Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's top ten is 2012 author discoveries. As I started this blog this year I've discovered a wealth of fantastic authors, so let's get cracking!
1. John Green - It took the release of The Fault in Our Stars to pick up a John Green novel. What a first book if his to read, though! Throughout the year I've been working my way through his back catalogue with only Looking for Alaska left to read.
2. Maggie Stiefvater - I picked up Shiver on a whim earlier this year and fell in love. I can't wait to check out other series by this author. I wasn't too keen on The Raven Boys but there are still books out there by Stiefvater that I haven't read yet and can't wait to sink my teeth into!
3. Maureen Johnson - Maureen Johnson is one of my all time favourite authors on Twitter because she's hilarious. I adored The Name of the Star when I read it at the start of this year and went on to read 13 Little Blue Envelopes after that. I'll continue to check out more of her books.
4. Claudia Gray - I've only read the first two books in the Evernight series but I never would have discovered this author if I hadn't stumbled across the first book in my local library.
5. Rachel Vincent - I'd been wanting to read the Soul Screamers books for a while but my first Vincent book was from her adult Shifters series. I managed to read My Soul to Take recently though and loved it!
6. Ally Carter - I've heard bits and bobs about the Gallagher Girls series but it took the first book staring me in the face at the library to pick it up. A series I should have started years ago!
7. Patrick Ness - When I read The Knife of Never Letting Go I knew Patrick Ness was a really special author, something which was proved more so when I read A Monster Calls. A great discovery for me.
8. Rick Riordan - So I finally read the first Percy Jackson book this year! The key word being finally. I can't wait to read more of the series.
9. Stephanie Perkins - Again, Anna and the French Kiss was a book I'd been meaning to read for what seemed forever and I fell in love with it when I eventually read it this year.
10. Ally Condie - I adored the first two Matched books and am so excited to read the final one! I really hope she writes more in the future because her writing style is so captivating.
I liked John Green's "An Abundance of Katherines" and I've enjoyed both of Stephanie Perkins' books.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my Top Ten at Jorie's Reads:
http://joriesreads.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/jories-top-ten-favorite-new-to-her-authors-of-2012/
I think An Abundance of Katherines is my second favourite of his :) thanks so much for your comment!
DeleteAwesome list! :)
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Brandy
Thank you - yours too! :D
DeleteGreat list! Patrick Ness is amazing. Maggie Stiefvater is really polarizing with readers but I love her writing style.
ReplyDeleteI hope I like the rest of her books :) I just loved the writing style in the Wolves of Mercy Falls series but The Raven Boys didn't grab me at all. Thanks so much for your comment :D
DeleteGreat list, Rick Riordan is one of my favorite writers ever and I love Maggie Stiefvater and Ally Carter as well. Stephanie Perkins also made my list.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read more of Rick Riordan's books :) thanks so much for your comment! :D
DeleteCheck! I agree with almost everyone on your list! John Green and Maggie Stiefvater? While they aren't in my Top Ten they are certainly close! John Green is such a genius when it comes to paying attention to the little details and Stiefvater's writing style is sooo poetic! I was a huge fan of Anna and the French Kiss and I adore the Matched trilogy. The only ones I can't really agree with are Rick Riordan and Claudia Grey. I was very disappointed with the first Percy Jackson book...but I think that's just me not getting it because everyone else loves it :) Okay, enough for now...I'm talking too much!
ReplyDeleteSorry you were disappointed with Percy Jackson - I think that happens a lot when a book is hyped for so long! I was almost nervous before reading it and I know I've found a few other series to be disappointing just because everyone else seems to love them. Thanks so much for your comment, and you can never talk too much! ;)
DeleteNew follower :) I love most of the authors on your list. I have to admit that I used to be completely obsessed with the Gallagher Girls. It was one of my first YA books that I read. Im glad you enjoyed them. If only it was top twenty Tuesday and I could've added in Stephanie Perkins... My TTT
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! :D I don't know how I managed to miss out on the Gallagher Girls books. I bet I would have loved them when I was younger :) I really liked the first one and can't wait to read the second. Thanks so much for your comment :D
DeleteMaggie Stiefvater, Ally Condie, and Stephanie Perkins are some of my favorite authors from this year as well. I still have to finish all of their series though!
ReplyDeleteKrystianna @ Downright Dystopian
I need to finish the Matched trilogy soon, hoping the book turns up either at the library or under the Christmas tree! Thanks so much for stopping by :D
DeleteNice list John Green and Maggie Stiefvater are both great authors.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my Top Ten if you want!
Thank you! :D
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