Replacing the “new to you” challenge of the past, and again hosted by Anna at Herding Cats
It’s all about trying something new and is fairly flexible.
Examples:
First book in a series
Debut book
A new genre or trope.
A new to you author or series.
An author switching genres
A new book format
or unique storyline element.
LEVELS
Level 1: 1-10 books
Level 2: 11- 20 books
Level 3: 21-40 books
Level 4: 41-60 books
Level 5: 61+ books
My Goals
This year I’ll start with a reasonable goal at Level 3 – that’s 21 – 40 titles.
I’ll track my progress below!
- It Takes Two to Tumble: Seducing the Sedgwicks #1 by Cat Sebastian
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Republic Of Dirt, A Return to Woefield Farm by Susan Juby
- The Lemon Jell-O Syndrome by Man Martin
- Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
- Everything You Came to See by Elizabeth Schulte Martin
- A Dash Of Love by Liz Isaacson
- The Taster by V.S. Alexander
- Indecent Exposure: The Academy #2 by Tessa Bailey
- The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
- The Judge’s Wife by Ann O’Loughlin
- How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
- The Taste of Temptation: The Matchmaker of Edinburgh #2 by Julia Kelly
- We Were Strangers Once by Betsy Carter
- Any Groom Will Do: Brides of Belgravia #1 by Charis Michaels
- A Perfumer’s Secret by Adria J. Cimino
- Rosemary’s Gravy: We Sisters Three #1 by Melissa F. Miller
- Lady Be Reckless: Duke’s Daughters #2 by Megan Frampton
- Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
- Promise by Minrose Gwin
- Winter Sisters: Mary Sutter #2 by Robin Oliveira
- A Woman, In Bed by Anne Finger
- My Once and Future Duke: The Wagers of Sin #1 by Caroline Linden
- The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas
- Bachelor Girl by Kim van Alkemade
- Wartime Brides and Wedding Cakes: Wartime Bakery #2 by Amy Miller
- Hello Stranger: The Ravenels #4 by Lisa Kleypas
- Alex in Wonderland: Twisted Fairytales #1 by Max Monroe
- A Princess in Theory : Reluctant Royals #1 by Alyssa Cole
- Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
- The Girl in the Photograph: The Rossetti Mysteries #3 by Kirsty Ferry
- The Rules of Magic: Practical Magic #2 by Alice Hoffman
- Land For Fatimah by Veena Gokhale
- Novelista Girl: Blogger Girl #2 by Meredith Schorr
- Husbands and Other Sharp Objects by Marilyn Simon Rothstein
- Murder Notes: Lilah Love #1 by Lisa Renee Jones
- Spring at Lavender Bay: Lavender Bay #1 by Sarah Bennett
- The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel
- A Hundred Small Lessons by Ashley Hay
- The Little Perfume Shop off the Champs-Élysées: Little Paris Collection #3 by Rebecca Raisin
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
- Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan
- A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker
- The Cruel Prince: The Folk of the Air #1 by Holly Black
- The Little Wedding Island by Jaimie Admans
- Who Needs Men Anyway? by Victoria Cooke
- Never Been Good: Bad Boys Gone Good #2 by Christi Barth
- Hurts to Love You: Forbidden Hearts #3 by Alisha Rai
- Unmasked by the Marquess: Regency Imposters #1 by Cat Sebastian
- Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys
- Moon Brow by Shahriar Mandanipour
- Savor You: Fusion #5 by Kristen Proby
- A Scandalous Deal: The Four Hundred #2 by Joanna Shupe
- You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac
- Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau
- The Otter of Death: Gunn Zoo Mystery #5 by Betty Webb
- The Accidental Mermaid: Accidentals #16 by Dakota Cassidy
- Escape to the Country: Welcome to Willow Tree Hall #2 by Alison Sherlock
- Summer in a Cornish Cove by Kate Ryder
- Regrets Only by Erin Duffy
- Twinkle Little Star: A Nursery Rhyme Suspense #4 by Lee Strauss
- By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
- Geekerella: Starfield #1 by Ashley Poston
- The Skeletons of Scarborough House by Kitty French
- Hot Asset: 21 Wall Street #1 by Lauren Layne
- The Glitch by Elisabeth Cohen
- All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother by Danielle Teller
- Best Beach Ever: Ten Beach Road #6 by Wendy Wax
- Lowcountry Bookshop: Liz Talbot Mystery #7 by Susan M. Boyer
- How to Forget a Duke: Misadventures in Matchmaking #1 by Vivienne Lorret
- Then There Was You: Angel Falls #1 by Miranda Liasson
- Crime & Punctuation: Deadly Edits #1 by Kaitlyn Dunnett
- I Flipping Love You: Shacking Up #3 by Helena Hunting
- Calypso by David Sedaris
- Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan
- The Foyles Bookshop Girls by Elaine Roberts
- The Unseelie King: The Kings #6 by Heather Killough-Walden
- Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams
- The Start of Something Good: Stay #1 by Jennifer Probst
- Lending a Paw: A Bookmobile Cat Mystery #1 by Laurie Cass
- Sand by Wolfgang Herrndorf
- The Showrunner by Kim Moritsugu
- Murder’s a Witch: Beechwood Harbor Magic Mystery #1 by Danielle Garrett
- The Ghost Train to New Orleans: The Shambling Guides #2 by Mur Lafferty
- The Secret of Flirting: Sinful Suitors #5 by Sabrina Jeffries
- Witches of East End: The Beauchamp Family #1 by Melissa de la Cruz
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
- The Gamble: Colorado Mountain #1 by Kristen Ashley
- Divorced, Desperate and Deceived: Divorced and Desperate #3 by Christie Craig
- Wicked and the Wallflower: The Bareknuckle Bastards #1 by Sarah MacLean
