Underdog


Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
The Guy on the Right (The Underdogs, #1)
Unsouled (Cradle, #1)
Chief
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
Poet Of The Wrong Generation
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
The Wastes (Underdog, #2)
Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains (Underdog, #1)
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)
Noah Rising by Harry SlackGoing Postal by Terry PratchettWe Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee
Unlikely Turnarounds or Comebacks
3 books — 2 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsReady Player One by Ernest ClineHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardRed Rising by Pierce Brown
Let The Games Begin
41 books — 18 voters

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderMe Before You by Jojo MoyesAfter You'd Gone by Maggie O'FarrellThe Pact by Jodi PicoultSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Underrated Books
167 books — 65 voters
Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDreaming of You by Lisa KleypasRomancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia QuinnPersuasion by Jane Austen
Quiet, Unassuming Heroines
225 books — 275 voters


Thomas Hughes
...so bear in mind that majorities, especially respectable ones, are nine times out of ten in the wrong; and that if you see man or boy striving earnestly on the weak side, however wrong-headed or blundering he may be, you are not to go and join the cry against him. If you can't join him and help him, and make him wiser, at any rate remember that he has found something in the world which he will fight and suffer for.... ...more
Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays

Adam Levin
To win their battles, these kinds of underdogs rely on their own and one another's ability to absorb violence. They find their might in their nature. They believe victory is assured by their nature, and as long as they act in accordance with their nature, they will claim it. Because they are able to fight, they must fight. ...more
Adam Levin, The Instructions

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