Books You (Probably) Have Never Heard Of!

[@brittany7177]

"everything you've ever done is tattooed on your body" Maui from Moana has entered the conversation

[@TheMouseDiva]

Oh my goodness... you are correct :-)

[@lynnmatthews7932]

Brittany u

[@supercalime]

We have to crown you the quarantine queen cause honestly, you’re delivering the best stuff during these hard times

[@makasaya100]

Did anyone notice that her bookshelf look like harry potter houses, gryffindor, hufflepuff, slytherin AND ravenclaw, and she looks like a real life alice??(best crossover EVER) "Alice in Hogwarts"

[@svgstarlight]

Maka Saya yesss !!!

[@bottomofastairwell]

i think it's cuz of the color organization. most books are bright colors, because they catch the eye on shelves. and those basic colors are red, green, blue and yellow, like the colors of the harry potter houses. so because of those basic colors being everywhere, anytime i see all four of them together, everything looks like harry potter houses to me, lol

[@anabencomo23]

I WAS SEEKING FOR THIS COMMENT!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@gabrielleporter553]

* the organization of the rainbow has left the chat *

[@jovanakesar]

''She also has an obsession with personality quizzes...'' Me: ''Oops, I feel called out.''😂

[@HaileyinBookland]

Jovana Kesar 😂😂

[@GeminiPrincess-gq7cj]

Jovana Kesar same 😂😂

[@rissyroooh4315]

Me too 😂

[@HerMakeupIsRad]

"They make a book out of their skin" OH. "like, not their skin but the words" Oh 😒

[@krystin7740]

I'm pretty sure that they actually make the book out of their skin.

[@cleverfez]

@@krystin7740 That's what I remember too

[@virginia8124]

Hi Hailey, I’m Italian🇮🇹 and even though I don’t have access to all the books you mention (because there is no Italian version, and I still find difficult to focus and read an entire book in English), I just love listenting to you talking about them and reviewing them, I find it very relaxing😌😌 Thank you for keeping me company during this quarantine💖💖

[@djabalinabilarania3521]

Hey , i am really fascinated by the italian language and i wanna learn it , can you advice me a couple books in Italian 🙂

[@virginia8124]

@@TheDope415 I will, I promise😌

[@susanisreading5009]

dang our queen delivering so much content, am no longer about to go insane from quarantine

[@georgiefarr1094]

Looking at the titles, I have heard of them, but never ever read any of them. But they all sound interesting. Love a beautiful recommendations video 🌸🌸💕💕

[@HaileyinBookland]

Georgie Farr I’m so glad you enjoyed! 🥰

[@anjaxuanreads]

I think that the Great Library series, by Rachel Caine, is highly underrated. Thank you so much for making all these book recommendations videos! I love them.

[@PeterAnthonyOak]

this needs more upvotes!!

[@MiizzyEhmke]

You're such positive energy. Thank you for helping us through this. Hugs from Porto, Portugal!

[@HaileyinBookland]

Wiebke Maria Ehmke 💜💜

[@renoirrr]

I recommend The School for Good and Evil for a fantasy book. Even though this is actually a kid’s book, it’s actually pretty ok to read at any age tbh. My mom read this book and she loved it and even though I got it when I was 11 to this day it is still my favourite series for some reason. Maybe attachments but still. If you want to find the book by looking for the author, his name is Soman Chainani

[@hufflepuffgirl6794]

I just finished Crystal of Time. Can’t wait for One True King!

[@ravenclawthestral3964]

Renoir I love that series! I doubt I'll ever grow out of it.

[@marianaisabel9838]

As a 17 year old re-reading the series I totally agree!

[@hopeteunisje2995]

I feel this I’m 17 and I objectively feel like it’s a great middle grade series. I kind of feel dumb or not “grown up” enough sometimes for enjoying middle grade to break up some adult and ya but it’s so underrated and fun!

