Looking Back on 2025: New to Me Authors

These are always fun to do at the end of the year. This year I’ve read the most books ever in a year, so this list might be huge!

New to Me Authors in 2025

• Ruin by. Gillian Eliza West
• Yes No Maybe by. Jessica Sherry
• The Lotus Shoes by. Jane Yang
• Nature of Frost by. Jus Accardo
• Anathema by. Keri Lake **
• Amid Clouds and Bones by. Ella Fields

• Everything I Promised You by. Katy Upperman **
• The Rose Bargain by. Sasha Peyton Smith
• The Serpent and the Wolf by. Rebecca Robinson
• A Court Bright and Broken by. Amy Patrick
• One in a Million by. Beverley Kendall
• Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things by. Breanna Randall

• A Journey to Us by. Lady B
• OF Earthly Delights by.. Goldy Moldavsky
• Five Broken Blades by. Mai Corland**
• All the Stars Align by. Gretchen Schreiber
• Their’s Vicious Games by. Joelle Wellington
• Lovely Dark and Deep by. Elisa A. Bonnin

• A Desert of Bleeding Sand by. Lucia Damisa
• Booked For Summer by. Kathryn Freeman
• Their Monstrous Hearts by. Yiğit Turman
• The Frozen River by. Ariel Lawhon
• Love Spells Trouble by. Nia Davenport
• Pride of Die by. C.L. Montblanc

• Phantasma by. Kaylie Smith**
• Silvercloak by. L.K. Steven
• The Never List by. Jade Presley
• A Fate Forged in Fire by. Hazel McBride
• Embrace the Serpent by. Sunya Mara
• Silver Elite by. Dani Francis

• Shield of Sparrows by. Devney Perry
• Predatory Natures by. Amy Goldsmith
• Pigeon-Blood Red by. Ed Duncan
• Bound By Inked Flame by. Ava Larksen
• Love Unmasked by. Becky Dean
• Thorn Season by. Kiera Azar

• Mayra by. Nicky Gonzalez
• Love at Full Tilt by. Jenny L. Howe
• On Wings of Blood by. Briar Boleyn**
• Enigma by. RuNyx
• You Between the Lines by. Katie Naymon

• Of Flame and Fury by. Mikayla Bridge
• The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce
• Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes
• Game On by. Ki Stephens
• The Wolf King by. Lauren Palphreyman**
• Metal Slinger by. Rachel Schneider

• Dire Bound by. Sable Sorensen
• Before I Let Go by. Kennedy Ryan
• Dream By the Shadows by. Logan Karlie
• The Nightblood Prince by. Molly X. Chang
• Girl, Goddess, Queen by. Bea Fitzgerald
• Witch You Would by. Lia Amador

• While the Dark Remains by. Joanna Ruth Meyer
• Coffin Moon by. Keith Rosson
• Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray
• Sweet Heat by. Bolu Babalola
• Dead of Summer by. Ryan La Sala
• Blood Moon by. Britney S. Lewis

• Witch of the Wolves by. Kaylee Archer
• Endless Anger by. Sav R. Miller
• The Austen Affair by. Madeline Bell
• Hekate: The Witch by. Nikita Gill
• And the River Drags Her Down by. Jihyun Yun
• Moth Dark by. Kika Hatzpoulou

• Heartsick by. Kristina Forest
• My Favorite Holidate by. Lauren Blakely
• Immortal Consequences by. I. V. Marie
• Bitten by. Jordan Stephanie Gray
• To Cage a Wild Bird by. Brooke Fast
• With Thoughts of Jason by. Caleb A. Mertz

• Blackthorn by. J.T. Geissinger
• Middle of the Night by. Riley Sager
• Burning Daylight by. Emily McIntire
• Ship of Spells by. H. Leighton Dickson
• Terror at the Gates by. Scarlett St. Clair
• Alchemised by. SenLinYu

• The Death-Made Prince by. Lisette Marshall
• A Kiss of Hammer and Flame by. Amy De La Force
• Persephone’s Curse by. Katrina Leno
• Trail Rides & Starry Eyes by. Katrina Emmel
• The Uninvited by. Nancy Banks
• Spark of the Everflame by. Penn Cole

• Dead Fake by. Vincent Ralph**
• A Curse of Shadows and Ice by. Catharina Maura
• Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox
• Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent
• We Who Have No Gods by. Liza Anderson
• Your Knife, My Heart by. K.M. Moronova**

• A Dance with Waves and Flames by. M. B. Reese
• We’ve Hit Turbulence by. Jessica L. Cozzi
• A Vow of Shadow Blood by. Charlene Atrobus
• Song of the Stars by. Kaiti Mills
• Oxford Blood by. Rachael Davis Featherstone
• Seven Deadly Trials by. Amber Hamilton

• Wings of Ash & Flame by. Jocelyn Bleu
• Not in My Book by. Katie Holt
• Daggermouth by. H.M. Wolfe
• Good Spirits by. B.K. Borison
• The Book of Blood & Roses by. Annie Summerlee

Any title with a (**) means I read two books from this author this year!

I read 101 new-to-me authors this year! 👏🏽 WOW. Last year I only read from 45 new authors, but this year was a crazy year.

How many new to you authors did you read in 2025? Or who is your new favorite?

Let me know in the comments!