Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved That Need More Fans

Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. and is currently being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is “Books I LOVED with Fewer than 2,000 Ratings on Goodreads.” For this topic, I avoided books that have only been out for a couple of months (with the exception of one) because there is still time for readers to pick these up. Covers are linked to Goodreads.

1. Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda – Goodreads Ratings: 597 – Surely you have heard me mention this novel before. It’s one of those books that snuck up on me as I wasn’t the biggest fan of her previous novel, but this one about a Latina girl in space had me from the get-go.

2. Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson – Goodreads Ratings: 562 – Lily Anderson is already underrated and this is her most underrated novel. It’s a retelling of The Importance of Being Earnest and it’s smart and funny and more people need to pick it up. 

3. Iron Cast by Destiny Soria – Goodreads Ratings: 1,836 – This debut has been out for almost two and a half years and why haven’t more people picked it up? I love the magical system in this one and the fact that the story revolves around best friends.

4. The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera – Goodreads Ratings: 1,493 – I know not a lot of people liked this one, but it’s one of those books with an unlikeable female lead that I think we need.

5. The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Goodreads Ratings: 855 – It kind of breaks my heart to see this one on my list. It’s such a good novel and even if romance isn’t necessarily your thing, there is a subtle magic to this world that I adored. I have a feeling the author’s next novel is going to get more attention, but this one is so good and I’d love more people to talk about it with.

6. Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia by Jenny Torres Sanchez – Goodreads Ratings: 485 – This is one of my all-time favorite underrated novels. It’s one of the first YA books I picked up with a Latina MC.

7. The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Lee – Goodreads Ratings: 1,796 –  I’m actually surprised to find this book on my list this week. It has such a loyal following online, but I sometimes forget our small corners of the internet are very small indeed. This is a really fun fantasy novel whose lightheartedness won me over.

8. A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano – Goodreads Ratings: 842 – This MG novel is all kinds of charming and I recently purchases it for my niece’s birthday. If you like witches, magic, and stories about family, this is one you need to pick up.

9. Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao – Goodreads Ratings: 727 – Another one I am surprised to find on my list this week. This sequel to Forest of a Thousand Lanterns follows the Snow-White type character Jade as she tries to take back her crown from the evil Xifeng, who we met (and loved) in the first novel.

10. The Hollow Girl by Hillary Monahan – Goodreads Ratigns: 350 – I really enjoyed this horror novel. Though I know YA horror isn’t the most popular genre, I’m surprised this one didn’t find much of a following.

Have you read and enjoyed any of these? Any you are adding to your TBR thanks to this post? Let me know in the comments and be sure to leave me a link to your own TTT post, so I can visit.