[@kyliemarsh4188]

This entire quarantine I’ve just been sitting around waiting for new videos from Hailey (and I’m so excited, thank you for entertaining us during this crazy time, stay safe & healthy queen) !!!!

[@danam4982]

Some reaaally underrated books: The Dark Days Club trilogy Do they hear you when you cry The Silence - Tim Lebbon Lethal Velocity + The hidden room - Lincoln Child The Tigers Wife

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

Dana M thank you.

[@DazzlingPotatoes]

Omg they all sound dark! I want to read! Thank you!

[@elly3466]

I recently read the series named “Keeper of the Lost Cities” and it is verrryy underrated.

[@susanam10]

@Nas ARAS Reagan from Peruse project also loves that series!

[@EmileeBreeana19]

That’s technically a middle grade series and its very popular among kids and preteens (i work at a book store and that’s always who buys it) so that’s probably why you never see it on booktube, its not a YA series! :)

[@aeighpril]

I’ve read the series, but I haven’t started on Legacy. I’m scared of how it’ll go after Flashback lol

[@elly3466]

A. I didnt personally enjoy flashback that much since I’m team Keefe but I read legacy and it is one of my favorite books in the series. So give it a try:)

[@Amelia-lp7gj]

I’m reading book 4 of that now and I love it

[@shdyykwll7113]

yay, curing my quarantine boredom :)

[@xyhanx]

The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is so so good!

[@scrapbooksandreads]

I’ll have to read Far From the Tree. I was raised from birth by my grandparents. A brother I never knew I had found me last year, we share the same parents but he was given up for adoption at birth. My half sister and brother were raised by the bio mom of all four of us and the bio dad of my half brother. I find nature vs nurture very interesting because of this. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@alesswonderland]

I adore The Crown's Game! I read it last year and I'm just now getting to the sequel. That ending really hurt my heart, heck, it still does.

[@janawittevrongel364]

I’m really proud now that you have Dutch relatives, I’m not from the Netherlands but I’m from Belgium so not that far off! But thank you for more recommendations I heard of them but never picked them up so I will look into them!

[@Rabhya]

Finally hailey! Watching ur videos makes my whole day! I was literally desperate for ur videos i was literally watching ur old videos and finally today u posted a video I’m so happyyy

[@theycallmelulu454]

I really needed this video because I’m going stir crazy. “They feel trapped in their house” same

[@bookscoffeewithromie]

i read prisoner of night and fog thanks to you a few years ago, and it's such an amazing book/duology!

[@Brieluvsyew]

I’m just upset she never watched barbie and the 12 dancing princesses

[@houdaassaid2663]

omg, that was exactly what I was thinking about, I was like, there's a barbie movie like that or am I tripping

[@adelaheath4221]

Hailey, you look beautiful with or without lipstick either way

[@apageoutofmybook600]

I’m so glad that you love Wolf by Wolf so much - I read it for the first time a couple years ago and was so sad that nobody had heard of it! I’m also glad to hear you mentioning Unwind because now everyone loves Scythe but I read Unwind back in high school and was completely obsessed with it - and I never hear anyone talking about it! Some of my favorites that I never hear people talking about are Unwind, Code Name Verity, and the His Fair Assassin trilogy

[@dreysmyname]

I recommend The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane. It follows a girl at a summer camp for kids with different disorders and I haven't found any mainstream booktubers who've talked about it.

[@QuillingTime]

I always find Hailey's recs unique. I love it when she talks about books I haven't heard of, it excites me to try underrated books.

[@gurbanimahajan3337]

I would love some sci-fi(space based) recs! I feel like there s an abundance of them out there that I just don't know about and it kills me because that's my favourite genre

[@supercalime]

gurbani mahajan I think she didn’t put any sci-fi because Hailey doesn’t really read that genre. I remember her latest bookshelf tour and she had like 5 sci-fi books there.

