Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme where we get to feed that part of our soul that loves lists, by coming up with 10 things related to a certain topic. Top Ten Tuesday was originally created by The Broke and Bookish and is now being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and future week’s topics can be found HERE. This week’s topic is:
HIDDEN GEMS
I’m wondering if I consider a lot of these hidden gems purely because they aren’t all fantasy. After I wrote up my list, I decided to check Goodreads and see if these really are hidden gems, or if it’s just because of who I interact with and follow on social media (99% are fantasy related), that they seem like they don’t get enough love.
1. The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
Sci-fi, ya
3,550 Ratings and 1,044 reviews
2. All the rage by Courtney Summers
Contemporary, realistic fiction
10,759 Ratings and 2,082 reviews
3. The Build-up Season by Megan Jacobson
Contemporary, ya
166 Ratings and 46 reviews
4. Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Contemporary, ya, poetry
1,935 Reviews and 458 reviews
5. The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Fantasy, ya
8,459 Ratings and 2,589 reviews
6. Sven the Zombie Slayer by Guy James
Horror
122 Ratings and 16 reviews
7. Silence by Natasha Preston
Contemporary, ya
25,497 Ratings and 2,178 reviews
8. The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
Contemporary, ya, realistic fiction
10,541 Ratings and 1,319
9. Visit Sunny Chernobyl: and Other Adventures in the World’s most Polluted Places by Andrew Blackwell
Travel, non-fiction, environmental
1,451 Ratings and 263 reviews
10. Tearing Us Apart by Amanda Clay
Contemporary, romance, LGBTQ
18 Ratings and 8 reviews
Three of my 10 have less than 200 ratings so they are definitely hidden gems. Three have more than 10,000 ratings, I guess they aren’t as hidden as I thought. I’m most surprised by Silence. It was a free eBook, I read quite a while ago, it made me cry a lot. I didn’t expect it to have so many ratings. The Belles is a 2018 release so I probably shouldn’t have put it on the list. I was trying to think which of these low rating ones I would 100% recommend and I just have to say Sven The Zombie Slayer was laugh out loud funny, Tearing us Apart was an expertly crafted story, wasting no words…. Actually I recommend all of them, I rated them all a 4 star or higher.
Have you read any of these?
Maxine's Obsessions 
I’m so curious about The Belles – there’s no way I can avoid reading it! Happy Tuesday!
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It has the most beautiful descriptive writing. It’s as beautiful as the cover. 🙂
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I have read The Belles – I’ll have to go and check out that zombie book.
Lynn 😀
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Did you enjoy The Belles?
I laughed a lot while reading Sven the Zombie Slayer, it was so out there 🙂
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The Belles, The Lonliest Girl in the Universe and All the Rage are on my TBR. They all seem like books I’m going to love. I recently saw the cover of the sequel to The Belles and it’s gorgeous!
Here are my hidden gems: https://thebookdutchesses.com/2018/09/11/ttt-44-hidden-gems/
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Ooh I haven’t seen the sequel cover yet. I’m looking forward to the book. I don’t even know what it’s title is.
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe was a random pick up for me. I didn’t really know anything about it, which I think added to my enjoyment. 🙂
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Sometimes going in a book blind really pays off. I love those surprises.
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Moonrise looks good! But Sven the Zombie Slayer has me cracking up. Love that title.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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Sven was such a random find. It doesn’t take itself to seriously, so its entertaining 🙂
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Yes to The Loneliest Girl in the Universe!!! It’s been sitting in my TBR for a while. Haha.
* TTT: Hidden Gems + Giveaway
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I hope you like it, when you get to it. It’s a very quick read. 🙂
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All The Rage is one that’s on my TBR. I tried to read The Belles, but couldn’t get into it.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/top-ten-tuesday-176/
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All the Rage helped change my outlook on so many things. It’s a tough read.
A few people have said that about The Belles 🙂
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So I’ve heard. Yeah, I know there are lots of people who loved it, it just wasn’t for me.
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I haven’t read any of these, but #1 and 4 are on my TBR list. I’ve heard good things about both of them.
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I hope you like them 🙂
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