2016 New Author Challenge

This is my seventh year taking part in the New Author Challenge hosted by Literary Escapism.  As much as I have many favourite authors on my auto buy list I still love to discover new authors.  This is also great to discover both brand new and well known authors that I haven't got around to trying yet.

If you'd like to join me and take part in the challenge you can sign up here.

2010 - I tried 104 new authors
2011 - I tried 115 new authors
2012 - I tried 130 new authors
2013 - I tried 96 new authors
2014 - I tried 51 new authors
2015 - I tried 54 new authors

I will update this post with a list of the new authors I try and include links to my reviews (see links to other participant's reviews here)

1. Wickedly Dangerous - Deborah Blake
2. The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
3. Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton
4. Simon Drew's Inappropriate Address Book - Simon Drew
5. Men & Cats - Marie-Eva Gatuingt & Alice Chaygneaud
6. The Demon King - Cinda Williams Chima
7. Beyond the Red - Ava Jae
8. Red-Headed Stepchild - Jaye Wells
9. How it Works: The Husband - Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris
10. Grey - Christi J. Whitney
11. Owl and the Japanese Circus - Kristi Charish
12. Naked in Death - J.D. Robb
13. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
14. Very British Problems - Rob Temple
15. Truthwitch - Susan Dennard
16. The Square Root of Summer - Harriet Reuter Hapgood
17. Sin City Collectors Boxed Set: Aces Wild, Ante Up & All In - Amanda Carlson
18. Saga Volume 1 - Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples
19. The Shadow Queen - C.J. Redwine
20. Ice Planet Barbarians - Ruby Dixon
21. The Dark Days Club - Alison Goodman
22. Hollywood Dirt - Alessandra Torre
23. The Hostage Bargain - Annika Martin
24. Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge - Paul Krueger
25. The Loneliness of Distant Beings - Kate Ling
26. Revenger - Alastair Reynolds
27. Front Lines - Michael Grant
28. Blood Shadows - Lindsay J Pryor
29. Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison
30. A Quick Bite - Lynsay Sands
31. Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson
32. Porn Star - Zara Cox
33. Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Cordova
34. The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh
35. The Kissing Bough - Madelynne Ellis
36. The Emperor's Arrow - Lauren D.M. Smith
37. Who's Afraid - Maria Lewis
38. Desiring Red - Kristen Miller
39. The 12 Dares of Christmas - Leigh W. Stuart
40. A Promise of Fire - Amanda Bouchet
41. Unexpected Hero - Willow Summers
42. The Circle Gathers - Rowan Casey
43. Night Shift: An Insight into Depression That Words Often Struggle to Reach - Debi Gliori
44. The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
45. The Joy of iPhotography - Jack Hollingsworth