I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for another Top Ten Tuesday.
This week's topic is authors we read for the first time in 2023. As with previous iterations of this topic, I tried to pick authors that have more than one book and weren't new to everyone in 2023!
I finally read A Place to Hang the Moon in 2023 after seeing it recommended for a couple years, and I know she came out with a similar book last year so I may pick that one up now.
I really enjoyed Blatt's combination of statistics and literature in Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve, which I'd wanted to read since it came out in 2017. I don't think I'm interested in his previous memoir about baseball, but I'd be interested in any future data books he writes!
I still have yet to read Clarke's doorstopper classic, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, but after reading the much slimmer Piranesi in 2023 (which wasn't a favorite but was quite good), I'm more interested in bumping her first one up the list.
I was very impressed by Polysecure, which came out in 2020 and which I finally read in 2023. As soon as I heard about Polywise, which came out last year, I put that one on my holds list!
The best part about waiting until 2023 to read Magpie Murders was that I was able to get the sequel, Moonflower Murders, right away!
I loved Snapdragon so much I read it twice in 2023. I haven't read any of Leyh's other work, but I want to now!
I loved how Ophelia After All wasn't predictable or formulaic. Marie just had another book come out in 2023 that I'm interested in and another one coming out this year, so lots more good stuff to explore!
Cultish was on my radar since it came out in 2021, and I'm glad I got to read it in 2023. Writing engaging, conversational nonfiction is challenging, and Montell does it well. The reviews of her previous book are mixed, but her upcoming book, The Age of Magical Overthinking, looks interesting.
Cosmoknights wasn't even on my radar until a friend recommended the first volume to me. Now I'm very interested to see what Templer does next, whether another volume of Cosmoknights or something else entirely!
I hadn't heard of Zentner until In the Wild Light was nominated and selected for one of my book clubs, but it's actually only his third-most rated book on Goodreads (though his highest rated!). I'm glad his work was introduced to me.
Which authors were new to you in 2023?
Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: In the Wild Light, Curse of the Sand Witches, and McDonald's
Five years ago I was reading: The Night Masquerade and The Sympathizer
Ten years ago I was reading: The Marriage Plot and War and Peace
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