Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Enjoyed with Less Than 2000 Ratings on Goodreads

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week’s theme is Top Ten Books I Enjoyed with Less Than 2000 Ratings on Goodreads.

Is 2000 a lot of ratings for a book on Goodreads? I didn’t think so and when I first saw this topic on The Broke and the Bookish website I didn’t think I’d be able to come up with five, let alone ten, books that I’d read and enjoyed with under 2000 ratings. So when I went on Goodreads, looked through my ‘Read’ list from both before and after I started blogging, I was surprised to find that I’d read a lot more books than I first assumed with less than 2000 ratings.

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Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor
1480 Ratings

As a time travel book of course this went to the top of my to-read list when it was finally released, I am a massive fan of time travel books as you may already now, and I really enjoyed Into the Dim. It’s been described as Outlander for teenagers, and although I can’t say whether I think that’s accurate as I’ve never read Outlander, as time travel books Into the Dim is a solid story.

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A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry
524 Ratings

I can’t say I was really surprised to see this book had less than 2000 ratings on Goodreads. While I enjoyed it, and see a lot of other people on WordPress who share my opinion, I don’t think it’s gotten a lot of recognition yet. As a magical realism book I won’t say A Fierce and Subtle Poison is my favourite but it’s a good story with an amazing setting.

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Waging War by April White
317 Ratings

This book, and the whole series for that matter, has not got the recognition it deserves. This is my all-time favourite time travel series; it has great characters, amazing plots, and the research that goes into the history is without fault. I picked up the first book because it was free on Kindle and immediately brought the rest of the series.

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13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
273 Ratings

I got this book from NetGalley and even though it isn’t my usual genre it sounded interesting enough for me to pick it up. I ended up really enjoying this book; as a psychological thriller I was constantly trying to guess the ending, and even when I thought I knew what was coming I found myself shocked when the big reveal happened.

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Midnight City by J. Barton Mitchell
1378 Ratings

The Conquered Earth books are a mixture of sci-fi and dystopia, and while that may not sound like a ideal mixture it works with this series and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of either genre. The stories are good but I think it’s the world-building and the character development where each books really come into their own.

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Never Never by Brianna Shrum
527 Ratings

Fairytale retellings are another favourite genre of mine, but I was a little wary of this Peter Pan one after I read and DNF’ed Tiger Lily a few years back. However I couldn’t deny I was interested in this glimpse into Captain Hook’s mind. I really loved this book, I never thought I’d find myself sympathising with James Hook but by the end of this book I really felt for his character.

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Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick
532 Ratings

I haven’t really read many Steampunk books but Lumière is one of the ones I have not only read but really enjoyed. After finishing Lumière I started Noir, the second book in the series straight away, and after the cliff-hanger ending I am now waiting (im)patiently for the third book.

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The Vanishing Girl by Laura Thalassa
1672 Ratings

Laura Thalassa is one of those authors who’s books I binge read after falling in love with her work. The Queen of All That Dies was the first of her books I picked up, from there I went on to her Unearthly series and then The Vanishing Girl. Of all the books Laura Thalassa has released to date I think The Vanishing Girl is my favourite, plus the cover is gorgeous beyond belief.

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Crossed by Eliza Crewe
1050 Ratings

This was probably the book that I was most surprised had under 2000 ratings on Goodreads. When I read the first in the series I was hooked; not only on the story but on Meda’s character and her ‘voice’. She is sharp, witty, hilarious, and I was constantly laughing aloud on the train to work as I read each book.

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Deceptive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
357 Ratings

I really enjoyed the first book of this series so when the second was released I added it to my to-read list and couldn’t wait to get started. While the first book was good I felt the second was so much better, it felt like the stakes for all characters were a lot higher and I am excited to see where their stories go when the third book is released.

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So what do you think? Did you take part in this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, if so let me know what some of your favourite under hyped books are.