Name a book that you think not enough people know about.

[Deb]

Anna wrote: "For all who loved "To kill a mockingbird" here's a book I think you would like..it's "The Pecan Man" by Cassie Dandridge Selleck..I haven't heard about this book in booktube, but from a friend. So ..."

Anna - thanks for the recommendation!! What a beautiful book! I couldn't put it down. Read it in one day!

[Anna]

Deb wrote: "Anna wrote: "For all who loved "To kill a mockingbird" here's a book I think you would like..it's "The Pecan Man" by Cassie Dandridge Selleck..I haven't heard about this book in booktube, but from ..."

Deb wrote: "Anna wrote: "For all who loved "To kill a mockingbird" here's a book I think you would like..it's "The Pecan Man" by Cassie Dandridge Selleck..I haven't heard about this book in booktube, but from ..."

Deb wrote: "Anna wrote: "For all who loved "To kill a mockingbird" here's a book I think you would like..it's "The Pecan Man" by Cassie Dandridge Selleck..I haven't heard about this book in booktube, but from iked

Glad you liked it Deb. When I read the story I was like " I want every one to read it" Such a beautiful story written in very few words..

[Christopher]

Every Man Dies Alone by Has Fallada...such a classic!!! Read this years ago, and still talk about it today!

[Amanda]

I know it made it's way around Book Tube, but The Clay Girl surprisingly has only 820 ratings. It is among my top 10 books read this year.

[Cara Mcnulty]

This isn't exactly unknown but it is a book I think everyone should read if you haven't already. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

[Sally]

Megan wrote: "Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes"

Allegedly was a great book! I recently read it, and could not put it down. I love when your not sure if you can trust the narrator~

[Myriam]

"Ru" by Kim Thúy. It's a book by a Vietnamese-Quebecer author that relates her experience as a refugee when she was a little girl and some bits of her life and the life of her family afterward. It could be considered non-fiction, but takes much more the form of a novel. She has a beautiful writing style, simple but very evocative. It's one of my favorite books.

It is actually widely known in Quebec and although it had a good success outside as well, being translated in several languages (including English), it still needs to be much more widely known in the rest of the world.

[Laertes]

Nathan Ballingrud's 'The Visible Filth' is a gem. Can't recommend it enough. Deeply, deeply unsettling.

[Francesca]

Funny Boy I can’t recommend Funny Boy enough! I read this book in 2012 in a gender studies class in university and fell in love with the books and it’s author, Shyam Selvadurai. He graduated from the same university as me and was working on Funny Boy while he was an undergrad I believe. It’s a story of coming age, society and culture that may get in the way of one becoming their true self. Cannot recommend it enough.

[Denaiir]

For me it would be Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker. it's a thriller but mostly it's the story of a small town and how its citizens interact. there are so many twists because each character could be involved in the main mystery, and at the same time they have their own dark secrets. It made my top of 2017. I have a more detailed review on my blog denaiir.wordpress.com if you're interested

[Anca]

Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Love, Lust and Forbidden Fruit by Adam Schell. Exceptional in every way. Unputdownable.

[Janet]

This is a great thread. Thanks for filling up my TBR...lol. It's hard to know what is on people's radar and what isn't.....like who would have thought your Grandmother had never heard of To Kill a Mockingbird. But here is an obscure novel that really pulled me in. I tend to like books that defy genre....Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire

[JULI]

Cutting for Stone by A. Verghese, The Orchardist by A. Copeland, The Murmur of Bees by S.Segovia, The Master Butchers Singing Club by L. Erdrich, The Good Good Pig by S. Montgomery.

[Karen]

I just pulled a book from our library's shelves for an event later this week. It really deserves a wider readership: Alexis Smith's 'Glaciers'.
A quiet book from Tin House that centers on a young woman who works in a library, grew up in Alaska, and enjoys combing Portland, Oregon thrift stores for vintage clothes, photos and postcards. You'll be amazed at what Ms. Smith packs into this slim novel (only 179 pages)!

[Louise]

"Good morning, midnight" by Lily Brooks-Dalton is one of the lovliest books I've ever read. A beautiful little post-apocalypse story of two of the only people left in the world.

[Louise]

"Good morning, midnight" by Lily Brooks-Dalton is one of the lovliest books I've ever read. A beautiful little post-apocalypse story of two of the only people left in the world.

[Liser19]

Minotaur by Benjamin Tammuz. follows some characters whose lives intersect, goes into detail about each. I dont want to give too much away its quite short! I am surprised so few ppl have read this, its so quirky it seems like a book that would have a cult following.
Minotaur