New Author Challenge 2018

[C.P.]

If you're wanting to broaden your reading with new authors, track them here. Set a goal of how many new authors you want to read and see how far you get over the year. These don't have to be authors with debut books, just ones you haven't read before.

[C.P.]

My goal is going to be ten new authors.

1. Holly Black
2. Tony DiTerlizzi
3. Sara Barnard
4. Ann Lecki (even though I DNFed the book)
5. Steven Erikson
6. Anthony Ryan
7. Sherwood Smith
8. Jeff Vandermeer
9. Ernest Cline
10. Karen Richardson

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

My goal is going to be 20 new authors:
(view spoiler)[1. Rye Hart -- The Better Brother: A Bad Boy Romance Read 01/01/18
2. Penny Wylder -- Big Man Read 01/01/18
3. Stephie Walls -- Unexpected Arrivals Read 01/01/18
4. Emma Scott -- Forever Right Now Read 01/03/18
5. Hailey Abbott -- Summer Boys Read 01/04/18
6. Jen Lancaster -- Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office Read 01/04/18
7. Kristen Ciccarelli -- The Last Namsara Read 01/04/18
8. Mindy Kaling -- Why Not Me? Read 01/06/18
9. Amy Schumer -- The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Read 01/06/18
10. Marie Harte -- Ruining Mr. Perfect Read 01/06/18
11. Casey L. Bond -- Riches to Rags Read 01/06/18
12. Ransom Riggs -- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Read 01/06/18
13. Lindy West -- How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself Read 01/07/18
14. Lauren Weisberger -- The Devil Wears Prada Read 01/07/18
15. Amelia Wilde -- Undone: A City Rich Novel Read 01/07/18
16. Jennifer Salvato Doktorski -- How My Summer Went Up in Flames Read 01/07/18
17. Susan Beth Pfeffer -- Life As We Knew It Read 01/10/18
18. Amanda Grange -- Mr. Darcy's Diary Read 01/10/18
19. Karenna Colcroft -- Shiny Objects Read 01/11/18
20. E.V. Anderson -- The Many Lives of Lilith Lane Read 01/11/18 (hide spoiler)]COMPLETED ON 01/11/18

New challenge will be 40 new authors for me:
(view spoiler)[21. Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower Read 01/14/18
22. Kristin Hannah -- True Colors Read 01/14/18
23. Meredith McCardle -- The Eighth Guardian Read 01/14/18
24. Susan Ee -- Angelfall Read 01/14/18
25. Lauren Miller -- All Things New Read 01/14/18
26. Martin Millar -- The Good Fairies of New York Read 01/14/18
27. Katie McGarry -- Nowhere But Here Read 01/14/18
28. Robin Benway -- Emmy & Oliver Read 01/14/18
29. Anita Shreve -- Light on Snow Read 01/14/18
30. Vanessa Waltz -- The Cinderella Arrangement Read 01/14/18
31. Jenny Lawson -- Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Read 01/16/18
32. Holly Black -- Tithe Read 01/16/18
33. Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones Read 01/18/18
34. Tracy Chevalier -- New Boy Read 01/18/18
35. Cecelia Ahern -- Love, Rosie
36. Jenn Bennett -- The Anatomical Shape of a Heart Read 01/21/18
37. Chris Bohjalian -- The Guest Room Read 01/21/18
38. Eric Lindstrom -- Not If I See You First Read 01/21/18
39. Cynthia Hand -- The Last Time We Say Goodbye Read 01/21/18
40. Tamara Ireland Stone -- Every Last Word Read 01/21/18 (hide spoiler)]COMPLETED ON 01/21/18