[@anmolkaur557]

You should check out the channel: Books with Emily Fox. She talks about Sci Fi very often. It's her primary genre

[@FaeryLaume]

I hadn't read much sci-fi for decades, but I joined a sci-fi reading book to get back into it and the first book I read was The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. Really enjoyed it. Also enjoyed Skyward and Starsight by Brandon Sanderson. Also loved An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green.

[@ravenclawthestral3964]

gurbani mahajan Have you read 'Navigating The Stars?'

[@mayrahernandez6999]

Gregor the Overlander- Suzanne Collins Micheal Vey - Richard Paul’s Evans Quarantine - Lex Thomas

[@Arrya99]

Yes! Gregor the Overlander is one of the books I remember most from when I was younger

[@carolinetaylor3069]

Quarantine by Lex Thomas is a super underrated book that booktube has barely heard of. Love your videos Hailey!

[@Jun1_p3r_]

Theres this book series I read a when I was younger and literally no ones talked about it and theres so few ratings but I remember the series being good and the series is "the prince warriors" its underrated af and the books r the first books I read after so long of not wanting to read bc of my dyslexcia, they got me back into reading.

[@jessica-bookslit4953]

I actually added three of the recommendations to my TBR! Good job on gathering books we might have never heard of. I hope you do another!☺️

[@AlyssaReids]

This video is giving me such classic Hailey in Bookland vibes. ♥️♥️♥️ Thanks for the nostalgia. 😊

[@theredheadreader667]

Yes!! I am here for underrated books! Thank you Hailey! 🧡🙌🏼

[@TheBookishBadger]

Ooh, Ink sounds sooo good! It was on my TBR purely because of the cover, ngl, but the concept sounds great!

[@Ashyalele]

I read Wolf By Wolf due to your recommendation and really enjoyed it! Going to read the second instalment soon and I have Prisoner of Night and Fog in my list too! Thank you 😚

[@saumya9173]

so thankful for the genre based time stamps. thanks hailey. love you.

[@ma.louise8863]

Thank you so much for these recommendations. It's refreshing to see books that are not so mainstream.

[@lotrfreak6443]

I've never noticed how we have very similar reading interests! A very underrated book series is called The Atlantis Grail series by Vera Nazarian. Tagline of the 1st book is "Qualify or Die". 1st ebook, Qualify, is free on multiple ebook platforms too!

[@ffiontill5924]

Love this idea!! xx hope you and Charlie and everyone are doing well. Thank you for posting such lovely content really boosts spirits. Your energy is contagious and I love it! Thank you x

[@ariel.1117]

Took some notes so I won’t forget! But I love getting slightly obscure book recs 💕

[@sabothebooklover1978]

I love your book Collections and You always come up with new books and new Video ideas. My Favourite Hailey in Wonderland 😍😍😍😍

[@nutshell93]

oh man i remember the very very first time i read prisoner of night and fog way back when i first started my channel and i'm pretty sure it was because you recommended it in one of your old videos ! loved that book!

[@MsLPSFOREVER]

A Million Junes had me in tears with the relationship between the father and daughter. One of my favorites forever.

[@sukhroopdoesstuff310]

Lots of books get the hype they deserve, but lots of books get way MORE hype than they deserve, causing some deserving books to not get ANY hype, even if they are universally and objectively better. Thank you for this video! You're AMAZING Hailey! I might make a video like this as well, now that I think about it. I've read a lot of under-hyped books.

[@kellyreadingbooks]

I definitely added at least one book I’ve never heard of from each category! Thank you! ☺️

[@teodoralopez7165]

I stopped in the middle of the video to go add some of the books to my goodreads TBR list. I ended up being there for 50 minutes and with 45 new books to my TBR list🤦‍♀️

[@mintbutterfly10]

Princess of the Midnight Ball, is a 12 dancing princesses retelling that I remember really enjoying as a teen. Quick read. Beautiful imagery of the land and gardens. Very good Springtime or stuck inside read 😅

[@effervescenteggplant]

I'm realizing now how many books you've influenced me to read because even though I've never heard other people talk about these books, I've read 5 of the ones on this list because you talked about them!

