Ridiculously Underrated Books (20 Ratings or fewer) (2041 books)

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1	Scott and Scotland: The Predicament of the Scottish Writer by Edwin Muir 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 421, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Abandoned Places by Fabio Carpi 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 384, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Angel Riding a Beast by Liliana Ursu 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 379, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The earliest English poetry;: A critical survey of the poetry written before the Norman Conquest, with illustrative translations, by Charles W. Kennedy 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 319, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	America's Coming-of-Age by Van Wyck Brooks 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Consequences of Longing by Peter Boody (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Demon Lover by Maria Valdemi 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Philosophy & Feminism: At the Border, The Impact of Feminism on the Arts & Sciences by Andrea Nye 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	A Preface to the Nibelungenlied by Theodore Murdock Andersson 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 223, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Prefaces to Shakespeare (4 Vols. Set) by Harley Granville-Barker 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 218, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Plumedini’s True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by Cob Watson by John Brady Woodson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Forgotten Voices of Jane Dark by Sarah Murphy 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	In Search of Paradise: The Nordhoff-Hall Story by Paul L. Briand Jr. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1) by Helyn Dunn (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Fergus and the Snow Deer by Yasuko Kimura 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Little Paws and Lion Hearts by Leah Haney (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Life and Opinions of Housecat Hastings by Harrison Bae Wein (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Black Water Born by Fara Spence 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Beowulf and the Appositive Style (Hodges Lecture Series) by Fred C. Robinson 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 194, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Congo Cables: The Cold War in Africa--From Eisenhower to Kennedy by Madeleine G. Kalb 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Origami Museum I: Animals by Akira Yoshizawa 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Double Oblivion of the Ourang-Outang by Hélène Cixous 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 193, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	No Ponies by Mary Treadgold 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Meteor in the Madhouse by Leon Forrest 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Running Wild (Animal Alert, #10) by Jenny Oldfield 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Night of the Toxic Slime by Anthony Masters 2.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Other Landscape by Neil M. Gunn 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Alice Fell by Emma Tennant 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters by Joseph Stanley Pennell 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	And Wait for the Night by John William Corrington 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Woman beware woman by Emma Tennant 2.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists by Alan Lightman (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The New Moon With the Old Moon in Her Arms: A True Story Assembled from Scholarly Hearsay by Ursule Molinaro 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Right Behind the Rain by Joyce Sweeney 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Beowulf and Lejre (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, #323) by John D. Niles (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Amarna Book III: Book of Raia by Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	What is Slavery to Me?: Postcolonial/Slave Memory in post-apartheid South Africa by Pumla Dineo Gqola (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Bug-Eyed Monsters by Anthony Cheetham (Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Undefeated by George Paloczi-Horvath 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Singing Whakapapa by C.K. Stead 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Damned Right (Black Ice Books) by Bayard Johnson 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Amazons of Somelon by Raymond Kaminski 3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Fishing Up the Moon by Anne Hines 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Congressman's Daughter by Craig Nova (Goodreads Author) 3.05 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Eclective: The Time Collection by The Eclective 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 145, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Knowing Victims: Feminism, Agency and Victim Politics in Neoliberal Times by Rebecca Stringer 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	England, Bloody England: An Expatriate's Return by Lesley Hazleton (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 142, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Queen Valentine by Jason Louv (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Hibakusha by Stephen Loveless 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	This Is the Bear by Vivian French 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 139, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Time Piper by Delia Huddy 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 138, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Not Just Bits of Paper by Gregory Bull (Editor) 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 137, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Sugar for the Horse by H.E. Bates 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 135, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Fat Skeletons by Ursule Molinaro 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	An Atlas Of Anglo-Saxon England by David Hill 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 129, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Fantastic World of Gervasio Gallardo by Gervasio Gallardo 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 128, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Harmless poisons, blameless sins by Mohammed Mrabet 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 126, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Adventures in Trichology by Nicholas A. Price (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 126, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Wittgenstein by Kelly Dean Jolley 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 124, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Rackstraw Downes by Sanford Schwartz 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 121, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Widows of Hamilton House by Christina Penner 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 121, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Sun Tea Chronicles by Quinton Blue (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 119, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Dear enemy by James Bacque 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 115, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Sheilagh's Brush (Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series) by Maura Hanrahan 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Moira's Way by Susan Sullivan Saiter 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Ka by Velimir Khlebnikov 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Friends Along the Way by Julia Markus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	A blessing outside us by Hilda Morley 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Feline Online: What Happens When a Smart Cat Surfs the Internet? by Elyse Cregar (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Weep for Her (Antony Maitland, #31) by Sara Woods 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Lust and Cashmere by A.E. Simns 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Aporia by William Tickhill it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Ten on Sunday: The Secret Life of Men by Alan Eisenstock 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Glasgow 5/15 by Isabel de Gracia liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	A Pony For Two by Denise Hill 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Jewish Marriage Contract a Study in the Status of the Woman in Jewish Law by Louis Epstein really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Broken Woman by Euniq Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Panokratie by Tobias Breiner 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Easter in Ordinary: Reflections on Human Experience and the Knowledge of God by Nicholas Lash 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Victorian Honeymoons: Journeys to the Conjugal (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 53) by Helena Michie 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Tinner's Bride (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) by Irene Northan 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Scarlett, First Knight of Vandora by Megan Blue Terry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Speaking of Faith: Global Perspectives on Women, Religion and Social Change by Diana L. Eck 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	When Huai Flowers Bloom: Stories of the Cultural Revolution by Shu Jiang Lu 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Cutting Up Two Burroughs by Mark Leach 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Fire on the Snow by Douglas Alexander Stewart 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Plays and Other Writings by Árpád Göncz really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast by Ruth Moore 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	How Long Have You Really Got? by Michael Pugh (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Merleau-Ponty in Contemporary Context: Philosophy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Douglas Beck Low liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Le modèle standard by Francis Masse (Author, illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Rucksack Man by Sebastian Snow 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Paddlefeet by Christine Purkis liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Way to Go by Harry Mayerovitch 2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Homecoming by Adib Khan 3.12 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	English Poetry, 1700-80: Contemporaries of Swift and Johnson by David W. Lindsay (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The poems Complete in one volume by John Godfrey Saxe 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Gryphon King by Mackay Wood (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Grandma's Strawberry Surprise by Stephanie Boey 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	My Lady Valentine by Octavia Roberts 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Lobstergirl (new)

