New-to-Me Authors of 2008 (TSS)

Last year I read 79 new-to-me authors. I never, ever dreamt I’d have more than that this year!  I’ll be adding more to this list as well but wanted to get it started.  I thought about listing a few favorites, but then I just realized I could never break it down.  I discovered some amazing new-to-me authors this year, and I’m looking forward to reading more of many of them!

1. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton (2008 in the U.S., 468 pp.)
2. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963, 244 pp)
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling (1997, 320 pp)
4. Strangers by Taichi Yamada (1987 [2003 in U.S.], 203 pp.)
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003, 226 pp.)
6. After Dark by Haruki Murakami (2004 [2007 in U.S.], 191 pp.)
7. Silence by Shusaku Endo (1966, 201 pages)
8. Independent People by Halldor Laxness (1934-35, 482 pp.)
9. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (1970, 206 pp.)
10. Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee (1983, 184 pp.)
11. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz (2007, 81 pp.)
12. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1968, 236 pp.)
13. Sitting Practice by Caroline Adderson (2003, 329 pp.)
14. Anthem by Ayn Rand (1938, 105 pp)
15. The Translator by Daoud Hari (2008, 178 pp.)
16. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908, 369 pp.)
17. Embers by Sandor Marai (1942, 224 pp.)
18. Transformations by Anne Sexton (1971, 112 pp.)
19. The Only Road North by Erik Mirandette (2007, 300 pp.)
20. Winter Haven by Athol Dickson (2008, 336 pp.)
21. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos (2008, 388 pp.)
22. The Sister by Poppy Adams (2008, 275 pp.)
23. Kanada by Eva Wiseman (2006, 241 pp.)
24. Kaddish for a Child not Born by Imre Kertesz (1990, 95 pp.)
25. The Mayor’s Tongue by Nathaniel Rich (2008, 310 pp.)
26. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (2008, 231 pp.)
27. Maus I by Art Spiegelman (1986, 161 pp.)
28. Keeper and Kid by Edward Hardy (2008, 294 pp.)
29. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958, 209 pp.)
30. The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber (2008, 318 pp.)
31. Silk by Alessandro Baricco (1996, 91 pp.)
32. Snow by Maxence Fermine (1999, 100 pp)
33. The Castle by Franz Kafka (1926, 316 pp.)
34. The Gathering by Anne Enright (2007, 261 pp.)
35. Blessings by Anna Quindlen (202, 226 pp.)
36. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006, 240 pp.)
37. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (2006, 128 pp.)
38. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007, 533 pp.)
39. Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall (2008, 207 pp.)
40. The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy (1966, 146 pp.)
41. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2001, 319 pp.)
42. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (2006, 350 pp.)
43. Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case by Mordecai Richler (1995, 144 pp.)
44. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008, 333 pp.)
45. Bear by Marian Engel (1976, 141 pp.)
46. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955, 327 pp.)
47. The Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger (2008, 320 pp.)
48. The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle (2007, 336 pp.)
49. The Photograph by Penelope Lively (2003, 231 pp.)
50. What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn (2008 in the U.S.)
51. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
52. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
53. Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White
54. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
55. Blankets by Craig Thompson
56. The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary
57. Children of Men by P.D. James
58. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Anne-Marie MacDonald
59. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
60. Dracula by Bram Stoker
61. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
62. Darkness Visible by William Styron
63. The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (2008, 300 pp.)
64. The Pigman by Paul Zindel (1968, 182 pp.)
65. The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
66. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2008, 465 pp.)
67. Breath by Tim Winton (2008, 218 pp.)
68. Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (2008, 240 pp.)
69. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (2008, 276 pp.)
70. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
71. The Pets by Bragi Olafsson
72. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
73. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (2008, 324 pp.)
74. Goldengrove by Francine Prose
75. X-Kai by Asami Tohjoh
76. Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (1983, 2005 for English translation, 268 pp.)
77. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
78. Sky Burial by Xinran
79. Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
80. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
81. Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
82. Somebody Else’s Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage
83. The Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek
84. Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
85. The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez
86. Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love by Lara Vapnyar

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