15 Excellent Books (That Your Algorithm Missed)
Spotlighting books I love, but rarely see in the wild
Despite our best efforts, sometimes it feels like social media algorithms promote the same dozen books over and over. Even once we escape the algorithm’s clutches, the sheer volume of book recommendations thrown at us can be overwhelming.
Sometimes, we have to take the plunge and go into uncharted territory. Maybe it’s a book with only a handful of reviews. Perhaps it’s outside of our usual comfort genre, or published by a niche independent press you’ve never heard of.
Thankfully, I’ve come along and done a lot of the work for you! I’ve compiled a list of fifteen titles I absolutely devoured that I rarely see spotlighted across bookish platforms. These are hidden gems.
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Whether you’re looking to be that elusive commuter on public transit reading a niche title nobody has heard of, or you’re trying to crush a reading slump, you’ll find something here worth reading.
Bedbugs by Martina Vidaić
Literary Fiction | Published by Sandorf Passage | 224 Pages
For fans of: The Guest by Emma Cline
A woman in the throes of grief following her husband’s death discovers she is the host of unwelcome bedbugs in her apartment. Naturally, she elects to burn the apartment down and revisit her semi-estranged family. Her journey is meandering and directionless, but it gives the reader an intimate look at her upbringing in Croatia. There’s also plenty of musings about architecture, if you’re into that (I don’t judge).
