12 New To Me Authors 2025

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10 participants (123 books)

01 Nov 2024—31 Dec 2025

Overview

12 months to read 12 books by 12 new TO ME Authors.  For clarification: they are authors that you have never read before.  They don't need to be a new author or debut books. 
Books should be read in 2025, but you can start making your list now.

Challenge Books

All books added
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove #3

Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry

960 pages • 1985 • 56 editions

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • 2023 • 44 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook

If We're Being Honest

Cat Shook

304 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

372 pages • 2020 • 118 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

403 pages • 2019 • 37 editions

fiction historical literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard by Kate Robards

The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard

Kate Robards

320 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh

The Fortunes of Jaded Women

Carolyn Huynh

255 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

fiction literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Flavia de Luce #1

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Alan Bradley

374 pages • 2009 • 69 editions

fiction historical mystery young adult lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

430 pages • 2020 • 83 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Dominicana by Angie Cruz

Dominicana

Angie Cruz

336 pages • 2019 • 18 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced