2025 New (to me) Author Challenge

I've done this challenge for the past fourteen years and discovered some amazing authors along the way (not hard to believe since I've read 699 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 10 or more books this year by authors you’ve never read before.
Dates: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

My list:

1. Author: Lia Riley
Title: Puck and Prejudice

2. Author: Nancy Atherton
Title: Aunt Dimity’s Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery, Book 1)

3. Author: Mel Robbins
Title: The Let Them Theory

4. Author: Rebecca Yarros
Title: Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, Book 1)

5. Author: Jillian Meadows
Title: Give Me Butterflies (Oaks Sisters, Book 1)

6. Author: Ali Brady
Title: Battle of the Bookstores

7. Author: Cynthia Timoti
Title: Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice

8. Author: Brian Kesinger
Title: Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod (Domesticated Cephalopods)

9. Author: Leila Bryce Sin
Title: Rapunzel

10. Author: Amy Odell
Title: Gwyneth: The Biography

11. Author: Mallory Marlowe
Title: Love and Other Conspiracies

12. Author: Madeline Bell
Title: The Austen Affair

13. Author: Karina Halle
Title: Hollow (A Gothic Shade of Romance, Book 1)

14. Author: Brendan Leonard
Title: I Hate Running and You Can Too: How to Get Started, Keep Going, and Make Sense of an Irrational Passion

15. Author: Paris Hilton
Title: Paris: The Memoir (Extended Edition)

16. Author: Kat Baxter
Title: Zane (The Bad Boys of Saddle Creek, Book 1)

17. Author: Sydney Smyth
Title: Bridesmates