Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book

All the great books you probably haven't heard of!!
It should have less than 10,000 ratings in order to count as a "hidden" gem.
1

by
4.72 avg rating — 94 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.46 avg rating — 64 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.79 avg rating — 334 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.07 avg rating — 23,825 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
3.60 avg rating — 2,721 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.09 avg rating — 41,841 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.10 avg rating — 95,667 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.90 avg rating — 5,478 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.97 avg rating — 352 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.09 avg rating — 201,196 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.20 avg rating — 6,305 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.19 avg rating — 25,610 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.14 avg rating — 146 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.80 avg rating — 101 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.06 avg rating — 11,972 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
3.59 avg rating — 2,953 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.24 avg rating — 114,880 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.15 avg rating — 1,621 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.83 avg rating — 37,019 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.43 avg rating — 2,431 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.98 avg rating — 578 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.02 avg rating — 152,121 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.08 avg rating — 15,818 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
3.93 avg rating — 10,859 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
3.67 avg rating — 262 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
3.94 avg rating — 201,905 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
3.63 avg rating — 9,840 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.03 avg rating — 9,210 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.72 avg rating — 6,610 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
3.79 avg rating — 18,609 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.15 avg rating — 22,309 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
3.85 avg rating — 10,293 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.18 avg rating — 8,164 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
3.90 avg rating — 13,926 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.82 avg rating — 1,024 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
2.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.82 avg rating — 3,782 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.37 avg rating — 4,294 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.03 avg rating — 77 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.92 avg rating — 80 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.04 avg rating — 14,349 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.64 avg rating — 362 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.75 avg rating — 136 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.11 avg rating — 180 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.23 avg rating — 9,636 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.16 avg rating — 111 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.06 avg rating — 8,897 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.19 avg rating — 873 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.27 avg rating — 5,223 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.56 avg rating — 1,646 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.69 avg rating — 4,434 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.98 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,236 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.96 avg rating — 2,858 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.15 avg rating — 5,524 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.98 avg rating — 17,085 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.99 avg rating — 4,065 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.79 avg rating — 294 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.08 avg rating — 6,177 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.48 avg rating — 7,672 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.27 avg rating — 6,082 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.90 avg rating — 100 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.65 avg rating — 573 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.72 avg rating — 512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.78 avg rating — 144 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.45 avg rating — 395,195 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.78 avg rating — 2,340 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
4.10 avg rating — 2,139 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.86 avg rating — 10,461 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.89 avg rating — 18,635 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.85 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.90 avg rating — 158 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.84 avg rating — 231 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.82 avg rating — 202 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
4.12 avg rating — 205 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
3.71 avg rating — 182 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
4.16 avg rating — 956 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
4.14 avg rating — 1,009 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,635 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
4.23 avg rating — 11,746 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
4.11 avg rating — 260 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
4.21 avg rating — 890 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
197 books · 98 voters · list created July 7th, 2011 by Emma (votes) .
Tags: hidden-gems
11 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Emma 56 books
0 friends
Jean 15 books
1 friend
Jessica 2218 books
79 friends
Adrianna [SypherLily] 1456 books
115 friends
Elffriend26 682 books
58 friends
Zucchini 270 books
2 friends
Eatbugs 1950 books
74 friends
Em~Lost In A Dream~ 2384 books
220 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-11 of 11 (11 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

Adrianna [SypherLily] lol if it has over 10,000 ratings on goodreads I'm fairly certain that is not a HIDDEN gem.


Adrianna [SypherLily] I wish there were a way to delete books on here that have surpassed 10,000 reviews :/


message 3: by Hanne (last edited Nov 01, 2012 04:38AM) (new)

Hanne There is. Some librarians can do it.
I know one that can do it - and i think i know how to do it as well, although i've never tried.

Emma - as the creator, you want me to try and delete the ones above 10 000?


Adrianna [SypherLily] That would be awesome! I'm a librarian and I even made this list but I can't figure it out.


message 5: by Hanne (new)

Hanne ah, you're the creator? ok, i thought it was Emma. Let me see if i can do it! (how exciting! :)


Adrianna [SypherLily] Ok! :)


message 7: by Hanne (new)

Hanne Deleted the following books, for having way more ratings (> 50.000) than the creator of the list intended

- Emma
- Wicked lovely
- The Summoning
- Clockwork Angel
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler
- Graceling
- Fallen
- Artemis Fowl
- Midnight Sun
- Hush hush hush


Adrianna [SypherLily] Thank you so much! I wish there was a way for me to do it so I could keep up haha


message 9: by Allison (last edited Jun 27, 2013 08:55AM) (new)

Allison Deleted the following books for having way more ratings (>30,000) than intended:

-The Iron King (Iron Fey, #1)
-The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
-Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)
-Wings (Wings, #1)
-Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
-The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3)
-Need (Need, #1)


Adrianna [SypherLily] Thank you Allison! :)


message 11: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Oct 06, 2014 09:44AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) I've voted for several books beautiful books I've read and yet hardly anyone on GR seems to have read them. Amazing... Most of the books are by English speaking authors and of the ones that aren't, most been translated into English.


back to top