12 New To Me Authors 2025

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11 participants (74 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
The Collector by John Fowles

The Collector

John Fowles

320 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics thriller dark tense medium-paced
The Country of Marriage by Wendell Berry

The Country of Marriage

Wendell Berry

53 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
On Female Body Experience: Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays by Iris Marion Young

On Female Body Experience: Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays

Iris Marion Young

177 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

243 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
Blue Horses: Poems by Mary Oliver

Blue Horses: Poems

Mary Oliver

79 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction nature poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

Delta of Venus

Anaïs Nin

271 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics erotica short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick

Scrappy Little Nobody

Anna Kendrick

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced
Holler, Child: Stories by LaToya Watkins

Holler, Child: Stories

LaToya Watkins

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

118 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

Green Dot

Madeleine Gray

376 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced