Happy Tuesday, y’all! February is here, am I the only one still in shock over that? Anyway, Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl handed over the reins for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday to Jennifer at FunkNFiction and Angela at Reading Frenzy. So what did Jennifer and Angela pick for this week’s topic? They want to discuss books that are quick reads, or ones that can be read when time is short. The majority of the books I’ve read at qualify are all Christmas books. And no offense, but I don’t want to talk about Christmas in February. So instead, I’m continuing the theme from January of 2023 books. This week, I’ve decided to showcase under read books I read in 2023.
What do I mean by under read books? All of these books have under 1500 ratings on Goodreads. I did exclude books that weren’t the first in a series, but if it was the first in the series it was fair game. Every book on this list I gave a four-star or higher rating! A few of these were 2023 releases, but others are older.
All titles are linked to Goodreads.
Without further ado, here are ten under read books read in 2023!
F.A.R.M. System by Rick Koslowski
- Genre: Graphic Novel
- Release Date: November 2022
- Number of Ratings: 23
Laughing with the Trickster by Tomson Highway
- Genre: Nonfiction
- Release Date: September 2022
- Number of Ratings: 297
The African Samurai by Craig Shreve
- Genre: Historical Fiction (late 16th century)
- Release Date: August 2023
- Number of Ratings: 353
Miss Matched by Wendy Million
- Genre: Romance
- Release Date: June 2023
- Number of Ratings: 409
The General and Julia by Jon Clinch
- Genre: Historical Fiction (1860s-1880s)
- Release Date: November 2023
- Number of Ratings: 474
Every Time You Go Away by Abigail Johnson
- Genre: Contemporary, YA, New Adult
- Release Date: December 2023
- Number of Ratings: 506
Woman Enters Left by Jessica Brockmole
- Genre: Historical Fiction (1920s & 1950s)
- Release Date: August 2017
- Number of Ratings: 692
Board to Death by C.J. Connor
- Genre: Cozy Mystery, LGBTQ
- Release Date: August 2023
- Number of Ratings: 961
Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean
- Genre: Short Story Anthology
- Release Date: September 2006
- Number of Ratings: 1,145
The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch by Jacqueline Firkins
- Genre: Contemporary, Romance
- Release Date: October 2023
- Number of Ratings: 1,235
And that’s ten under read books I read in 2023. Have you read any of these? What are some under read books you read in 2023?
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Some good looking books there. I try to avoid Christmas books now too 😂 it makes things a little tricky sometimes!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/top-ten-tuesday-quick-reads-books-to-read-when-time-is-short/
I think it’s wonderful to promote books that aren’t well known yet! I do it a lot, too.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
I am often surprised by the low number of ratings some books have… especially when I loved the book. I’m left thinking, “why isn’t everyone reading this amazing book?!” lol Miss Matched looks very cute. 🙂
https://girlplusbooks.blogspot.com/2024/02/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-novellas.html
Great change of topic! I remember your review for The African Samurai and it sounded interesting. Every Time You Go Away looks/sounds good too 😍
The African Samurai was different than my usual, but I enjoyed it. Every Time You Go Away has some heavy discussions.
What an interesting list. I love the idea highlighting books that don’t have many reviews. The only books here that I’ve heard of is The African Samurai, which I have on hold at my library. I’ll have to check out some of these other books.
I hope you enjoy The African Samurai as much as I did.
I am sometimes shocked when I learn that a book I really like is under read or under reviewed. Once I was the first reviewer on a book, which was a huge shock.
Such a great list! I love that you’re featuring under read books. Many of them caught my eye and I’m adding them to my TBR!
Haze @ The Book Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
I hope you enjoy reading them.
This is a great topic!! Thanks for sharing.
I haven’t read any of these, but I own a copy of Laughing With the Trickster and I hope to get to it soon. Great topic pick!
Happy reading! My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/02/06/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-novellas/
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Great list! All of these are new to me, but they sound amazing. Thanks for sharing.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2024/02/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-quick-reads.html
Oh I really liked Woman Enters Left. I love Jessica Brockmole’s books.
I’ve only read two of her books. But I’ve enjoyed them both.
Miss Matched sounds fun! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
It’s a mix of second chance romance and enemies to lovers.
Ooh interesting topic twist! That would take some serious digging on my part to see what books were under-read! Kudos to your investigating!
Thanks for visiting my TTT!
Goodreads has a sort option that allows you to sort by the number of ratings. Have fun digging through your books.
What a good topic. I loved Woman Enters Left!
Some of these look really fun and cute! Miss Matched is one I’ll have to read more about and Jacqurline is one I read about a long time ago (so thanks for that reminder). Love that you spotlight underread or rated novels. That’s always fun to do. 🙂 Thanks for visiting my website today!
Miss Matched is a fun romance.
This is a great topic change!! I love the variety of books too, way to go!
I haven’t read any of these. All of the Historical fiction and Laughing with the Trickster look so good!
They’re all pretty good reads!
I want the Woman Enters Left outfit, how pretty it is. Love the topic change 🙂
I want the car she’s standing in front of!
I read The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch and I love you top ten twist this week! I’m intrigued by some of these, particularly Miss Matched.
I’ve never heard of these, so good choice of topic – BOARD TO DEATH looks really cute!
It was a fun queer cozy mystery.
Board to Death is on my TBR!
It’s a fun queer cozy mystery.
Lists of under-read books are some of my favorite sorts of lists. Thanks for sharing these.
It’s interesting to see what books have flown under the radar.
Ooh, interesting choice of topic! Looks like a good list. 😀
Miss Matched looks like fun and also a puppy on the cover! Great list.
These all sound so good! I’ve heard of The African Samurai, so I am happy to see that it was a good one. The rest are new to me, so it looks like I have some more books to add to my TBR!
The African Samurai is a good read, the story may be a bit heavy at times. But I think that’s due to the setting more than anything.
It is always fun when you can find those books that not that many have read and can start pushing them onto others.
I think that’s what I always try to do. I’ve never been a fan of reading overhyped books, because too often I don’t enjoy them. Of course there are exceptions (like Heartstopper), but generally super hyped books just don’t work for me.