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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,880,282 ratings — published 2023
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.27 — 937,993 ratings — published 2014
The Guy on the Right (The Underdogs, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.05 — 19,437 ratings — published 2019
Unsouled (Cradle, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.14 — 61,589 ratings — published 2016
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,844,768 ratings — published 2018
Poet Of The Wrong Generation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.82 — 633 ratings — published 2016
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.57 — 273,181 ratings — published 2023
The Wastes (Underdog, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,347 ratings — published 2019
Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains (Underdog, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,190 ratings — published 2019
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,423,636 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,514,098 ratings — published 2015
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,144,392 ratings — published 2012
Legend (Legend, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.15 — 572,398 ratings — published 2011
The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.06 — 57,196 ratings — published 2014
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,208,495 ratings — published 2008
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,336,936 ratings — published 2011
Mark of the Fool (Mark of the Fool, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.27 — 11,065 ratings — published 2022
Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.37 — 399,735 ratings — published 2025
Margo's Got Money Troubles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.83 — 258,594 ratings — published 2024
Starship's Mage (Starship’s Mage, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,421 ratings — published 2014
Taken (Alex Verus, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.14 — 19,665 ratings — published 2012
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,837,832 ratings — published 2023
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,031,531 ratings — published 2012
Blackflame (Cradle, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.50 — 41,077 ratings — published 2017
Soulsmith (Cradle, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.32 — 44,665 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,317,451 ratings — published 2000
Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.00 — 24,321 ratings — published 2007
The Dark Continent (Underdog, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,116 ratings — published 2020
A Court of Honey and Ash (Honey and Ice, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.00 — 25,720 ratings — published 2021
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.80 — 891,038 ratings — published 1861
Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.34 — 132,778 ratings — published 2008
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,060,408 ratings — published 2006
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,053,819 ratings — published 2014
Blood Oath (Darkest Drae, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.05 — 18,356 ratings — published 2017
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,674,574 ratings — published 1967
Ghost (Track, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.18 — 54,049 ratings — published 2016
Fated (Alex Verus, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.90 — 32,157 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.47 — 1,166,180 ratings — published 2016
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.44 — 716,584 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.09 — 808,639 ratings — published 2013
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.04 — 187,971 ratings — published 2015
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,595,139 ratings — published 1937
Bone Gap (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.80 — 30,760 ratings — published 2015
First Year (The Black Mage, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.94 — 23,318 ratings — published 2014
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,213,061 ratings — published 2015
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,299,545 ratings — published 2009
The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.86 — 144,450 ratings — published 2014
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,781,113 ratings — published 2001
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as underdog)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,220,053 ratings — published 2012
“Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.”
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“Reprimanded children sometimes can’t stop smiling, which risks being mistaken for disrespect. All they’re doing, though, is nervously signaling nonhostility. This is why women smile more than men, and why men who smile are often in need of friendly relations. One study explicitly looked at this underdog quality of the smile in pictures taken right before matches in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The photographs show both fighters defiantly staring at each other. Analysis of a large number of pictures revealed that the fighter with the more intense smile was the one who’d end up losing the fight later that day. The investigators concluded that smiling indicates a lack of physical dominance, and that the fighter who smiles the most is the one most in
need of appeasement.”
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
need of appeasement.”
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
