I like reading books that most others overlook. But that doesn’t mean I’m good at finding these nuggets of gold. Periodically, I get lucky. And that happened recently when I was doing some unique sorts on America’s (or your country’s) store for books.
Common Threads for the Obscure Books
I chose three books where readers left at least 1,000 ratings although one fell just short. I still included it. The ratings had to exceed 4.3. Here are my three selections:
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny (2012)
2.9k ratings – 4.6 stars
When advertising executive Schroff answered a child’s request for spare change by inviting him for lunch, she did not expect the encounter to grow into a friendship that would endure into his adulthood.
Kirkus Reviews – November 1, 2011
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2005)
1.8k ratings – 4.4 stars
It is a book about the economic cyanide force-fed to the developing word by the US government, the IMF and the rest of what author John Perkins calls “the corporatocracy”.
Robert Heaton – February 27, 2017
A Work in Progress: A Memoir (2015)
1k ratings – 4.8 stars
In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation-so far.
Wattpad – by TheCanadian Scribe
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