Hello and a very warm welcome to damppebbles. It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve decided to take part in That Artsy Reader Girl’s Top Ten Tuesday meme to mix things up a little here at damppebbles. Add a little bit of variety to our bookish weeks.

The meme was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish but has lived with Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl since January 2018. It was created to encompass a love of books, of lists and to bring readers together. If you would also like to take part then you’re very welcome: the more, the merrier. Just make sure you link back to Jana’s post every week. If you don’t have a blog, then no problem, just add your list to the comments below.

This week’s theme is Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025 (new-to-you authors you discovered, new genres you learned you like, new bookish resources you found, friends you made, local bookshops you found, a book club you joined, etc.). I do have to giggle a little at the ‘new genres you learned you like’ suggestion. I’m very much stuck in my ways when it comes to choosing books. If you’re a regular here, you’ll know that I tend to stick to the same type of books, no matter how many times I bleat on about wanting to read something different. It does happen. It just doesn’t happen often (once in a blue moon, perhaps…). Anyway, I digress. Sadly, I can cross off most of the options above. Leaving me with just one: new-to-you authors you discovered. So here’s a list of authors I read for the first time in 2025…

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1. Virginia Feito

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2. Gabino Iglesias

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3. Kate Kemp

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4. Carys Green

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5. Lisa Unger

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6. Catherine Chidgey

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7. Terry Deary

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8. Liz Moore

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9. Jane Corry

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10. Gill Perdue

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I’ve tried to avoid debut authors. There is one definite debut author on the list (along with another author’s first book under a pen name). The debut author wrote one of my favourite books of the year, so I’m breaking the rules on this one for her, haha! I would be very happy to read any of these authors again in 2026. Are you taking part in Top Ten Tuesday this week? Let me know in the comments.

So there we have it! If you fancy joining in next week then head on over to That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog to find out what the next theme is!