Eccentric Book Club Recs (28 books)

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A weird mix of poetry, YA books and other fiction books intended to generate conversation and make you think, but with lesser known (and/or expected) titles in the mix.

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1	Blue Horses by Mary Oliver 4.28 avg rating — 12,778 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
2	The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 23,205 ratings score: 195, 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
3	Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 845,234 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
4	Circe by Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 1,417,825 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
5	Swan Song by Robert McCammon 4.30 avg rating — 77,884 ratings score: 180, 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
6	Impossible (Impossible, #1) by Nancy Werlin (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 18,319 ratings score: 177, 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
7	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.10 avg rating — 511,856 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
8	Mythic Adventures: Paintings & Poetry by Ayn Cates Sullivan (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 38 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
9	The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 69,371 ratings score: 99, 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
10	The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 4.39 avg rating — 1,255,124 ratings score: 98, 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
11	Peter Darling by Austin Chant (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 11,970 ratings score: 97, 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
12	Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.04 avg rating — 116,140 ratings score: 96, 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
13	The Game of Sunken Places (Norumbegan Quartet, #1) by M.T. Anderson 3.44 avg rating — 1,409 ratings score: 92, 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
14	Salt by Nayyirah Waheed (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 25,433 ratings score: 91, 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
15	Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell 3.89 avg rating — 43,550 ratings score: 90, 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
16	Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 21,631 ratings score: 89, 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
17	The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1) by Melissa Albert (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 103,161 ratings score: 88, 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
18	Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1) by Cynthia Voigt (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 23,459 ratings score: 87, 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
19	Perfect by Natasha Friend (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 14,304 ratings score: 86, 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
20	Singularity by William Sleator 4.02 avg rating — 1,924 ratings score: 85, 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
21	When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson 4.32 avg rating — 6,338 ratings score: 84, 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
22	Talking to Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #4) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 37,797 ratings score: 83, 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
23	War of the Foxes by Richard Siken 4.14 avg rating — 9,703 ratings score: 82, 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
24	The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 3.23 avg rating — 90,691 ratings score: 81, 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
25	The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 3,672 ratings score: 78, 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
26	Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,108 ratings score: 77, 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
27	Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice 3.76 avg rating — 31,552 ratings score: 76, 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
28	A Well-Timed Enchantment by Vivian Vande Velde 3.69 avg rating — 1,402 ratings score: 75, 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