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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,069,458 ratings — published 2023
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,030,574 ratings — published 2014
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Unsouled (Cradle, #1) Unsouled (Cradle, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.13 — 64,841 ratings — published 2016
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The Guy on the Right (The Underdogs, #1) The Guy on the Right (The Underdogs, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.05 — 19,654 ratings — published 2019
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.56 — 302,124 ratings — published 2023
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Chief Chief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.85 — 41 ratings — published
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,899,866 ratings — published 2018
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Poet Of The Wrong Generation Poet Of The Wrong Generation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.82 — 633 ratings — published 2016
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The Wastes (Underdog, #2) The Wastes (Underdog, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,356 ratings — published 2019
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Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains (Underdog, #1) Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains (Underdog, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,201 ratings — published 2019
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Great Expectations Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.80 — 900,061 ratings — published 1861
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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,559,415 ratings — published 2016
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,696,277 ratings — published 2015
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Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,162,256 ratings — published 2012
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Legend (Legend, #1) Legend (Legend, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.15 — 576,449 ratings — published 2011
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The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1) The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.06 — 58,676 ratings — published 2014
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,364,004 ratings — published 2008
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,354,375 ratings — published 2011
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Mark of the Fool (Mark of the Fool, #1) Mark of the Fool (Mark of the Fool, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,151 ratings — published 2022
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Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1) Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.36 — 448,596 ratings — published 2025
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Margo's Got Money Troubles Margo's Got Money Troubles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.82 — 285,453 ratings — published 2024
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Starship's Mage (Starship’s Mage, #1) Starship's Mage (Starship’s Mage, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,488 ratings — published 2014
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Taken (Alex Verus, #3) Taken (Alex Verus, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.14 — 19,859 ratings — published 2012
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Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1) Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,123,152 ratings — published 2023
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,964,279 ratings — published 2023
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,040,762 ratings — published 2012
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Blackflame (Cradle, #3) Blackflame (Cradle, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.50 — 43,148 ratings — published 2017
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Soulsmith (Cradle, #2) Soulsmith (Cradle, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.31 — 46,966 ratings — published 2016
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,391,780 ratings — published 2000
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Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1) Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.99 — 24,913 ratings — published 2007
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The Dark Continent (Underdog, #3) The Dark Continent (Underdog, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,121 ratings — published 2020
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A Court of Honey and Ash (Honey and Ice, #1) A Court of Honey and Ash (Honey and Ice, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.00 — 25,958 ratings — published 2021
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Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3) Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.34 — 133,401 ratings — published 2008
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Spinning Silver Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.17 — 160,091 ratings — published 2018
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,102,858 ratings — published 2006
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,086,767 ratings — published 2014
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Blood Oath (Darkest Drae, #1) Blood Oath (Darkest Drae, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.05 — 18,383 ratings — published 2017
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,390,024 ratings — published 1952
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,706,505 ratings — published 1967
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Ghost (Track, #1) Ghost (Track, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.18 — 54,994 ratings — published 2016
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Fated (Alex Verus, #1) Fated (Alex Verus, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.90 — 32,506 ratings — published 2012
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.47 — 1,178,813 ratings — published 2016
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Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.44 — 739,647 ratings — published 2014
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Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.09 — 833,791 ratings — published 2013
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The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.04 — 188,814 ratings — published 2015
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,669,652 ratings — published 1937
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Bone Gap Bone Gap (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.80 — 30,844 ratings — published 2015
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First Year (The Black Mage, #1) First Year (The Black Mage, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.94 — 23,366 ratings — published 2014
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.39 — 373,916 ratings — published 2013
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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,232,180 ratings — published 2015
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Philip Yancey
“Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.”
― Philip Yancey

Criss Jami
“Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

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