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A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNobody's Princess by Esther M. FriesnerThe Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis KlauseFroi of the Exiles by Melina MarchettaA Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,382 books — 10,356 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,049 books — 2,108 voters

Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboThe Syrian Virgin by Zack LoveWood, Talc and Mr. J by Chris RoseCalico Jack in your Garden by Karl WigginsMore Than Scars by Sarah Brocious
Great Books Not Many Readers Know About
1,716 books — 1,038 voters
The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig ClevengerSkagboys by Irvine WelshKiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher BaerBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeGallant by V.E. Schwab
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters

Collected Stories by Wallace StegnerLoving / Living / Party Going by Henry GreenGrundish and Askew by Lance CarbuncleThe Bat-Poet by Randall JarrellSanditon and The Watsons by Jane Austen
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,182 books — 765 voters
How Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynSmashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance CarbuncleJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyReplay by Ken GrimwoodThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters

The Treasure of Gwenlais by M.T. MageeThe False Prophet by Harry James FoxThe Fury of the Fae by Bernie MorrisThe Windrose Children by Janet EllicottThe Dictator of Britannica by A.N. Shekarnia
Best Fantasy on Goodreads with less than 100 ratings
517 books — 345 voters
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenGone-Away Lake by Elizabeth EnrightEmily of New Moon by L.M. MontgomeryBallet Shoes by Noel StreatfeildJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Forgotten Kids Books of Quality
953 books — 343 voters

The Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeJustine by Lawrence DurrellCopenhagen by Michael FraynTouch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
1,923 books — 271 voters
Vincent by Joseph FasanoFive Plays by Ben JonsonThe Saga of King Heidrek the Wise by Christopher TolkienThe Oxford Companion to Shakespeare by Michael DobsonIsland People by Coleman Dowell
REALLY, Really Underrated Books (Fewer than 100 Ratings)
1,576 books — 243 voters

The Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldSilk by Alessandro BariccoLocal Woman Missing by Mary KubicaHidden Pictures by Jason RekulakThe Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Great Underrated and Obscure Books
779 books — 234 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreRejected Princesses by Jason PorathGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
946 books — 221 voters

Scott and Scotland by Edwin MuirThe Abandoned Places by Fabio CarpiAngel Riding a Beast by Liliana UrsuThe earliest English poetry; by Charles W. KennedyAmerica's Coming-of-Age by Van Wyck Brooks
Ridiculously Underrated Books (20 Ratings or fewer)
2,042 books — 213 voters
Zibs for Sale by Lois WickstromEdith and Little Bear Lend a Hand by Dare WrightThe Doll and the Kitten by Dare WrightThe Little Family by Lois LenskiWhen the Wind Blew by Margaret Wise Brown
Really Underrated Children's Books
936 books — 204 voters

Untold Stories of the Little Prince by Nikola MisovicCelestial Matters by Richard GarfinkleThe Vatican Conspiracy by Peter HogenkampThe Craziest Book Ever Written by Mr. WThe Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales by Mark Samuels
REALLY Seriously Underrated Books (100 to 500 Ratings)
1,300 books — 202 voters
Rules Are Meant To Be Broken by N.J. NielsenIn Her Honor by Grace R. DuncanOil Well Ben and the Hollywood Rustlers by Lucius ParhelionThe Story of Mr. X by AnonymousSolemn Contract by Morgan Cheshire
Lesser-Known M/M Books
589 books — 172 voters

Conversations on History and Literature by Wallace StegnerThe Penguin Book of Irish Fiction by Colm TóibínPlace in Fiction by Eudora WeltyThe Pale Abyssinian by Miles BredinMeditation on Space-Time by Leonard Seet
Super Underrated Books (Fewer than 50 Ratings)
1,273 books — 167 voters
In the Shadow of Humanity by N. John WilliamsDescent into Mayhem by Bruno GoncalvesThe Treasure Hunters by Warren DeanA Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael BishopThe Sinister Researches of C. P. Ransom by H. Nearing Jr.
Best Science Fiction on Goodreads with fewer than 100 ratings
396 books — 132 voters

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonaldThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisFarmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald
Unknown Fantasy Classics
182 books — 103 voters
Daddy-Long-Legs / Dear Enemy by Jean WebsterThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTo Sir, With Love by E.R. BraithwaiteBambi by Felix SaltenQuo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
That Was A Book?!?! The Best of the Underrated and Obscure
407 books — 91 voters

Rising by Stephanie JudiceRevealing Eden by Victoria FoytOnce Upon a Road Trip by Angela N. BlountMr. Was by Pete HautmanRealm of the Goddess by Sabina Khan
Unsung YA
85 books — 70 voters
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillipBridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Ladies of Mandrigyn by Barbara HamblyMythago Wood by Robert HoldstockThe Anvil of Ice by Michael Scott Rohan
Best obscure fantasy novels
107 books — 68 voters

May Day by Thom StarkWhat Hides Within by Jason ParentKing Street Run by V.R. LingDevil Inside by Brandy IsaacsSacrifice by Helyn Dunn
Favorite Almost Unknown Books
228 books — 66 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespearePositive Vision by Ken BrandtThe Invisible Man by H.G. WellsThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis CarrollBlindness by José Saramago
Sight
559 books — 52 voters

Mia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyFalling Angel by William HjortsbergThe Other by Thomas TryonHell House by Richard MathesonThe Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Obscure Vintage Horror/Thriller Paperbacks
313 books — 49 voters
The Infinite Jeff by Will HolcombTollesbury Time Forever by Stuart AyrisThe Chimera Vector by Nathan M. FarrugiaThe Seraphim Sequence by Nathan M. FarrugiaThe Rook by Daniel O'Malley
Unheralded Books
74 books — 46 voters

Gatsby's Smile by Morana BlueLoveStar by Andri Snær MagnasonIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyVagabonds in France by Michael A. BarrySacrifice by Helyn Dunn
Good Books Most People Haven't Heard Of
89 books — 39 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareDaddy-Long-Legs by Jean WebsterEllen Tebbits by Beverly ClearyBeezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyUnderstood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Best Out-Of-Print Children's Books
194 books — 38 voters

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope MirrleesMerchanter's Luck by C.J. CherryhSlow River by Nicola GriffithWasp by Eric Frank RussellSecond Variety by Philip K. Dick
Obscure but awesome science fiction and fantasy
89 books — 33 voters
So long, Yugoslavia by Kolya SKing Street Run by V.R. LingEarthsearch by John CassidyMaster Bits & Mercenary Bites by Lexi BlakeThe Frog and the Beanpole by Charles Kaufman
Obscure Books Worth Considering
233 books — 24 voters

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