16 Underrated Books That Deserve Your Attention

Tabi wrote: "Hard to understand why anything by V.E. Schwab is underrated . . ."
Exactly my thoughts...

by Laura Dave

by Robin Cain

AgCl wrote: "i wonder IF they'd ever make a list on the most overrated books?"
alchemist
monk who sold his ferrari

The Atlantis Grail series by Vera Nazarian is underrated .All of you should definitely read it!

The Fallen Kingdoms books

The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

And the Kanin chronicles. Both series are awesome, yet i hardly believe they have the attention they deserve,

guys it doesn't matter that "all your friends have read vicious" it doesn't have many reviews (not as many as it deserves) so they included it in this list

Underrated does not mean neglected. It means not receiving the respect that is deserved. The question respondents thought they were answering is probably more like "What's a book you really liked that your friends don't seem to have read?" Or maybe "What's a book you want to convince your friends they should like better than they seem to?" :-)

That's right. And there also some books who do not deserve the attention they get, so it is kinda fair.

Knjigoholičarka wrote: ""The Master and Margarita" underrated? Seriously?"

More like overrated!

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve - wonderful series, does not yet have the traction it should with the general public. Eventually they'll get around to making a film of it, WETA have the rights, then probably it'll take off more.

You should absoloutly read "The Sea of Tranquility", it's amazing.

Banking on a Wedding by Nelly Berlin
It works its magic after some pages.

your voice is all i hear by leah scheier

For a book to be 'underrated' would imply that very few people have noticed it and read it... If anything, this discussion shows the flaw in asking people to recommend their most 'underrated' book and then choosing the (likely) most frequently mentioned ones to showcase - at best, it shows which 'underrated' books are still well-known!
I'd suggest listing books that have very few reviews altogether - for example, like Masks or The Elfin Knight, which both have few reviews, all of which are positive... Those books are underrated!

I think underrated means not rated as high as they should be. So if you think Master and Margarita is the best Russian novel it is underrated. It rarely gets the love of a novel by Dostoyevsky, Chekov, Tolstoy for example. I think most commenters are misunderstanding the word underated in this context.

Oblivion by sasha dawn is super under rated

--which was a National Book Award winner for Original Paperback (1983) and luckily has been reissued.

I think I'd have to add The Naming by Alison Croggon. I came crossed it accidentally, and a friend of mine who seems to know about every book know to man thought it was a great fantasy. I've just started reading it, and I've already fallen in love with it! Why didn't I know about it before?! I suggest it here to all! : )

Just added Moloka'l, The Master and Margarita, and The Transit of Venus to my To-Read list.

Jason wrote: "I think underrated means not rated as high as they should be. So if you think Master and Margarita is the best Russian novel it is underrated. It rarely gets the love of a novel by Dostoyevsky, Che..."

While I know what you're getting at, The Master and Margarita is very much still in the canon. Ask me for Russian literature and I would list this book along with The Brothers Karamosov, Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, Notes from the Underground, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, and Anna Karenina as the ones that get cultural purchase. Maybe it doesn't fall as high on the list as it should, but I don't know if one of the first eight books someone who has read practically no Russian literature would list can qualify as "underrated".

Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* wrote: "Moloka'i was a phenomenal book!"

I completely agree! It's the only one on this list that I've read before and I loved it!

Maureen wrote: "I really wish GR would have a specific designation for YA novels so when a YA title is on one of these lists, I don't waste my time looking it up."

Yes! I've been thinking the same thing! Sometimes I like YA books, but I'd like to know beforehand if it is or not.

The piano man's daughter
by Timothy Findley

The Sea of Tranquility is truly underrated in my opinion :) Amazing book!

I am not sure what you mean by underrated book !!

Tabi wrote: "Hard to understand why anything by V.E. Schwab is underrated . . ."

Agree. The Master and Margarita is a timeless work of literature.

Bulgakov is in some rough company! Who's calling these shots? Goodreads? It seems Goodreads only cares about making money.

Vicious? Really? That is by far not underrated.

Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* wrote: "Moloka'i was a phenomenal book!"
Yes, it was. So glad I read it.

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum

Camille by Alexandre Dumas fils

AgCl wrote: "i wonder IF they'd ever make a list on the most overrated books?"

That would be great!

The Tales of Goldstone Wood by A E Stengl

Shelby wrote: "I have Revolution on my shelf, just never read it! I also don't understand how Vicious by VE Schwab is underrated at all. Its all over BookTube."
I have it on my self and haven't read it yet either!

The Crock of Gold by James Stephens

Only two out of sixteen had my attention before this blog post. The Master and Margarita and Vicious were already on my TBR. Time to expand the list again.

The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
The Yiddish Policeman's Union, by Michael Chabon

Rukhau wrote: "THE CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS by Michelle Paver! And Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson!"

I second Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. It's an incredible series and I wish more people would read it.

Aly wrote: "Vicious is underrated? Really?"

Tabi wrote: "Hard to understand why anything by V.E. Schwab is underrated . . ."

I normally love Schwab's writing, but I didn't care for that book.

OF BREAKABLE THINGS! That book is wonderful. <3

I personally hated revolution. Way too angsty

Tabi wrote: "Hard to understand why anything by V.E. Schwab is underrated . . ."

Yeah!

I notice that all those underrated Books feature pretty solid ratings...

'The Master and Margarita' is absolutely not underestimated in Russia. I wonder, is it famous abroad?

Soul Screamers series is so underrated..
My Soul to Keep
and especially the fifth book of the series.
It was so freaking good
If I Die

Fates and Furies, altho some people loved it. It was a very polarizing book. I thought it was great. I heard that some people hated it.

I lovvve Moloka'i. Read it twice, loved it more each time. Definitely a book to recommend.

Krista wrote: "The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
The Yiddish Policeman's Union, by Michael Chabon"

Definitely!