Apr 15, 2012 03:36PM

AAARRRRGGGGHHHH. The edition of the Goldberg Variations has already changed from Henle Verlag....the good one....to Dover. I don't know why that happens, when people are almost certainly voting by clicking on the edition that is already on the list.

Unbelievably annoying.

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message 2: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Apr 19, 2012 01:09AM

Deleted, for exceeding this list's 20 ratings maximum:
The Enchanted Places

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message 3: by Lobstergirl (new)

Apr 21, 2012 07:55PM

Removed: A Seventh Man

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message 4: by Alessandra (last edited Apr 23, 2012 06:04PM) (new)

Apr 23, 2012 06:02PM

I linked to this list from
Underrated Bestsellers, Fewer Than 100 Ratings and
Sic Transit Gloria Librorum: Bestsellers With Fewer Than 20 Ratings.

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message 5: by Lobstergirl (new)

Apr 29, 2012 04:03PM

Removed for ratings: Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders

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message 6: by Lobstergirl (new)

May 06, 2012 06:45PM

Removed for ratings:
Politics and Markets : The World's Political-Economic Systems
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories
Law and Order
The Inside Story of My Chemical Romance
Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources
The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--And Reality

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May 09, 2012 06:53AM

Banished for ratings:
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948

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message 8: by Spooky (new)

May 26, 2012 08:54PM

Removed for exceeding 20 ratings:

Tidal Whispers
King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure

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message 9: by Lobstergirl (new)

May 26, 2012 08:58PM

Do not add books to the list that haven't even been published yet. These books will be removed.

