Top Ten Tuesday | New-to-me Authors I Read in 2025

Posted January 26, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 37 Comments

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.

Today’s topic is Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025 

I will be focusing on new-to-me authors for today’s topic. There were a lot more than ten new-to-me authors in 2025, but I didn’t like all of them, and some only had the one book written. For my list today, I listed the authors whose books I enjoyed, who have written more than one book, and whose works I intend to read more of. Have you read any of these books/authors?

Top Ten New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2025

  1. David Grann – I really enjoyed Killers of the Flower Moon, and I was stoked to find out that he also wrote The Lost City of Z and The Wager, books I definitely want to read!
  2. Ariel Lawhon – I was surprised by how much I loved The Frozen River and I see that she has several other historical fiction books published as well, many of which look interesting to me.
  3. Dan Simmons – I’d heard a lot about the Hyperion Cantos series, and had no idea when I was reading The Terror that they were written by the same author. I hope to read the Hyperion series soon!
  4. Victor Hugo РLes Mis̩rables was an excruciatingly long read, but I enjoyed it and I still intend to read The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
  5. M.L. Wang – The Sword of Kaigen has been on my tbr for a while, but I ended up reading Blood Over Bright Haven first. I loved it and it’s made me even more curious to read the former!
  6. Fredrik Backman – A Man Called Ove was one of my favorite reads in 2025, and there are so many books by Backman I want to read!
  7. Haruki Murakami – I read What I Talk About When I Talk About Running without realizing who the author was, and I loved it. I’ve never really been curious about Murakami’s books before but I feel like I should read a couple now.
  8. Jenny Lawson – Let’s Pretend This Never Happened was a book club BOTM. I fell in love with her weird humor and really want to read her other books now!
  9. Kate Racculia – Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts was another book that really surprised me by how much I enjoyed it, and I love the sound of her two other books as well. I hope she writes more!
  10. John Scalzi – I’ve heard so much about John Scalzi and his books but only read them because a couple were on Audible Plus. I loved how fun and creative they are and I intend to read many more!

Have you read any of these authors? What did you think of them? Would you read any of their books?

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37 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday | New-to-me Authors I Read in 2025”

  1. Rissi

    I just saw an IG post saying that ‘Notre Dame’ is a great classic. Now seeing it mentioned on your list makes me think I should consider it. 🙂 Glad you had some great 2025 reads.

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    • Haze

      I don’t know if I’d be up to read Notre Dame this year because I’m so burnt out from all the huge classics I read last year, but hopefully sometime in the next few years!

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  4. Brooke Lorren

    I did read Victor Hugo before (both Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame). Both on audiobook, which I think made it easier. I haven’t read any of the others though.

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  13. Dini @ dinipandareads

    Oh nice, I thought I was the last person on earth who hadn’t yet read a Backman book but I read Ove last year too and fell in love with it. Everyone knows what they’re talking about with that one 🤭 I also had M.L. Wang on my list but I read Sword of Kaigen and still have Bright Haven on my TBR. Can’t wait to check it out! I hope you discover more amazing new-to-you authors in 2026 🙂

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