- The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah
- Witch Slapped: Witchless In Seattle #1 by Dakota Cassidy
- The Butcher’s Daughter by Victoria Glendinning
- It’s in His Kiss: Lucky Harbor #10 by Jill Shalvis
- The Secrets Between Us: Between Us #2 by Thrity Umrigar
- Little Pink Taxi by Marie Laval
- Witch Spells Trouble: Nightshade Paranormal Cozy #2 by Lori Woods
- One Summer by Jenny Hale
- Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlught
- A Summer Scandal by Kat French
- Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown
- The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses) by Terri-Lynne DeFino
- Secrets, Lies, & Crawfish Pies: A Romaine Wilder Mystery #1 by Abby L. Vandiver
- Soulless: Parasol Protectorate #1 by Gail Carriger
- The Single Mums’ Mansion by Janet Hoggarth
- The Locksmith’s Daughter by Karen Brooks
- Firelight: Darkest London #1 by Kristen Callihan
- Switch and Bait by Ricki Schultz
- Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
- Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins
- The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
- The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom by A.E. Hotchner
- The Daisy Children by Sofia Grant
- To Have and to Harley: Bikers & Brides #1 by Regina Cole
- The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher
- The Lost Family by Jenna Blum
- Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection by Barbara Venkataraman
- The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles
- All the Way: Romancing Manhattan #1 by Kristen Proby
- The Road Trip: Maddy and Leanne #1 by Susanne O’Leary
- The Comedian by Clem Martini
- The Madonna of the Mountains by Elise Valmorbida
- From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
- Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
- The Other Sister by Sarah Zettel
- Evie’s Little Black Book by Hannah Pearl
- The Governess Game: Girl Meets Duke #2 by Tessa Dare
- Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird
- The Pasha of Cuisine by Saygın Ersin
- The Serial Dater’s Shopping List: 31 Men in 31 Days by Morgen Bailey
- The Phantom Tree by Nicola Cornick
- The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
- Breakfast in Bed: Innkeepers #2 by Rochelle Alers
- The Secret of the Irish Castle: Deverill Chronicles #3 by Santa Montefiore
- Moonlight on the Thames by Lauren Westwood
- The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester
- Royally Dead: A Stitch in Time Mystery #3 by Greta McKennan
- Season of Wonder: Haven Point #9 by RaeAnne Thayne
- European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
- Christmas by Accident by Camron Wright
- Shadow of The Fox: Shadow of the Fox #1 by Julie Kagawa
- Coming Home to the Comfort Food Café: Comfort Food Cafe #3 by Debbie Johnson
- How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England by Ruth Goodman
- The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
- The Cards Don’t Lie by Sue Ingalls Finan
- What We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence by Michael Marshall Smith
- Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by John Cleese
- Christmas on Mistletoe Lane: Sweetwater Springs #1 by Annie Rains
- Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
- Christmas Camp by Karen Schaler
- One Winter’s Day by Laura Briggs
- Duchess by Design: The Gilded Age Girls Club #1 by Maya Rodale
- In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt
- One Way Ticket to Paris by Emma Robinson
- The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim
- Badly Done, Emma Lee: Riches to Romance #3 by Leah Marie Brown
- A Village Affair by Julie Houston
- A Dangerous Duet by Karen Odden
- Watch for Me at Christmas: Hartsford Mysteries #4 by Kirsty Ferry
- A Timeless Christmas by Alexis Stanton
- Synchro Boy by Shannon McFerran
- The Soldier’s Girl by Sharon Maas
- One and Only: Bridesmaids Behaving Badly #1 by Jenny Holiday
- Snowy Nights at the Lonely Hearts Hotel by Karen King
- Second Chances at the Log Fire Cabin by Catherine Ferguson
- How to Save an Undead Life: Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy #1 by Hailey Edwards
- The Wizards of Once: The Wizards of Once #1 by Cressida Cowell
- Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
- First Grave on the Right: Charley Davidson #1 by Darynda Jones
- A Duke Changes Everything: Duke’s Den #1 by Christy Carlyle
- At the Heart of Christmas by Jill Monroe
- The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I by Nancy Goldstone
- A Christmas Gift by Sue Moorcroft
- Transcription by Kate Atkinson
- Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses by Jenny Hale
- Lord of the Pies: Kensington Palace Chef Mystery #2 by Nell Hampton
- The Decoy Date: The Wedding Date #4 by Mira Lyn Kelly
- The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson
- Everwylde: The Kindred #2 by Donna Grant
- 1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by James Horn
- The Abbot’s Tale by Conn Iggulden
- Then There Were Nun: Nun of Your Business Mysteries #1 by Dakota Cassidy
- The Shop Girls of Lark Lane by Pam Howes
- Christmas at Strand House by Linda Mitchelmore
- Not the Duke’s Darling: The Greycourt #1 by Elizabeth Hoyt
- You Auto-Complete Me: Emily #1 by Katie MacAlister
that’s 188 new to me – authors, series, new-releases, or new re-releases!