While writing my review for The Stranger Diaries I realized how underrated it is. It has won awards, but I still haven’t seen many people talk about it on social media. I started thinking about several other books that I love that don’t get the attention they deserve. If you have some room on your tbr give these underrated books a try.

The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch

Synopsis:

When her free-spirited mother dies in a tragic accident, sixteen-year-old Alexandria Lee is forced to leave her West Coast home and move in with a wealthy grandmother she’s never known in Savannah, Georgia. By birth, Alex is a rightful if unwilling member of the Magnolia League-Savannah’s long-standing debutante society. But white gloves and silk gowns are a far cry from the vintage t-shirts and torn jeans shorts she’s used to.

Alex is the first in decades to question the Magnolia League’s intentions, yet even she becomes entangled in their seductive world. The members enjoy youth, beauty and power…but at what cost? As Alex discovers a pact between the Magnolias and the Buzzards, a legendary hoodoo family, she discovers secrets-some deadly-hidden beneath the glossy Southern veneer.

My love for Savannah, Georgia stemmed from this book. I read this years ago and I still think about it. It has been well loved. I’m angry at young me for losing the dust jacket. I really want to give this one a reread.

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The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

Synopsis:

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she even teaches a course on him. But when one of Clare’s colleagues is found dead, with a line from Holland’s iconic story “The Stranger” left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with her favorite literature.

The police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her diary, the only outlet for her suspicions and fears. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn’t hers, left on the page of an old diary:

Hallo Clare. You don’t know me.

Clare becomes more certain than ever: “The Stranger” has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?

This is such a good mystery. It is so well developed. I suspected everyone. It’s definitely a page turner.

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House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A Craig

Synopsis:

In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.

Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’ lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last–the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge–and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.

Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that her sister’s deaths were no accidents. The girls have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn’t sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who–or what–are they really dancing with?

This one get some recognition, but not nearly enough. It is so atmospheric. I could almost feel the icy ocean breeze. This is perfect for fall.

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Naptown Blues by Rob Wesley

Synopsis:

Wes Roberts has worked hard creating and maintaining a delicate balance between being a father and satisfying his wanderlust. When he’s not working at an auto repair shop you can usually find him climbing mountains all around the world with his climbing partner Cal, going backpacking with his son Jax, taking weekend bike or kayak trips, or just hanging out at the neighborhood watering hole with his best friends Wilson and Penny.

But somewhere inside, he knows he needs more– more adventure, more freedom, more mountains.

A chance encounter with a mysterious vagabond, Fitz, supercharges his wanderlust, threatening to upset the balance he’s worked so hard for. Fitz is everything he’s ever wanted to be, and the two of them are instantly drawn to one another. When Wes finds himself suddenly unemployed, and most importantly– with Jax’s blessing– Wes and Fitz set off on a series of adventures.

I cannot express my love for this book enough. I know I raved about it when I reviewed it, and I still love it. It discusses major emotions, and completely describes how nature calls to me. If you’re going to read any book from this list make it this one.

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So those are some books that I think deserves more attention. Have you read any of them? If you try one let me know! What underrated books do you love?

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