Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I'd Be Grateful To See New Work From

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly linkup of book bloggers hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! With Thanksgiving just a few days away, this week is a thankful-themed freebie! So here are ten authors I'd be very thankful to read new work from.



Allie Brosh: Like what seems like the entire internet, I loved her Hyberbole and a Half blog, which got made into a hysterically funny book. There was a sequel planned, but it got cancelled. Brosh seems to have stopped writing, and what I've been able to find makes it seem like her life has changed quite a bit and maybe she's in a better place without sharing her work with the internet. But I miss her and would love to see new work if it was the right choice for her!

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Americanah, which I loved, came out in 2013. She's published some essays in the meantime, but I want more fiction!

Elif Batuman: The Idiot was a very promising debut novel, and Batuman's voice is one I'd love to read more of, so I hope a follow-up is coming soon!

Michael Chabon: I'm still catching up on his back catalog, but his last novel was 2016's Moonglow, which I very much liked, so I'm curious to see what he publishes next!

Alexander Chee: I loved The Queen of the Night and while I have his other novel, Edinburgh, waiting on my shelves to be read (and he did just publish a nonfiction book last year), I would love to read another work of fiction from him!

Libby Cudmore: I so enjoyed reading The Big Rewind, I'm ready for her next one!

Jeffrey Eugenides: He releases work at the speed of a snail but it's so good when he does and I'm just waiting for more!

Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl was incredible, but she hasn't published a novel since that one in 2012! It's been almost ten years, so I am looking forward to reading the next one as soon as it appears!

George R.R. Martin: GIVE ME THE WINDS OF WINTER NOW PLEASE AND THANK YOU!

Kazuo Ishiguro: His Nobel Prize was well-deserved on the strength of Remains of the Day alone it was such a masterpiece. I'll be honest that his most recent, The Buried Giant, was more miss than hit from me, but he always has interesting ideas and I am eagerly awaiting new work!

14 comments:

  1. What a great list. I'm sure the authors you mentioned appreciate it as well. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2019/11/ttt.html

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  2. Nice list. It's this type of content that keeps your top fans coming back, asking for more. Stay blessed.

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    1. I am VERY blessed to have a top fan like you!

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  3. I think of Allie Brosh as well. Hope she's doing okay.

    My TTT.

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    1. I respect her privacy, but almost wish she'd make some sort of announcement that she won't be publishing work anymore if she really intends to leave this part of her life behind so we can all stop hoping she'll resurface someday

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  4. I FEEL LIKE I COULD SHOUT ABOUT GEORGE R.R. MARTIN NEEDING TO RELEASE THAT DANG BOOK. (If you couldn't tell by the all caps, jeeze!) But, yes, yes, yes!!! To so many of these. I am going to single out both Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Gillian Flynn because *grabby hands*

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    1. All I want in life is The Winds of Winter and that is the slightest of exaggerations

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  5. I like your topic. I would LOVE if George RR Martin hurried up with the next book. I quit reading after the third one because I’m not convinced he’ll ever finish them.

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

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    1. They are SO good and I just want the end of this story as told by him and not the GOT showrunners

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  6. What a great list! I'm surprised to hear that about Gillian Flynn -- she must really want to make sure her next novel is up to scratch; I can't imagine publishers aren't salivating for more.

    I have read 0 GRRM in my life and every year I get more grateful about this fact, but I do love to join in a good ribbing about his snail-and-getting-slower pace.

    Meanwhile, the Allie Brosh-shaped hole in my heart may never fill.

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    1. Right? I can't imagine the pressure of trying to follow up Gone Girl. GRRM is SO talented but my duuuuuuuude please just finish the next book

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  7. Yes to so many of these, including Jeffrey Eugenides, Michael Chabon, Gillian Flynn, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

    I love Gillian Flynn's work, particularly Gone Girl, so much. I keep reading other recent NYTimes bestselling thrillers that are clearly being marketed to people who loved Gone Girl, but the vast majority of those do not come remotely close. Most of the big-name ones I've picked up from that vein are also terribly written too, not even remotely serviceable thrillers (a genre which I'm so not that picky about)...

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    1. Gone Girl was really a phenomenon...I'm not particularly into thrillers, but it was SO GOOD. It seems like it happens with every mega-bestseller though, that a bajillion "if you liked this book, you'll love this new one!" copycats come along, and none of them ever do as well. And then the next big thing happens and everyone's chasing after that instead!

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