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 Hidden Gems in Genre X — but I figured, why limit myself to just one genre? Below are 10 book I’ve read and loved — and which deserve to be read by everyone!
1) I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe: Beautiful, haunting historical fiction set during the Civil War
2) The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi: This is silly, fun sci-fi at its wacky best. You can’t take it too seriously — just buckle in and go along for the ride.
3) Not Me by Michael Lavigne: A powerful, thought-provoking story about identity, forgiveness, and the unforgivable.
4) Deerskin by Robin McKinley: A chilling retelling of a lesser-known fairy tale, definitely not for kids.
5) Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn: This one shows up on my lists a lot. Fun with letters, fun with words! It’s just awesome.
6) The Humans by Matt Haig: Sweetly funny and oddly uplifting, with beautiful writing.
7) The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan: Yes, it’s a dictionary… but it’s also a novel, and it’s both clever and moving.
8) The Jane True series by Nicole Peeler: A supernatural series with a selkie as its star, surrounded by all sorts of unusual supes, lots of humor, and plenty of steaminess too.
9) Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn: A fictional look at the private life of Queen Elizabeth that’s really a great ride.
10) Sailor Twain: Or, The Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel: A lovely, haunting graphic novel.
Have you read any of these? What hidden gems are on your list this week? Please share your TTT link and I’ll drop by for a visit.
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Bookshelf Fantasies 
All new to me titles, with many of them being books I’m keen to hear more about. Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure. 🙂
Awesome list- I love the sound of I shall be near you!
It’s incredible — one of the loveliest pieces of historical fiction I’ve ever read.
Great!!
The cover of Deerskin is wooooow :0 but somehow I feel like it would be too scary for me 😀
I wouldn’t exactly consider it scary… but it is pretty disturbing and upsetting. I do love this cover! I think the newest version has a different look — but this is what mine looks like, and I think it’s amazing.
Awesome list! The only book I’ve heard of is The Lovers Dictionary and it is on my TBR! I am intrigued by a lot of these, especially Not Me!
Not Me is really worth checking out! It’s a good book club choice too — lots and lots to discuss!
I see androids *do* dream of electric sheep. That has me curious how much it relates to the Philip K Dick novel. McKinley made my list, too! 🙂 My TTT
Ha, the connection to PKD intrigued me too, but it’s really more of just a wink via the title than anything truly thematic in the book. Will head over and check out your list — I’m curious to see what McKinley you’re featuring!
I had Sailor Twain out from the library but ended up returning it unread — I’ll have to give it another go!
Definitely worth it! It’s so great to look at, and I really enjoyed the story.
I’ve never read or even heard of any of these, but many of them sound great! “A fictional look at the private life of Queen Elizabeth?” Sign me up please! Not Me also sounds beautiful! Great post 😀
Rekha @ Million Book Mill
Thanks so much!
What a great list – I’m going to be adding a lot of these to my TBR!
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