[@kaitlinzacherl5590]

So I have been binge watching your videos, I am trying to get into reading again. I am almost finished with Girl in the Blue Coat. Oh my goodness is it good! I can’t put it down! Definitely a good book to get me back into reading! Thank you for the recommendation! ❤️

[@moniquesylvester4618]

Can you do a video on how you create your TBR list, as I would like to start something like that. I love your videos and I have been wondering if you could just do a video on your book goals/ how to create a TBR list.

[@heeeyev]

Thank you for the recs and omg, YOUR HAIR is sooo beautiful

[@brunaantelo72]

I am definetly going to buy at least 3 books from this video, Thanks a lot Hailey!!💗

[@LindonLeaf]

Love videos where the reccomendations aren't popular books. It makes finding new stuff a lot easier

[@beatb0xdoll]

We have really similar taste in books so i'm always super excited when you talk about books that not everyone talks about! The Chaos of Standing Still was SO good. I read it during christmas break and could not put it down. My bf recently got me a book cowritten by Jessica Brody that is a retelling of Les Misérables. Can't wait to read it.

[@drewsambitiousreading2752]

I love this idea of a video Hailey! I read some of these and own some of these. The ones I read is: Far from the tree (Read it last year and loved it), The crown's game (Still need to read the sequel sadly), and pride (Which is another one I read last year and loved it). The ones I own is: The girl in the blue coat, Wolf by wolf and american street. Maybe I should pick them up now!(:

[@angiegarcia7258]

I absolutely love the Queens of Renthia Series! So happy you recommend it 😁

[@encyclopediaofelizabeth]

Girl in the Blue Coat made me love Monica Hesse. Bought The War Outside by her as well and it was just as good. Now I just want to read all of her books.

[@zaram1492]

I honestly didn’t think this list would contain so many books i’ve never heard of!! I at least added 7 books to my tbr!! Thank you so much xx

[@bottomofastairwell]

clearly i have a problem, because i've heard of every single book, and i HAVE ALL of the fantasy ones, and some of the others (i'm not as into contemporaries, so...)

[@zaram1492]

bottomofastairwell I wouldn’t say you have a problem tho lol

[@FaeryLaume]

This was a great video. I hadn't heard of most of these books and others I was familiar with the title or cover but hadn't given much thought to them. I put quite a few on my Goodreads Want to Read list, thank you! You asked for recommendations in return and, while this book is well known, because it was published long ago it might be a book you hadn't considered reading. It's one of my favorite stories - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver.

[@bananamuffin4286]

hi hailey, i finished reading The Geography of Lost Things yesterday and I loved it so much. And I liked it better than Chaos of Standing Still. I mean I loved Chaos of Standing Still but The Geography of Lost Things was really, really amazing. I loved the way it was written and the whole trading stuff and I was curious to know more about Jackson throughout but I certainly didn't anticipate the end. I just loved it so thank you

[@amyeealexander1531]

Definitely adding The Geography of Lost Things to my TBR. One day I was in an indie bookstore, and a local author was there promoting her book, The Diminished. It's about a world where everyone has a twin, and the chaos that ensues if something happens to your twin. It was easily one of my favorite books of 2018, but I've never heard of it mentioned anywhere else!

[@katelynlansall6983]

A book that you may not have heard of is Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck. It is about a girl who is looking for a summer job to help her pay for college. She gets one at a traveling cercuse, and becomes close with one of the animals witch is a tiger, and gets mixed up in a 300 year old Indian curse.

[@taylorwarren2671]

Okay, so the only book I’ve heard of on this list is Wolf by Wolf BECAUSE I’ve been watching your videos so much lately. The rest are all new to me & I’ll be reading a ton of these now!

