Books You (Probably) Have Never Heard Of!

[@supercalime]

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

[@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

[@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 😂

[@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 *

[@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💖💖

[@rietveld3421]

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😌

[@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

[@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! 🥰

[@MiizzyEhmke]

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

[@HaileyinBookland]

Wiebke Maria Ehmke 💜💜

[@susanisreading5009]

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

[@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!!

[@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) !!!!

[@xyhanx]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@shdyykwll7113]

yay, curing my quarantine boredom :)

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@carolinetaylor3069]

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

[@bookscoffeewithromie]

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

[@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?'

[@saumya9173]

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

[@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

[@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 😅

[@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!☺️

[@ma.louise8863]

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

[@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.

[@theycallmelulu454]

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

[@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 😚

[@TheBookishBadger]

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

[@namiramazhar3002]

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

[@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!

[@AlyssaReids]

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

[@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

[@artiesbooknook]

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.

[@ariel.1117]

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

[@theredheadreader667]

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

[@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

[@kellyreadingbooks]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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! ❤️

[@brunaantelo72]

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

[@marinemmmj]

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

[@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.

[@adelaheath4221]

Hailey, you look beautiful with or without lipstick either way

[@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

[@debbiereads]

Just found this channel and I love it! Thank you for sharing about these books Hailey they sound so interesting I really want to try out The Crowns game it sounds so interesting!!

[@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.

[@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

[@heeeyev]

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

[@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.

[@sabothebooklover1978]

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

[@nutshellreadsandwrites]

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!

[@mirandamayo2987]

Another really good retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses is House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig!

[@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.

[@2Imperius5]

I have never heard of or seen any of these titles! Speaking of titles does anyone know if Hails published her book? Last I know she finished it but that was a while ago. She has so many videos I find (found) it easier just to look for her name at Barnes and Nobles or Books and Books.

[@pepperandpotion]

No it's not published yet

[@2Imperius5]

@@pepperandpotion ...thanks, uh, Hermione, lol. Do you know which video she talks about her book effort? I kind of got away from Hails a little bit but I've seriously kept my eye out for her name on a book. I'm dying to know what this book is about. But I suppose it'll be more fun going through her videos to discover the answer myself. :)

[@supercalime]

Steven Gregg she does have a playlist about her book writing. Look it up there and you’ll find it. From what I remember what she told the story is about a girl who goes on a trip to Europe after the death of her sister. I think it will take a long while for the book to get published. Specially since the project is not fully finished and also not attached to any publisher yet. Also, it might take a while because of how the world is right now.

[@2Imperius5]

@@supercalime Thanks Leticia. I was wondering what her novel was about. I assumed it leaned YA which is not my favorite genre. I am a big fan of 'Phantom of the Opera' but reading 'Roseblood' was like writing a page from the dictionary for getting caught eating Skittles in class (which takes a full week to write, btw). But Hails has such an infectious passion for literature I would read her first novel without prejudice. Regardless, thanks for filling me in!

[@NerdyNurseReads]

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

[@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!

[@lorielovesbooks7315]

I definitely will check out Entwined, I love the 12 Dancing Princesses story.

[@teresarollen7425]

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

[@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.

[@showtimesynergy87]

I loved the Valiant! I have The Crown's Game but haven't gotten to it yet...

[@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.

[@jamiogonowski37]

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

[@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!

[@ericamarie0]

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

[@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🤦‍♀️

[@birb7672]

House of Salt and Sorrow is also based on twelve dancing princesses by Erin A. Craig. It has a beautiful cover too

[@hanaalfayez7150]

I started Ink last year and put it down at page 70 but I am intrigued to pick it back up I just was not in the right head space

[@simplysarah6889]

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

[@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

[@cassidyleighbooks6972]

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

[@mabfab]

Check out the Romeo and Juliet retelling called Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper! One of my all time faves!

I just added so many books to my TBR!

[@vedangimukadam2799]

hi, i just read far from the tree and it was such an amazing experience. i loved it so much. thank you so much for the recommendation. :)

[@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!

[@tiinak7422]

I highly recommend Benedict-Savant series (first book is Finding Sky) by Joss Stirling. Really liked them.

[@elessija6252]

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

[@MAPSBooktube]

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

[@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! !!!

[@rethabilemosia8200]

I cant leave the house to buy books and the place that I order books from only allows me to order essentials 😓 now I'm stuck reading books that I've been procrastinating on reading. Help.

[@adelaheath4221]

Rethabile Mosia Try Overdrive?

[@emilycollins485]

Rethabile Mosia try book outlet..

[@rethabilemosia8200]

@@adelaheath4221 Thank you so much

[@rethabilemosia8200]

@@emilycollins485 Thanks I'll check it out

[@ev1e1sabelle]

try book depository! xx

[@dollface1472]

I bought the Crowns Game ages ago but it’s just been chilling on my tbr

[@samanthakelly9136]

A few years ago I found a book at a second hand bookstore and I really liked it so my mom bought the rest of the series, and I still have them

[@aditi8534]

What's the name of that series??

[@samanthakelly9136]

Aditi Upadhyay the books of elsewhere

[@somesassyslytheringirl8441]

If u haven’t already, u should definitely read the glass castle by Jeanette Walls. It’s a memoir but reads more like contemporary. I loved it so much, and I think u would too!

[@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.

[@LindonLeaf]

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

[@mariarutkowska676]

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

[@MsLPSFOREVER]

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

[@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!(:

[@hotpriestess]

I definitely got some new recommendations out of this video! It's always fun to discover books outside the mainstream, they kind of become your personal treasures:)

[@Yvonne1137]

Have you ever heard of Grave Mercy by Robin LeFevers? It's a historical fantasy set in 15th century Brittany, and I think you might really enjoy it

[@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!

[@abbyk547]

omg i’m gonna buy ink now cause the cover is so pretty

[@emiliad1229]

Ink is one of my favourite books! I totally agree it is so underrated

[@stephanie061201]

I just ordered Long May She Reign and The Chaos of Standing Still off book outlet, they really caught my attention

[@orulyon2]

Gabriel and the swallows by Esther Dalseno is amazing...I reccomend it!