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message 10: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited May 30, 2012 09:23AM) (new)

May 30, 2012 09:03AM

Removed for ratings:
TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural
Ariel or the Life of Shelley

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message 11: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 10, 2012 07:39PM

Removed for ratings:
Call of the Sea
Tao Te Ching
Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks

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message 12: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 25, 2012 08:23PM

Removed for ratings:
Variaciones en rojo
Fallen Angels
The Biggest House in the World
Time Life World War II: The Home Front: USA
And Peace Shall Sleep
The Complete Beyond the Fringe
Dial ‘M’ for Murdoch – News Corporation and the corruption of Britain

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message 13: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Jul 03, 2012 01:36PM) (new)

Jul 03, 2012 01:35PM

Lobstergirl wrote: "Do not add books to the list that haven't even been published yet. These books will be removed."

Similar case: I'm seeing this list and the "Super Underrated" list being stuffed with books rated by NObody (not even the person adding them to the list -- same voter in all cases). They're not necessarily new publications, but I still am wondering on what basis they are being added, if apparently NOT on the basis of personal knowledge of their contents?

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message 14: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 03, 2012 06:28PM

I've noticed that too...I can't think of a legitimate reason to remove them, as long as they're published. If they take over the list like a fungus, maybe we can revisit.

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message 15: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 05, 2012 01:39AM

Hmm. Redefine the criteria perhaps ("published books [to also cover the "advance copy/to be published in the future" issue)] with between 1 and 20 ratings")?

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message 16: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 14, 2012 05:56AM

Removed for ratings:
Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters
Men
Nightwatchmen
Sylvester, The Mouse with the Musical Ear

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message 17: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 23, 2012 06:55AM

Removed for ratings:
The Furious Flycycle
The Passive Vampire

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message 18: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 04, 2012 07:25PM

Removed for ratings:
The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men
More Peanuts
Vampire Winter

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message 19: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 12, 2012 03:45PM

Removed for ratings:
The Noir Style
Standing in the Shadows
The Great White Space
Vietnam & America: The Most Comprehensive Documented History of the Vietnam War
A Choice of Anglo Saxon Verse
Indo-European Poetry and Myth
Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class

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message 20: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 24, 2012 02:29PM

Removed for ratings:
The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait
Oracle
Lumina

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message 21: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 03, 2012 10:45PM

Removed for ratings:
Treason
Adrift on an Ice Pan

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message 22: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Sep 04, 2012 03:32AM

What about books where "1 of 1" voters is the book's own author? Stay or go?

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message 23: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 04, 2012 03:35PM

For now let's leave them....but if the list becomes larded with them and we can smell the abuse, I might make a rule about it.

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message 24: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 19, 2012 12:37AM

Removed for ratings:
La Vida Que Se Va
Lazarus is Dead
Woman Defamed and Woman Defended: An Anthology of Medieval Texts
The Secrets of Inchon

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message 25: by Bennet (new)

Sep 20, 2012 07:38PM

Removed for ratings:
The Cup of Fury
Chapman's Odyssey
The Austrians
Harriet
Strange Light
Fool's Gold
Hello...Wrong Number
Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers
A Memoir of No One in Particular
Fran Ellen's House
Behind Mud Walls, 1930-1960: With a Sequel: The Village in 1970 and a New Chapter by Susan S. Wadley: The Village in 1984, Revised Edition
The Penguin Book of Russian Short Stories
The Market System: What It Is, How It Works, and What to Make of It
In My Meadow
Guardians of Power: The Myth of the Liberal Media
Ant and Bee: An Alphabetical Story for Tiny Tots
The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Comets, Craters, Controversy, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Cathedral Cats
Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome
Roman Britain: Outpost of the Empire
Subways Are for Sleeping
Letters From Egypt
Suppressed Transmission: The First Broadcast
Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation, circa 800-1500

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message 26: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 20, 2012 07:49PM

Bennet, please let a book go to 21 ratings before removal. Thanks.

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message 27: by Bennet (new)

Sep 20, 2012 08:09PM

OK, I wrestled with how clear "Fewer than" in the title was, and I guess I chose the more fastidious interpretation. I won't make the same mistake on the other "Underrated" lists.

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message 28: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 20, 2012 08:28PM

No problem, of course a literal interpretation of the title would suggest removing any book that hits that number. But we (the people who create and maintain these particular lists) prefer to let it go +1 beyond that.

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message 29: by Bennet (new)

Sep 21, 2012 02:21AM

Gotcha.

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message 30: by Cheryl (last edited Oct 04, 2012 10:39AM) (new)

Oct 04, 2012 10:37AM

Here's hoping The Consequences of Longing and One Nation Under God get the publicity they deserve and get kicked off this list. They are relatively new & relatively easy to find and to read.

Thanks for this list!

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message 31: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Oct 09, 2012 01:26PM) (new)

Oct 09, 2012 01:20PM

Removed for ratings:
At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque
The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
Wagner's Ring in 1848: New Translations of the Nibelung Myth and Siegfried's Death

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message 32: by [deleted user] (new)

Oct 09, 2012 02:52PM

A conundrum: 2 people have voted for Night Of The Toxic Slime! But it has 0 ratings.

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message 33: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Oct 09, 2012 02:57PM

Hayes wrote: "A conundrum: 2 people have voted for Night Of The Toxic Slime! But it has 0 ratings."

Yes, there are several of these on the list, see messages 13 and 14 above.

Lobstergirl: Still holding to the policy expressed earlier?

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message 34: by Lobstergirl (new)

Oct 09, 2012 05:00PM

I can't think of a sufficient reason to change it at this point. Always up for review, though, if too many of them pop up.

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message 35: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 09, 2012 08:29PM

Well, it's not like 0 ratings is more than 20. LOL

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message 36: by [deleted user] (new)

Oct 09, 2012 11:59PM

I was thinking more about the oddity, not the appropriateness for this list... If it has no ratings, how did it get on gr (via Ingram, I imagine) and why didn't the two voters rate and or review it?

A paradox, a paradox, a most amusing paradox...

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message 37: by Lobstergirl (new)

Oct 10, 2012 12:04AM

Lots and lots of books on GR have no ratings. The user who added it to the list has it on a shelf called "no-ratings," so maybe she is drawn to ratingsless books for some reason.

Some GR users read and review but don't rate. People use the site in different ways. For books I read a long time ago and can't remember much about, I shelved them as "read" but generally didn't rate them. It just didn't feel right giving stars to something I had no real memory of.

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message 38: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Oct 10, 2012 01:49AM

There IS this, though, that not many books on this list have titles as, err, remarkable as Night Of The Toxic Slime ...

Which OTOH may be a reason why nobody's owning up to actually shelving it?

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message 39: by [deleted user] (new)

Oct 10, 2012 01:52AM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Which OTOH may be a reason why nobody's owning up to actually shelving it? "

A possibility...

Or perhaps the toxic slime has disintegrated those who voted for it... mwa-hahaha!

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message 40: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Oct 10, 2012 02:02AM) (new)

Oct 10, 2012 02:01AM

Hah -- now there's a blast from the past!!

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message 41: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 10, 2012 02:30PM

Themis-Athena wrote: "There IS this, though, that not many books on this list have titles as, err, remarkable as Night Of The Toxic Slime ...

Which OTOH may be a reason why nobody's owning up to actually shelving it?"

That one deserves a place on the list of the books with the best titles.

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message 42: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Oct 11, 2012 01:57AM

This one?

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/42...

Done!

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message 43: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 11, 2012 10:11AM

That's a good one, but I was thinking this one: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/27... .

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message 44: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Oct 11, 2012 10:17AM

Wow. A list I haven't voted on yet ... hmmm, must contemplate additions forthwith!