Let’s take a look at authors I discovered in 2021!

Earlier this month, Kristin @ Kristin Kraves Books wrote a post I really liked, so I was really happy that she was okay with me writing a similar post! If you’re not following Kristin, definitely go check her out, because she makes some really lovely content – posts and Booktube videos!

The idea is to look back on a few authors who you first read work by in 2021, and then to showcase their titles that you hope to read next. I think I didn’t read as many ton of new-to-me authors this year as I usually do, but I had a few I really enjoyed and can’t wait to read more from! I’m not including any debut authors, just authors who have at least one other book for me to check out.

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I read Someone to Share My Nightmares a couple of months ago and absolutely loved it! This was a collection of horror/romance/erotica crossover stories that were really fun and offered a nice mesh of the genres involved.

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Sonora has a few backlist titles I’m really excited to get to, but Little Paranoias is the one I look forward to the most because I’ve heard so many people rave about it! I also have Seeing Things on my kindle, and once I’ve read both of those, I’ll probably grab a copy of Without Condition, too.

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I started the VRC: Vampire Related Crimes series earlier this year, and the first book (How to Vex a Vampire) was so adorable and hilarious, plus I loved the disability rep (the main character has two prosthetic limbs). I get the feeling this author specializes in humor and lovable characters that are perfect for a comfort read!

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First, I want to continue the VRC series soon with How to Elude a Vampire – I’m missing these characters! I also want to read Dear Cassius, which looks like a standalone, as well as the first books in two other series, Happy Endings and The Hitman’s Guide to Making Friends and Finding Love.

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I read Skin recently after hearing a lot of hype for it, and wow, I loved this paranormal romance short story so much! These characters had me pulled in so fast, and the level of yearning between them, just… wow, all the feels.

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I think this author only has the one main series so far, so I technically only have one more book of theirs on my TBR right now, but that’s just because the other book I would’ve put on this list comes after Feed. I’m planning on reading this soon and I’m really looking forward to it! I think Skin was set in the same world as this series, but I’m not sure because it’s listed under two separate series names on Goodreads.

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I just read The Visitor a week or two ago after wanting to read something by Sergio Gomez for a while, and it was really fun! It’s a Christmas horror novella with aliens, and it definitely made me look forward to more of Sergio’s work.

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I feel like I’ve heard sooo many people talk about Camp Slaughter, and I’m shamelessly obsessed with camp settings in horror, so I want to read this one soon for sure. On the other hand, I haven’t heard much about The Toymaker, but I love stories about possessed or creepy toys.

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I read The Festering Ones recently and had a lot of fun with this cult horror! It had some really cool creatures, and while it wasn’t a perfect read for me, the writing was enjoyable enough that it made me want to read more (especially if S.H. Cooper ever writes a sequel to this book!).

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I pre-ordered Inheriting Her Ghosts, so that’s the one I’ll be getting to first (plus, I heard it’s “cozy horror”, which I love), but I also want to check out All That’s Fair and From Twisted Roots!

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Matt Shaw is known for extreme horror, and he’s one of my mom’s favorite authors, so I finally picked up Sick Bastards by him a little while back and thought it was pretty fun! I have a feeling he has a lot of other books I’ll enjoy even more, too.

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I picked two very different books of Matt’s to try next: How Much to…? is supposed to be one of his more gruesome extreme horror works, while Full Moon, is not extreme at all, I think, and is more of a standard werewolf horror story.

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I picked up Anica’s MG horror collection Hide and Don’t Seek and really loved it. It gave me all of those Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark vibes that I constantly find myself looking for in middle grade horror shorts.

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For whatever reason, Anica Mrose Rissi’s YA books always seem to get really poor ratings overall, because both of these are sitting at about a 3.3 average on Goodreads right now. That said, they both sound interesting to me and I like the writing style in Hide and Don’t Seek, plus I already own both of these, so I’m hoping I’ll be the odd one out and love them! Always Forever Maybe is about an abusive teen relationship, and I think Nobody Knows But You is a murder mystery.

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Who are some of the new authors you discovered this year and enjoyed?

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— destiny ♥

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