[@MAPSBooktube]

There is some really interesting books! Looking forward for Prisoner of night and fog :)

[@kirajacobs4982]

One of my favorite books that I think is unheard of is Ophelia by Lisa M Klein. It's a historical fiction / retelling about Ophelia from Hamlet, and what her point of view could have been. Really great book!

[@Zeeeebraful]

I think The Old Kingdom by Garth Nix is super underrated. There are strong female characters, a very unique magic system, necromancy, living dead and a very interesting concept of Death. Oh and a magical library and talking animal companions. like why aren't peoole gushing about it all around??

[@marinemmmj]

Thank you for these great recommendations! I added Ink and Far From The Tree to my tbr 💛

[@nathanielluscombe5277]

K Weikel is an indie author that I love. I’m basically the only person who read her so it’s like a secret cache of stories. I highly recommend her book When the Sky Eats. It comes out in a few days. I got to read an arc and it was SO FUN.

[@elessija6252]

Wow, I have actually never heard of any of these. Job well done Hailey, always making my TBR unreasonable 😂

[@namiramazhar3002]

Hailey Hailey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just read a book known as the third twin it was soooo good 😊😊😊😊😊and its underrated😔

[@julianas6845]

I recommend Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. It is a dystopian story where the world is divided by blood. It is a mix of Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, and X-men. I loved it and it makes you feel so many different emotions

[@elise2798]

a book which I read awhile ago which I think is under rated is called " *Akata Witch* ". I would consider this book YA but on the younger side (but still really good). The book takes place in Nigeria and it follows this girl named sunny who is of Nigerian decent, but grew up in America and has now moved back to Nigeria. She is albino which which makes her a bit of a target ( though this is not the main focus ) and It is has a lot to do with magic or juju as its called in the book. I would give it 4 stars and its better then the synopses makes it out to sound.

[@NerdyNurseReads]

I love WWII historical fiction!!! I’ve already ordered Wolf by Wolf from book outlet!!

[@sketchyreader]

I know it's not on this list but I'm reading Lovely War today. I hadn't heard of it until you mentioned and it's stunning so far!

[@HaileyinBookland]

Yessss it would definitely be on this list I just hadn’t read it yet!

[@sketchyreader]

I just finished it! No words right now

[@mariarutkowska676]

Picked up Long May She Reign based on your recommendation sometime last year and I really enjoyed it! Highly recommended guys ✨

[@fgurujhdghjghd4582]

Omg, you have to read the land of stories series, they're actually so good. And Chris colfer just released the beginning of a prequel series to the land of stories! !!!

[@bookwormsguidetolife6293]

I was expecting to not know any of these books, but I have actually read Prisoner of night and fog, the first book on your list, so I feel like a part of some exclusive club 😂 Also, thank you for all the amazing content you've been putting out!

[@TheBookishMom]

I want to pick up Prisoner of Night and Fog, that sounds like a really interesting concept. I have been very into anything WW2 historical fiction lately so this sounds really different. I picked up Wolf by Wolf on your recommendation recently and I can't wait to start reading it.

[@cassidyleighbooks6972]

The Akata Witch duology. Idk if she is writing more, BUT SO GOOD

[@teresarollen7425]

There were a lot of them I hadn't heard of. Several that I plan on looking into. Thanks for doing this video.

[@Sky-fz7ku]

A lot of these books I have heard of (definitely not all!) but for once totally agree that these are all underrated and not talked about much at all. Which is honestly a first, most of the time these lists tend to have a lot of books that were hyped and popular a few years ago but not talked about lately..and then call them underrated which I won’t agree with. This list actually contained books that I’ve only seen 0-3 people talk about before on KZbin! Well thought out list, with some titles I’ve either forgotten existed or never heard of in general!

[@jamiogonowski37]

Loved the video!! I really want to get my hands on Ink!

[@simplysarah6889]

I really enjoyed this video because it felt refreshing to talk about so many underrated books!

