs and Mistletoe (Holliday, Oregon, Book 1)

32. Author: Katie Oliver
Title: Pride, Prejudice, and Peril (A Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery, Book 1)

33. Author: Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Title: The Ballerinas

34. Author: Jodi Payne
Title: A Whole Latke Love

35. Author: Gwenda Bond
Title: Not Your Average Hot Guy (Not Your Average Hot Guy, Book 1)