Day 5 of blogmas – it is that time of the week for another Top Ten Tuesday. It is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010. This week I am sharing my top ten favourite new to me authors of this year. I am also going to share what I have read by each author and linked to any reviews I’ve written for the books. Lets get onto the new authors.
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Kij Johnson – Fudoki, At the Mouth of the River of Bees, The Fox Woman and The Dream Quest of Vellitt Boe.
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John Flanagan – The Ranger’s Apprentice series (first 6 books)
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Ken Liu – The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms
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Anthony Ryan – The Waking Fire
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Lian Hearn – Emperor of the Eight Islands
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Adrian Tchaikovsky – Children of Time and The Tiger and The Wolf
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon – In the Shadow of the Wind
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Leo Tolstoy – War and Peace
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Sebastien de Castell – The Traitors Blade
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Paul B. Kohler – The Hunted Assassin
Oh I have the Waking Fire on my TBR!! I’m so excited for it and eeep, I’m really glad it made your list because this makes me even more keen to devour it. xD
Here’s my TTT!
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Ooh exciting! 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!
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Great list! I’m currently in the middle of listening to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina so maybe one day I’ll give War and Peace a go.
My TTT
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Oh I hope to get to Anna Karenina soon! I hope you are enjoying it! 😄
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Wow…what a list. I have a ton of classics on my TBR list. They never seem to be my priority though. Hope you have a great week!
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Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know
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Yeah I feel the same sometimes – they do get pushed to the side a bit 🙂 Thanks I hope you are having a great week too!
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon is an author I discovered a few years back now, but definitely one I’d like to read more work by. Thanks for sharing!
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Yeah me too! I’ve only read the one book but I definitely want to read more! 🙂
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I don’t think I have read books by any of these authors, yet! I would love to conquer War & Peace someday though! Congrats on the accomplishment!
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Good luck 🙂 It is definitely worth the effort! Thanks
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