Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! Today’s topic is “Books I LOVED with Fewer than 2000 Ratings on Goodreads.” This is another of those “hidden gems” kind of weeks, which is a good thing. There are SO many amazing books out there that not as many people have heard of. So here are some of my favorites that are lesser known, defined this week as books with 2000 or fewer ratings on Goodreads.
I really enjoyed Crow Flight by Susan Cunningham. One of the things that drew me to the book was the whole computer thing: the characters bond over an artificial intelligence simulation that they do together. There was a lot more to the book that I enjoyed than just that though. There was a puzzle to be solved here that was fun.
I liked Frequency by Christopher Krovatin as well. I was drawn to the book by the whole music aspect. I liked the characters, and even the villain was somewhat sympathetic. As I write this, it only has 22 ratings on Goodreads, which is far too low.
Into the Hollow by Lynn Vroman is another book that I loved, but as of this writing it only has 34 ratings on Goodreads. I loved the setting, and I loved how the characters were from difficult home situations but overcame that and found each other. I’m sad that more people don’t know about it.
The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson got a few more ratings (currently at 627), but it should be a more well-known book. It has something of a Romeo and Juliet vibe, a great Irish setting, and Celtic magic. It’s unfortunate that I don’t hear more about this book.
When I started to figure out what books I was going to include in this week’s list, I was pretty sure that there wouldn’t be anything from Marie Lu on this list. Last year, Wildcard was one of the hottest ARCs out there, after all. However, Life After Legend only has 688 ratings on Goodreads, while Life After Legend II only has 47 ratings. I loved them both, so even though they’re short (22 and 5 pages, respectively), they belong on this list. The lack of reviews could be because they’re hard to find. Life After Legend was originally given as a Warcross pre-order gift (I’m still looking for an original if you have one you’re willing to sell), but now is available at the back of the paperback version of Warcross. Life After Legend II was a Wildcard pre-order gift; if I were to guess, it’ll probably be included at the end of the paperback version of Wildcard or with Rebel.
Echoes by Alice Reeds only has 265 ratings on Goodreads. Fortunately, there is a sequel planned for Echoes called Fissures, which should come out in winter 2020. It’s not on Goodreads yet, but Ms. Reeds has announced that there will be one.
I loved Erin Summerill’s books Ever the Hunted and Ever the Brave. Ever the Hunted has over 7000 ratings, but Ever the Brave has only 1773 ratings. The third book, Once a King, has less, but I haven’t read it yet.
My favorite book that I read last year was Enchantée by Gita Trelease. I was pretty much hooked from the first page. I was very surprised to see it only had 319 ratings (as of this writing). Newer books are on average going to have fewer ratings, but this one should have more.
Spectacle by Jodie Lynn Zdrok was another five-star book for me that I read this year. I absolutely loved it! It currently has only 71 ratings. It definitely needs some more hype!
I really liked Mike Chen’s Here and Now and Then, but it only has 184 ratings on Goodreads. This time-travel story was beautiful and left me in tears at the end. I hope that it gets to see a lot more love.
So there you have it! Ten books that need more ratings on Goodreads. What stories did you love that need more love on Goodreads? I can’t wait to see what you have to say.
Next week is supposed to be Places Mentioned in Books That I’d Like to Visit. I did a post like this last October, so I’m going to go in the exact opposite direction and mention places I definitely don’t want to visit.
Was Life After Legend II the bonus that came with purchase of Warcross? I had heard it was eventually going to be sold, but then it wasn’t. I am not a big novella fan, and didn’t read either, though I love the series and am excited for the next installment.
Yes. She hasn’t said anything about it yet, but my guess is that she’ll include it in the back of perhaps the paperback Wildcard book or maybe at the back of Rebel. It’s only 5 pages so it’s not like it takes up a lot of space and would make the book cost more.
I have been curious about The Wren Hunt and The Crow Flight. Happy to see you liked them, will need to check them out.
I hope you do!
Frequency does look like a good read!
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I think perhaps one of the reasons this book isn’t as well-known is that the author doesn’t have a Twitter account. Marketing is SO important, and publishers only have so much money they can devote to it. If an author doesn’t have a Twitter account, how will the bloggers find it, or the readers? I know Veronica Roth doesn’t really use hers any more, but she does have Tumblr and Instagram and people already know who she is.
Echoes and Spectacle are both on my TBR. The others look good though I’ve never heard of them.
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I hope you get to read them both! The authors are super nice too.
Even if they are shorts, it’s so weird to think that anything by Marie Lu fits this topic.
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I was REALLY surprised at that!
I’ve heard good things about Here and Now and Then. Glad you liked it.
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I learned on Twitter that it was inspired by a Star Trek episode, LOL.
I’m listening to Here and Now and Then right now and really enjoying it!!
I’m glad you like it.
Here and Now and Then was a wonderful book, I agree! And I liked Echoes as well- glad to see that sequel coming. Crow Flight is new to me but I love the sound of it, especially the AI angle.
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I think you’d like it.
I’m hoping to get Here and Now and Then from the library soon!
Hope the wait isn’t too long!
I’ve heard such great things about Here and Now and Then. The cover looks amazing too.
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I’m glad that even though it hasn’t gotten too many ratings yet, people seem to be interested in it.
Enchantee is brilliant, I’m sure once it’s been out for longer, it will have a much higher number of ratings (it was also on my list this week).
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I can’t imagine that book not getting known better. I suppose some of us book bloggers are doing our part to spread the word though!
What an interesting list! Thanks for recommending these.
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I remember seeing both Crow Flight and The Wren Hunt and being really interested in them! I should really pick those up soon, they sound like great books. Echoes also looks really interesting.
I hope you like them if you check them out.
I haven’t read any of these! Gives me some to check out
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There have been a lot of books like that this week.
Really shocked to see some of these on your list! I’ve seen several of these pop up on my timeline often enough I’d expect them to have more ratings/reviews. Really want to check out Enchantée soon.
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It’s a great book. I hope you get to read it soon. I’m sure that one will end up with well over 2000 ratings eventually.
I haven’t read any of these but I do really like the sound of Here and Now and Then, and the cover is lovely too 🙂
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So far it’s been getting a lot of good feedback, even though it’s still below the 2000 ratings mark!
Ooh Enchantée is on my TBR! I haven’t heard much about The Wren Hunt but it sounds intriguing!
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I hope you get the chance to read them. Especially Enchantée. It was unputdownable!
I’ve been curious about Erin’s books, but haven’t read any of them. I think I own book one though, so at some point I’ll have to make time for those! 🙂
Thanks so much for the visit to Finding Wonderland last week.
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I hope you like them!