Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers create their own lists based on the chosen topics and post links to our lists. It’s a way of all sharing our thoughts and our love of books. And who doesn’t love lists??
So this week’s challenge was to list authors that I think deserve more recognition. That doesn’t mean that they don’t get any recognition, I just think they should get more. It also doesn’t necessarily mean that they are writing the greatest literature of our time (although some are), just that I think they are being overlooked. Oh, and I only came up with 9, although I am sure there are more I’m just not recognizing…
Authors of my 3 Favorite Mystery Series:
Louise Penny – Her Inspector Gamache series is simply amazing and she should always be at the top of the NY Times bestseller list!
Reed Farrel Coleman – His gritty Moe Prager novels are the best of the best and shouldn’t be missed by any mystery fan.
Kate Carlisle – My favorite cozy mystery series – The Bibliophile Mysteries combine two things I love – books and mysteries. These books are a step above many of the cozy mysteries out there.
YA Authors:
Patrick Ness – His Chaos Walking series is suspenseful and dark and well-written. Fans of dystopian fiction should give them a try – they are as good or better than other series out there.
Rainbow Rowell – I read Eleanor & Park and fell in love – I hope to see much more from this writer and hope she gets overwhelmed with recognition.
Markus Zusak – The Book Thief should be required reading in every high school, until that happens, and until he is recognized as having written the next classic novel, no amount of recognition will be enough!
Adult Authors:
Eoin Colfer – His Artemis Fowl series received a great deal of attention, but I would like to see him receive more for his adult series featuring Daniel McEvoy.
Anthony Marra – A Constellation of Vital Phenomena was amazing and I can’t wait to read more from him!
Robin Sloan – One of my favorite books of the year – Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore was a funny, quirky story of a quest for immortality. Anticipating what comes next!
Watching the Words 