Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books We Enjoyed That Have Under 2000 Ratings On Goodreads.
This is such a fun topic! Being a numbers geek, I had way too much fun sorting my Goodreads shelves by my stars and then by the number of ratings, looking for books I gave either 4 or 5 stars that deserve way more attention than they’ve gotten so far. And then I decided to make it a bit more of a challenge, and picked only books with under 1,000 ratings.
Here are 10 books I really enjoyed, all with not nearly enough ratings:
1) Gathering Storm by Maggie Craig (review): This historical novel about Jacobites in Edinburgh is perfect for Outlander fans! (30 ratings)
2) Harrowgate by Kate Maruyama (review): Good, creepy, spooky horror. (530 ratings)
3) Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett (review): I’ve been raving a lot about this one! A relatively new release about an Australian whaling village, it’s much more entertaining than you might guess just by reading the description. (I loved it.) (564 ratings)
4) All the Winters After by Seré Prince Halverson (review): A beautiful novel that totally fed my Alaska obsession. (597 ratings)
5) Blue Stars by Emily Gray Tedrowe (review): A moving look at military veterans and their families. (315 ratings)
6) A Late Divorce by A. B. Yehoshua: This Israeli author’s writing is so gorgeous! I read this book ages ago, but always remember how powerful the story is. (275 ratings)
7) The Outlandish Companion, Volume II by Diana Gabaldon: See, I managed to sneak an Outlander book into my list this week! This reference volume is a must for fans of the series. I wrote a detailed post about what’s inside, here. (530 ratings)
8) Depth by Lev AC Rosen (review): Just an amazing sci fi noir detective story set in a flooded New York after the oceans of the world have risen. The descriptions of the city alone would make this book worthwhile, but add to that a terrific mystery, and it’s a must. (335 ratings)
9) The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man’s Canyon by S. S. Taylor (review): This is a smart, fun middle grade read that’s perfect for kids (and their adults) who enjoy brainy, daring adventure. I can’t believe more people haven’t read it! (789 ratings)
10) The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters (review): Cat Winters has quickly become one of my favorite authors. This retelling of Hamlet is powerful and surprising, and deserves to be widely read! (517 ratings)
What books made your list this week? Please share your TTT links!
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Depth and The Expeditioners both sound fantastic! I love the premise of depth and the idea of a flooded New York- will have to look into that one!
I hope you do — it’s amazing!
I seriously need to read Depth!!
It’s such a great book!
I like the sound of Depth a lot!
My Top Ten Underappreciated Books.
I really enjoyed it!
I think all of mine were under 1000 as well. Haven’t read any of yours apart from the fabulous Rush Oh! which has been my favourite book this year. Here’s my TTT: https://booksaremyfavouriteandbest.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/just-quietly-this-is-a-great-bunch-of-books/
Ah, I couldn’t remember who else loved Rush Oh… now I know!
I have had The Steep and Thorny Way on my TBR for quite some time. I really need to get around to it.
Thanks for sharing!
Amanda
I hope you enjoy it!
Gathering Storm sounds very good hehe. I don’t have enough underrated books read to make my own list so I did my own topic hahah. Happy reading! http://www.curious-daisy.com/uncategorized/ten-books-you-should-read-asap-book-recommendations/
That’s what I like about reading other people’s TTT lists — there’s always a surprise or two!
I really want to read more by Cat Winters. I’ve only read her Uninvited and loved it. I am not a Shakespeare fan, but I could probably read and enjoy The Steep and Thorny Way. Harrowgate also sounds really good. Great list! Thank you for sharing!
Here is my list of favorites with under 100 reviews on Twitter (at least at the time I made the list–I think one is up to 101 now).
I loved The Uninvited too. Her books are so good!
Two Outlander-esque books! Yay! Gathering Storm can fuel my withdrawal once the season finale is over next week!
My TTT: https://bookclubbabe.net/2016/07/05/top-ten-tuesday-underrated-books-i-enjoyed/
Don’t make me cry… I’m not ready for the finale!!!
Ooh, The Steep & Thorny Way sounds really cool!
It’s such a great book!
I’ve read so many good things about Rush Oh!, I really hope to read it at some point. I’m surprised there aren’t as many ratings about it on GoodReads to date.
My TTT
I was surprised too — I feel like it’s gotten some good attention, but maybe that’s just among the blogs I follow. 🙂 Definitely worth checking out!
I remember your reviews for many of these books. Not to mention Depth which – as you know – I’ve just bought and it’s your fault 😉
Ha ha, I take full responsibility! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear what you think.
Steep and Thorny Way looks good! And I love the title! https://coffeeandcatsblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/top-ten-tuesday-1/
The author has really become one of my favorites — all of her books are excellent!
I just downloaded the first Outlandish Companion volume from Audible! I will definitely get to the second at some point as well. And probably should borrow the print editions from the library to peruse 🙂 I figure while I’m working on my re-read, I might as well dive into all Outlander books available! After Fiery Cross, I believe the first Lord John book was published, so I may start squeezing those in as well 🙂 I don’t think I could even attempt to read them in chronological order since they bounce around so much, so I’m thinking publication order makes sense.
I hope you enjoy the audiobook! I thought it was so much fun (but be warned — Diana Gabaldon is a FAST narrator). So… in case you want to know, here’s the reading order my book group recommends for the Lord John books (which I love, especially via audio): http://outlanderbookclub.freeforums.org/lj-books-reading-order-of-the-stories-t209.html
Ooo, thank you for that!
I still need to read my review copy of The Steep & Thorny Way, I feel terrible. Was a little put off by it being a retelling of Hamlet because I’m super unknowledgeable when it comes to Shakespeare. I had a Winters book on my list too! Harrowgate sounds interesting… need to check that one out!
I don’t think you have to be all that in-depth knowledgeable about Hamlet to enjoy Steep & Thorny — I think someone could enjoy it without knowing Hamlet at all, just as a really good and powerful story. The Hamlet elements add to it, but it doesn’t take a huge amount of familiarity to pick up on the themes (and where the stories are different).
Awesome list. I need to read that Cat Winters one. I love all of her books!
Me too!
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