I’m linking up with Top Ten Tuesday, which was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out upcoming Top Ten themes on Jana’s blog.
I loved discovering new authors, and last year I found some good ones. These are not debut authors, but authors who have written and published at least two books. I’ve listed them in alphabetically order by author’s last name, and I’m linking up my reviews if you’re interested. Here we go!
Virginia Feito was a new to me author last year too and I’ll definitely be trying more by her in the future. I cant believe I still haven’t tried anything by Klune though. Its wonderful that you discovered lots of new authors last year. It’ll be interesting to see what other new ones 2026 leads you to.
I was surprised this was my first Klune book too, everyone always raves about their books:-)
I got Witches of Dubious Origin for Christmas! I thiiink I put it on my list because of your review. I’m looking forward to it!
Rose/House was great, I’m glad I was finally able to read it last year.
Ooh, I hope you enjoy Witches of Dubious Origin!
Will 2026 be my Klune discovery year??
My post: https://wordsandpeace.com/2026/01/27/top-ten-2025-bookish-discoveries/
Maybe!
You’ve got a lot of good books to catch up with Jim C. Hines and TJ Klune!
I have quite a few books on my TBR for both authors, so I do have lots of catching up to do!
I need to read Witches of Dubious Origin!
It was a lot of fun!
I love when I discover new favorite authors and TJ Klune is amazing!
Yes, he is! I must catch up with some of his older books.
I’d like to read Slayers of Old, and I know I should give Arkady Martine a try. It surprises me that TJ Klune was a new-to-you author!! Now you have so many more of his books to look forward to 🙂
He’s just one of those authors I never got around to reading. I definitely want to check out the wolf books at some point:-)
I’m hoping to have Rozakis on my list next year because that book is on my TBR and I can’t wait to check it out. It looks so fun Klune isn’t a new author for me but I am also keen to pick up his latest—it’s been years since I read anything by him! I hope you discover more awesome new-to-you authors in 2026 🙂
Thanks Dini! I am excited to read more of Klune’s work.
I’ve heard good things about T.J. Klune.
Based on this one book, I’m very excited to try more of his work.
I really enjoyed The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association and Slayers of Old! Witches of Dubious Origins sounds like something I’d enjoy.
Grimoire Grammar School has a sequel coming out this year, I’m so curious!
I haven’t read any of these but a lot of them are on my TBR because of you!
It’s a fun bunch of books, if you get to any!
The only one I have read is Extremity but I recognize the others from your blog. 🙂
Nicholas Binge has a horror novel coming out this year which I can’t wait to read (although I know you won’t be reading it!)
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association looks so good! I hope you find many more amazing authors this year .
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-discoveries-i-made-in-2025/
Thanks Marwah!
That TJ Klune book is somewhere deep down on my TBR pile, which is getting slightly out of control.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2026/01/27/top-ten-tuesday-2025-releases-i-did-read-in-2025/
My TBR is always out of control, lol.
Great list. I’ve actually read 5 of these and loved them all. I still see people reviewing Victorian Psycho and remember how much I loved that one. I also have 2 of these ready to pick up from my local library when I can dig myself out from this snow and ice – the Klune one and An Evil Premise. Wonderful choice of topic. And make sure you don’t miss Feed Your TBR tomorrow – there is a Klune book there I am sure you will want to add to your list!
I hope you get to read An Evil Premise, I was pleasantly surprised!
I like Jenn McKinlay. And I thought that Rozakis book was fun. There are several authors on this list that I hope to try this year. 😀
She has written so many books!
I remember a couple of the reviews for these, so definitely some good ones. I always do this as one of my end of the year top 10 posts, it’s fun to look back and see!
It is fun, and I’m already looking ahead to see what new authors I will read this year:-)
2025 was the first year I read TJ Klune too, I’m a fan now,
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
I can’t wait to read more of his books:-)
Virginia Feito made both our lists. I loved Victorian Psycho and can’t wait to pick up more by her.
Lynn 😀
I keep stalking Goodreads to see if she has a new book yet:-)
Witches of Dubious Origins look really good! I’ve read Klune and loved him, but I haven’t read any more books by him yet. I should catch up since he’s written so many more books now.
Klune has so many backlist books I want to get to!
Ooh, great list! I want to try Witches of Dubious Origins and Slayers of Old, too. (Though I’ve at least read other books by Jim C. Hines, so he won’t be a new-to-me author. And if you liked his work, you might like Kitemaster, too. I read that one last year and loved it.)
I will definitely check out Kitemaster!
I am really curious about Breath In, Bleed Out. The cover for that one is so nostalgic.
It surprised me! I will definitely read more of his books.
J. C. Hines was one of the authors I discovered last year and I hope to read more of him soon!! And I loved, or at least highly enjoyed, every Kline’s book I read so far, so I am glad to see him here too!
I gotta read TJ Klune! One of those authors with a lot of books out there and I still haven’t had a chance to check out yet!
I also came across Caitlin Rozakis for the first time last year and she is one of my favourite discoveries. And J.C. Hines is another who’s writing I now love. I’m looking forward to seeing who I discover this year:)).
Good question, I have no idea how many new to me authors I read last year. But I do know I’ve yet to try any of them you listed here, so I’ve got some work to do. 🙂
Slayers of Old is also the first book I read by that author and while it didn’t become a new favorite I am still really interested in seeing his other ideas.
Wow I haven’t read any of these authors! Looks like fun though. My list is here https://theparteveryoneskips.com/posts/20260201-ttt-new-authors-in-2025/