Top Ten Tuesday: Underrated Authors

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I’m not even sure if these authors really count as underrated but they are the ones that I wish more people read!

1. Sarah Beth Durst: So many good standalone fantasies. So many cute romances. With magic!
2. Marie Rutkoski: If you haven’t seen me gushing about her YA titles already then you just haven’t been paying attention.
3. Nova Ren Suma: Nova has a bit of a following but I which more of them were people I know well so we could talk about her haunting books.
4. Sarah Zettel: Again if you haven’t seen me gushing you just weren’t looking.
5. Jonathan Stroud: This is a cheat because he’s super popular but again not among my circle. Where no one can appreciate the beauty of The Screaming Staircase. Alas!
6. Susan Juby: While Alice, I Think and its sequels are older titles, I still think about them all the time. So much fun in so few books!
7. Jodi Lynn Anderson: Where is everyone who can talk with me about The Vanishing Season?
8. Carolyn MacCullough: Another author with older titles, but such good ones. I still suggest these books constantly.
9. Lisa Ann Sandell: If you haven’t read her verse novel Song of the Sparrow you haven’t lived.
10. Aimee Friedman: In addition to being an awesome editor, Aimee’s novel Sea Change is a really lovely spin on traditional mermaid lore.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

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