New challenge will be 60 new authors for me:
(view spoiler)[41. Cara Delevingne -- Mirror, Mirror Read 01/22/18
42. J.T. Ellison -- Lie to Me Read 01/22/18
43. Piper Kerman -- Orange is the new black Read 01/22/18
44. Emery Lord -- Open Road Summer Read 01/26/18
45. Jane Green -- Mr. Maybe Read 01/26/18
46. Amanda Howells -- The Summer of Skinny Dipping Read 01/26/18
47. Becca J. Campbell --Vanish Read 01/27/18
48. Robert Bryndza - The Girl in the Ice Read 02/01/18
49. Jim Gaffigan - Dad Is Fat Read 02/01/18
50. Masaji Ishikawa - A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea Read 02/02/18
51. D.S. O'Neill - Angel Eyes Read 02/02/18
52. Anna Banks - The Stranger Read 02/02/18
53. C.L. Taylor - The Accident Read 02/03/18
54. Michael Avallone - The Thousand Coffins Affair Read 02/03/18
55. Kathryn Stockett - The Help
56. Rachel Hawkins - Rebel Belle Read 02/03/18
57. Becky Albertalli - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Read 02/03/18
58. Mindy McGinnis - The Female of the Species 02/03/18
59. Caleb Carr - The Alienist Read 02/03/18
60. Elizabeth LaBan - Not Perfect: A Novel Read 02/04/18 (hide spoiler)]COMPLETED ON 02/04/18

New challenge will be 80 new authors for me:
61. Alaya Dawn Johnson - Love Is the Drug Read 02/04/18
62. Jenna Evans Welch - Love & Gelato Read 02/04/18
63. Colleen Oakes - Queen of Hearts Read 02/04/18
64. Ella Fields - Suddenly Forbidden Read 02/05/18
65. Kimberly Kincaid - Crossing Hearts Read 02/06/18
66. Barbara Longley - What You Do to Me
67. Laura Landon - The Traitor's Club: Ford Read 02/06/18
68. Matthew Quick - The Silver Linings Playbook Read 02/06
69. M.J. Fields - Her First Kiss Read 02/06/18
70. David Sedaris - Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Read 02/07/18
71. Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Read 02/07/18
72. Kerrelyn Sparks - Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon Read 02/08/18
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[Andy, Head of Read-a-thons]

I'm in, I'll start with 15 and see how many I get.

1. Elizabeth May-- The Falconer 1/1/18
2. Kristen Ciccarelli-- The Last Namsara 1/2/18
3. Victoria Schwab-- This Savage Song 1/3/18
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[Laura]

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[Charley Girl]

My goal is going to be ten new authors.

1. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - by Friedrich Nietzsche 1/7/18
2. Looking for Alaska - by John Green 1/7/18
3.The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 1/17/18
4. The Master - by Colm Toibin 1/20/2018
5.The Woman on the Orient Express - by Lindsay Jayne Ashford 1/21/18
6. The Book Thief - by Marcus Zusak - by Marcus Zusak 1/21/18
7.The Wake Up by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1/24/18
8. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 1/28/18
9. Pretty Girls Dancing by Kylie Bryant 1/30/18
10The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman 1/31/18

[Ash]

My goal will be 30 new authors. Wish me luck.

[C.P.]

Good luck! I need to try and update my list.

[Ritika]

Alright, so my goal for this year will be to read 20 new authors. Here's what I've done so far:

1. Sushmita Bose
2. Mark Twain (trying a lot of classics this year. Haha!)
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Shravya Bhinder
5. Meg Cabot
6. Sally Britton
7. Arthur Golden
8. Liz McCraine
9. Rupi Kaur
10. Katherine Frank
11. MT Nair
12. Robin Glassey
13. Deepanjana Pal
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Just realized, I've almost only read new authors this year. Haha!

[C.P.]

My list is not up to date. I should fix that! Glad you've already made it so far.

[Ritika]

Haha, thank you. The two books I'm reading right now are from authors news to me, too. XD

[Ritika]

Just 7 more authors to go, and I think I'm already going to add one more to this list soon enough. Hehe.

[C.P.]

My ten are complete! Just have to see how many more I get this year. With doing so many rereads, probably not as many as last year.

[Christine]

I'm in on this, I will be reading the classics and some young adult so there is no doubt that they will be new authors to me! I'll probably read 17 books through out the rest of the year and they will be new authors.

[C.P.]

Good luck, guys!