[@authorannemactavish]

I loved Entwined and it saddens me that more people don't talk about it! I also loved the Pendragon series that very few people talk about. It's a MG series (fits better with YA, but that didn't exist when the books originally came out) about a boy who travels to different territories, trying to prevent them from falling into chaos during particularly important points in their histories. It's 10 books but so good!

[@bethanywellard5295]

I just love your videos so much!!! I’ve found that your reading taste is a lot like mine so if you’ve recommended a book I usually love it. So thank you so much and keep up with your amazing content while staying safe :) x

[@vedangimukadam2799]

Just finished reading The Chaos Of Standing Still and overall, I really liked it. Yes, there were some points which I felt could've been dealt with better like bringing in Siri and Jimmy but overall, it was great. Thank you so much for recommending it! :)

[@DevilsAngelMadness]

Hi Hailey. The one book I read a while back, that I never heard anyone talking about, and in my opinion is underrated is "The Gargoyle" by Andrew Davidson. It is one of my top favorite books of all time, and I read a lot!! If you haven't read it, you should. It's awesome.

[@FaeryLaume]

That book held me in thrall through the entire read - because there was no way of knowing what was going to happen!

[@DevilsAngelMadness]

@@FaeryLaume I fell in love with it the 1st time I read it, because it gave me a weird sense of deja vu, like I'd lived what these characters were going through, which may seem strange but there's no other way to explain it. I read it again not long after the first time, feeling the same emotions and knew I needed to buy a copy for myself, and did. I've waited for the author to write more but i dont know if he is or will.

[@yahairalee13]

the chaos of standing still made me cry SO MUCH

[@sarahf6056]

I just finished Here we are now by Jasmine Warga. I don’t hear much about it but I enjoyed it. It’s about a girl whose dad shows up on her doorstep and wants to take her to meet her dying grandfather and follows her journey to find out what happened in her parents past.

[@juliababyjenjenny8485]

I have heard of most of those, but have only read a few. Entwined is my favorite retelling of all time, such an amazing book! Some of my recs: Far, Far Away by Tom McNeal; Bone Gap by Laura Ruby; The Slip series by David Estes; Timebound by Rysa Walker; Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger; Crusade by Nancy Holder and Debbie Vigue; For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund; The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron.

[@nerdtastic2014]

A few underrated books/series that I love: The Malediction Trilogy by Danielle L. Jensen; The Iron Butterfly trilogy by Chanda Hahn; the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne; White Stag by Kara Barbieri; the Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn; the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger; and the Chronicles of Nick series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

[@wickedfandom]

You are SPOILING us with all this content and I love it 💜

[@GeminiPrincess-gq7cj]

Okay I have a few but a REALLY GREAT one (in my opinion) that I feel like no one has heard of is called Cupid’s match it’s a fantasy/romance book.

[@charlottejruthauthor]

One of my favorite underrated books is Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne! She's a small British author, so not many people outside of the UK have heard of her. She writes books about mental illnesses and feminism. Am I Normal Yet is about a girl named Evie who is about to start college (British college) and is battling OCD and anxiety. The book is actually in a trilogy called the spinster club!

[@ericamarie0]

Such great recommendations! I want to read all of those historical fiction titles !

[@candaceuncontained4455]

Prisoner of Night and Fog sounds so amazing! Gives me Boy in the Striped Pajamas vibes, but possibly less depressing.

[@kerriganandrews8672]

Okay but girl in the blue coat is my legitimate all time favorite historical fiction. I’ve reread it about 4 times and every time it leaves a feeling behind where you need to pick it up again

[@baileeweaver1352]

"The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom. It's a quick but interesting read that follows Father Time and his discovery of time. He is sent to purgatory for introducing the concept to man, and he is let out 6000 years later to help two people in modern day. One wants more time, one wants less. I highly recommend!

[@humairahrahman9755]

Snow like ashes is super underrated too! Including the trilogy