Underrated Books I Want To Read In 2020

I created a list of underrated books I wanted to read in 2019, and kind of forgot about it. A big focus of mine in 2020 is reading books that I am interested in and not falling prey to the over hyped and over talked about books in the book community. I really think an issue I have is I fall into the hype and feel like I need to read all of the books everyone is talking about. Many of these books I read and enjoy, but there is also a good percent that I really only read because everyone else was and ended up not enjoying them.

I want to get back to reading and enjoying books because I want to read them or I have some interest in the story, author etc. Some of my favorite books I read in the last few years are underrated and not really talked about, which I have no idea why they aren’t. But they are from smaller publishing houses and don’t get all the exposure and in the hands of as many booktubers etc that really guide a lot of the book community in my opinion. 

It is one of my goals for 2020 to read 15 underrated books. This list is going to be a loose plan of the ones I want to read. I have found that in order to read 15 I need to have more than 15 options in case I am not feeling one! 

These books have under 5000 ratings on Goodreads and have been sitting on my shelves for far too long (while at least a majority of them) A few are newer to me but have been out for awhile and I have heard little to nothing about them. I feel like part of my duty as a book reader/reviewer/blogger is finding the hidden books and telling everyone about them!

Hush, Now Forget by Mary Gray and Cammie Larsen 

Between Worlds by Skip Brittenham 

Analiese Rising by Brenda Drake

Smoke and Key by Kelsey Sutton 

Lady Be Bad by Megan Frampton 

Avalon by Mindee Arnett 

A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck 

Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth E Wein 

The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas

When Light Left Us by Leah Thomas 

You Bring The Distant Near by Mitali Perkins 

Last Star Burning by Caitlin Sangster 

The Demon Prince by Ann Aguirre 

Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan 

Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym Martineau

The Collector by Victoria Scott 

Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking 

Finders-Seekers by Gayle Greeno

Amber & Dusk by Lyra Selene

Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith 

Moonlight Sins by Jennifer L Armentrout 

Are there any underrated books you want to read in 2020? Have you read any of these books? I would love some recommendations of great underrated books! 

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