Best Unknown Books (632 books)

Best Unknown Books

Tired of always seeing the same books at the top of lists? Well this list is for books that people may not of heard of.

1	Spare Change by Bette Lee Crosby (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 2,792, and 28 people voted	My rating:
2	Invisible by Jeanne Bannon (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 2,289, and 23 people voted	My rating:
3	Have a Nice Weekend by Ian Ellis (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 2,094, and 21 people voted	My rating:
4	Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy (Bloody Jack, #1) by L.A. Meyer 4.17 avg rating — 5,546 ratings score: 2,038, and 21 people voted	My rating:
5	City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 115,436 ratings score: 1,679, and 17 people voted	My rating:
6	Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 31,609 ratings score: 1,588, and 16 people voted	My rating:
7	The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 3.89 avg rating — 71,545 ratings score: 1,568, and 16 people voted	My rating:
8	Table 21 by T. Rafael Cimino (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 1,298, and 13 people voted	My rating:
9	I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3.98 avg rating — 20,719 ratings score: 1,269, and 13 people voted	My rating:
10	Grundish and Askew by Lance Carbuncle (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 1,266, and 13 people voted	My rating:
11	Willow by Julia Hoban 3.99 avg rating — 6,430 ratings score: 1,258, and 13 people voted	My rating:
12	Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast by Robin McKinley 4.07 avg rating — 21,481 ratings score: 1,165, and 12 people voted	My rating:
13	The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who..., #1) by Lilian Jackson Braun 3.70 avg rating — 5,761 ratings score: 1,098, and 11 people voted	My rating:
14	Tithe (The Modern Faerie Tales, #1) by Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 20,410 ratings score: 1,033, and 11 people voted	My rating:
15	Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 6,984 ratings score: 944, and 10 people voted	My rating:
16	The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 4.04 avg rating — 31,610 ratings score: 924, and 10 people voted	My rating:
17	Six Weeks by Jessica L. Degarmo (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 885, and 9 people voted	My rating:
18	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 31,522 ratings score: 884, and 9 people voted	My rating:
19	The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 4.11 avg rating — 38,595 ratings score: 879, and 9 people voted	My rating:
20	Malice by Griffin Hayes (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 798, and 8 people voted	My rating:
21	The Bringer by Samantha Towle (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 150 ratings score: 777, and 8 people voted	My rating:
22	Farsighted (Farsighted, #1) by Emlyn Chand (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 301 ratings score: 775, and 8 people voted	My rating:
23	Houdini Heart by Ki Longfellow (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 771, and 8 people voted	My rating:
24	The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3.94 avg rating — 21,727 ratings score: 766, and 8 people voted	My rating:
25	Arana's Visitor by Julie Rollins 4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	My rating:
26	The Guardener's Tale by Bruce Boston (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 697, and 7 people voted	My rating:
27	Shrouded Secrets by Joel T. McGrath (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 696, and 7 people voted	My rating:
28	Ingo (Ingo, #1) by Helen Dunmore 3.89 avg rating — 2,036 ratings score: 695, and 7 people voted	My rating:
29	Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures of a Southern Belle by Stephanie Snowe (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 694, and 7 people voted	My rating:
30	Vashua's Messenger by Julie Rollins 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 693, and 7 people voted	My rating:
31	Blackwell's Wrath by Julie Rollins 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 686, and 7 people voted	My rating:
32	Twisted Fire by Joanne Ellis (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 685, and 7 people voted	My rating:
33	Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) by C.J. Sansom 3.97 avg rating — 3,969 ratings score: 680, and 7 people voted	My rating:
34	When Dreams Die by Julie Rollins 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 679, and 7 people voted	My rating:
35	The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip 4.02 avg rating — 2,831 ratings score: 667, and 7 people voted	My rating:
36	All's Fair by Tim Campbell (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	My rating:
37	Angel's Bend by L.A. Dale (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 594, and 6 people voted	My rating:
38	Poison by Chris Wooding 3.92 avg rating — 1,762 ratings score: 585, and 6 people voted	My rating:
39	Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke 3.97 avg rating — 15,782 ratings score: 578, and 6 people voted	My rating:
40	The Bookie's Runner by Brendan Gisby (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 575, and 6 people voted	My rating:
41	Spoilt by Joanne Ellis (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 242 ratings score: 574, and 6 people voted	My rating:
42	Saving Nathaniel by Jillian Brookes-Ward 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 565, and 6 people voted	My rating:
43	Not a Man by M. A. McRae (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 550, and 6 people voted	My rating:
44	Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick 3.92 avg rating — 5,643 ratings score: 537, and 6 people voted	My rating:
45	Valiant (The Modern Faerie Tales, #2) by Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 9,873 ratings score: 523, and 6 people voted	My rating:
46	A Certain Slant of Light (Light, #1) by Laura Whitcomb 3.83 avg rating — 7,353 ratings score: 515, and 6 people voted	My rating:
47	Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was by Barry Hughart 4.39 avg rating — 1,918 ratings score: 496, and 5 people voted	My rating:
48	Familiar Scars by Christy Leigh Stewart (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 493, and 5 people voted	My rating:
49	The Hollow Man by G. Patrick Huskins (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	My rating:
50	Bound by Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 1,925 ratings score: 484, and 6 people voted	My rating:
50	Amaranth (The Resistance Trilogy, #1) by Rachael Wade (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 151 ratings score: 484, and 5 people voted	My rating:
52	Caged in Darkness (Caged #1) by J.D. Stroube (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 207 ratings score: 478, and 5 people voted	My rating:
52	Requiem (Providence #2) by Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 618 ratings score: 478, and 5 people voted	My rating:
54	The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1) by Robert Cormier 3.42 avg rating — 12,583 ratings score: 468, and 5 people voted	My rating:
55	How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 3.65 avg rating — 8,197 ratings score: 448, and 5 people voted	My rating:
56	Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly 4.06 avg rating — 7,098 ratings score: 441, and 5 people voted	My rating:
57	The Shoppe of Spells by Shanon Grey (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 435, and 5 people voted	My rating:
58	Dragons and Cicadas: The Society On Da Run by Nipaporn Baldwin (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	My rating:
59	Hölle by Will Elliott 3.95 avg rating — 367 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	My rating:
59	Cicada by Belle Whittington (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	My rating:
61	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 4.09 avg rating — 127,984 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	My rating:
62	Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser 3.82 avg rating — 788 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	My rating:
62	Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 4.00 avg rating — 34,893 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	My rating:
64	Talisman Of El (Talisman Of El, #1) by Alecia Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	My rating:
65	Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber 3.88 avg rating — 313 ratings score: 383, and 4 people voted	My rating:
66	Artemis Rising by Cheri Lasota (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	My rating:
66	Providence (Providence, #1) by Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,050 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	My rating:
68	The Lute Player by Norah Lofts 3.54 avg rating — 167 ratings score: 364, and 4 people voted	My rating:
69	Christy by Catherine Marshall 4.07 avg rating — 8,922 ratings score: 353, and 4 people voted	My rating:
70	Iced Under by Nadine Doolittle (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 352, and 4 people voted	My rating:
71	The Pink Room by Mark Laflamme (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	My rating:
71	Sophie & Carter by Chelsea Fine (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 1,616 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	My rating:
71	Rock and a Hard Place by Angie Stanton (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 983 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	My rating:
74	Lovers and Beloveds by MeiLin Miranda (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 348, and 4 people voted	My rating:
75	Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 1,390 ratings score: 345, and 4 people voted	My rating:
76	East by Edith Pattou 4.14 avg rating — 9,246 ratings score: 335, and 4 people voted	My rating:
77	Spindle's End by Robin McKinley 3.68 avg rating — 8,249 ratings score: 323, and 4 people voted	My rating:
78	The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1) by Caroline B. Cooney 3.66 avg rating — 12,197 ratings score: 311, and 4 people voted	My rating:
79	The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 1,778 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	My rating:
79	Freedom is Not Free (Rashard "Stone" Mysteries #1) by King James (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	My rating:
81	Poison in the Blood: The Memoirs of Lucrezia Borgia by M.G. Scarsbrook (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	My rating:
82	The Marlowe Conspiracy by M.G. Scarsbrook (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	My rating:
82	Once More, From the Beginning by Wendy Bertsch (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	My rating:
82	Juliette by Anne Fortier (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 6,811 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	My rating:
82	James Saves the Moon by Wendy Nystrom (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	My rating:
86	Platonick by Nipaporn Baldwin (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	My rating:
87	Moonlight on Diamonds by Lydia Storm (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	My rating:
87	Myths and Legends (Severed, Volume 2) by Sam Lang (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	My rating:
89	Doodling by Jonathan Gould (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	My rating:
90	The Fashion Police by Sibel Hodge (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 243 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	My rating:
91	Sky of Swords (King's Blades, #3) by Dave Duncan 3.81 avg rating — 579 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	My rating:
91	The Accidental Hero (Jack Blank Adventure, #1) by Matt Myklusch (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 268 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	My rating:
93	Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 753 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	My rating:
94	Screaming in the Silence by Lydia Kelly 3.82 avg rating — 221 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	My rating:
95	Fezariu's Epiphany by David M. Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	My rating:
96	Isabelle the Navigator by Luke Davies 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	My rating:
96	That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 109 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	My rating:
98	Beg for Mercy (Cambion, #1) by Shannon Dermott (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 234 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	My rating:
99	Children Of The Flower Power by Carroll Bryant (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	My rating:
100	The Wind Singer (Wind on Fire trilogy, #1) by William Nicholson 3.80 avg rating — 2,858 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	My rating: