Hi guys, it's Olivia here from Olivia's Catastrophe and today I'm here to give
you an if you like this book maybe you should try this book video. I tried to
choose popular books and then unpopular books so that you can find some less
well-known or less hyped books that are still just as good as the popular ones.
So let's get started because I have 10 if you like this try this
recommendations for you.
First of all I'm gonna start with if you like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid, you should try The Summer That Melted Everything by
Tiffany McDaniel. Now, I'm only going to be telling you
what the underrated one is about. So The Summer That Melted Everything.
It follows this city where it's really really hot as it's the middle of summer. And
the preacher invites the devil to come to the town because he's curious to know
what the devil's like. This young boy shows up and proclaims he is the devil
and things just spiral from there because the citizens of the town are not happy. And
whether the devil causes trouble or not... you'll have to read to find out. Now, what
I liked about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was the writing was a
masterpiece and it was so well crafted that you can tell that the author really
put their time and effort into this. And the writing was fantastic and just like
that, the writing in The Summer That Melted Everything is fantastic. And in a similar
way to Evelyn Hugo everything comes together so well in the end and it makes
you think about the concepts in a deeper way then you previously would've.
And I think both of these books just do that so well. And if you enjoyed this one
you'll probably enjoy this one too. If you enjoyed the Raven boys by Maggie
Stiefvater I think you should try aA Song to Take the World Apart by Zan Romanoff.
Now, A Song to Take the World Apart by Zan Romanoff is also magical realism in
a low-key kind of way just like the Raven boys series. And in this one it's
about this girl who's been told she's never allowed to sing in public because
what she doesn't know is that she is actually a siren. And when she starts to
sing in public one time and her boyfriend starts to fall in love with her,
her mum reveals how this was not really something she should have done. How she's
taken away the choice and she kind of feels tempted to keep on doing this. But,
you know, she's also coming of age. It's also... she's going through secondary
school and growing up. There's something that sounds like a melody when Maggie
Stiefvater writes and A Song to Take the World Apart kind of mimics that but in a
different way. I felt like the writing style clearly reminded me of the ocean
which makes so much sense, because this one is about a siren. I can't articulate
how it got me to that feeling but it did it so well. I think they both have quite
magical writing styles and they're like... they both low-key include magic in
them. So definitely try both of these out. If you liked the Hunger Games by Suzanne
Collins you should definitely try iGne by
Michael Grant. This one is one of my favourite series. What happens is that
it's a group of teenagers and they live in Peridido Beach. And then one day just
all at the same time with all the people over 15 years old disappear. But when
they venture outside they find out there's this large dome that is over
their city. That they can't get out of. So all these fifteen-year-old kids are
trapped under the dome and they start to develop superpowers. A lot goes down and
this series just escalates. There are six books in this series and with each and
every single one of them the stakes rise higher. They're all fighting for
themselves, fighting each other and it kind of reminds me of being in The
Hunger Games. The way that these kids treat each other. Except they have powers.
I like this more than the Hunger Games and I really do recommend it. Moving on,
if you like The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas I'd recommend you try The Nowhere
Girls by Amy Reed. So The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed is a book about this
group of girls who live in this town where sexual assault is very common and
rape culture is very intense. And these girls decide to start this club called
The Nowhere Girls who are anonymous and they are trying to do a strike to
hopefully lash out against the rape culture and bring it to light. And make
it stop. In a similar way to The Hate U Give being a very activist story, very
focused on the social movement of black lives matter. The Nowhere Girls is also
very activist and focused on the movement of tackling rape culture and
putting an end to it. And I think both of those in that way, handled the topics
perfectly. There's nothing more I want to say on racism that isn't tackled in The
Hate U Give and there's nothing more I want to say on rape culture that isn't
tackled in The Nowhere Girls. So feminist, strong female leads, who kick butt and
are moving activists. If you liked A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
I think you should try Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa.
So these ones are scarily similar and I read this one and then straight away
read this one which is why those comparisons are just very clear in my
mind. But this one follows this girl who was a siren. Can you tell I like siren
stories? And she makes this deal with this Fae. And every time you make a deal
you have to pay off a debt. And she's done so many deals that she never
thought she'd have to pay off her debts, but now the Fae has returned
to her and he's trying to cash in on those debts. As well as that this one is
actually very focused on being a sexual assault survivor which surprised me
because it just... I wasn't expecting it to be such an integral part of the
storyline. But it really very much is. I think it did a great job way of building
the characters. The explicit scenes were actually brilliant in this one. Better
than in A Court of Thorns and Roses if you ask me but I was a big fan of this book. So if
you liked The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, might be saying that
wrong, I would recommend A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Okay, you can see those
books there but just don't mind those. So The Little Prince is a very well-known
tale, but in this one it uses the aspects of storytelling to show more rules -- to
show some very important themes. And in a similar way A Monster Calls it does have
that storytelling element as well. In A Monster Calls it's about Connor. His mum
is currently diagnosed with cancer and it's quite a dire situation. And he's just
trying to live through that and deal with all the emotions that come with
that. But every single night at 12:07 a monster comes to his window and him and
the monster tell stories. And they were similar in the way that the storytelling is very
focused and a main part of the story. Especially when it comes to Connor and
figuring out his emotions to do with his mother and cancer. This one is a lot more
sad than The Little Prince but I think these are both suited for all ages and
the storytelling just shows why they work well together.
If you liked Wonder by RJ Palacio I think you should try it out Out of my
Mind by Sharon M Draper. So Out of my Mind follows this girl who has cerebral palsy,
I believe. And she can't speak but she's very very smart and she feels so trapped
in her body. It's also a middle grade and she just was trapped within her body and
she can't say anything. But this new technology is developed where she can
suddenly start to speak for the first time. Her parents have never heard her
voice but now that Mel has a voice is everybody ready to hear it?
Tthis tale was just so harrowing for me. It really moved my soul. It made me sad
at times, it made me so happy at times. It was just a very big emotional roller
coaster. Especially as it also has wheelchair rep. In a similar way to Wonder it's
a middle-grade that also deals with a young boy who has facial deformity.
Although Melody doesn't have a facial deformity they both have physical
challenges. I think these two really pair up well together. And also they're
blue covers. Isn't that so nice? Now, let's do some classics. So if you liked
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I believe you should try the
complete Father Brown stories by GK Chesterton. In my opinion I didn't really
like Sherlock Holmes, but I really loved this one. So they're both detective
stories. Murder mysteries. But what makes Father Brown's so unique is that Father
Brown is actually a priest. So he kind of uses his faith and religion in his morals
and the way that he tackles a crime. But what makes Father Brown's stories very
interesting is the way that enemies and sidekicks kind of interchange and
exchange. And I really did enjoy reading these detective stories. They're also
short stories just like Sherlock Holmes although Sherlock Holmes does have a few
novels as well. And I just think they both kind of use similar methods of
detection. Whereas Father Brown also kind of leans on the Agatha Christie way of
also focusing on human nature as well as the facts. And I just think these two go
very well together. Same genre although he came later and personally thinking, he
did it better. Next up if you enjoyed And Then There Were None by Agatha
Christie I think you should try Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh.
Now Death and the Dancing Footman is murder mystery where this man decides to invite
all of these dinner guests to his house, and he is also in the house. And he
invites them just because he wants to see how this drama is going to unfold
because all of them have had negative experiences with each other. And they all
have reasons to dislike each other. However, there are two attempted murders
and then there is one successful murder. But who has done it? Because they all
clearly have motive. And when this happens it suddenly snows like crazy and
they're all trapped inside this house because it's far too cold and snowy to
go anywhere. So it's kind of like And Then There Were None. The isolated house
setting, where they have to stay in the house but a murder has happened. And you
have to figure out who did it and they all have motives or the ability
to kill each other. It was fantastic. They're both fantastic books. Read both
of them actually. If you enjoyed Hamlet by William Shakespeare you should read
The Dead Father's Club by Matt Haig. This one is a bit of an easy comparison.
Hamlet is the original tale and this is a retelling of Hamlet. But guys. this is a
brilliant retelling of Hamlet. So it is a middle grade and Hamlet is a young child
whose father just died in a car crash. However, I feel like in this one it is
made more explicitly clear that we don't know if the uncle figure actually
murdered him or not. It could be that he was murdered, it could be that he wasn't.
And unlike in Hamlet where it's certain that Claudius murdered Hamlet's father,
we actually don't know in this case which makes it all the more interesting
to see what Hamlet will do. Yes, Hamlet is tasked with killing him
which is a bit of a dark thing for a children's story. But at the same time
it's very within question whether Hamlet is crazy or not crazy.
Whereas in Hamlet more or less we're expected to believe that Hamlet is sane.
But in this one Hamlet could be going through the grieving process and be out
of his mind while doing that. So I just found it so interesting how Matt Haig
warped these themes that Hamlet brings across and changed them a bit. He changes
the Ophelia storyline. The ending ends perfectly and it also has a unique way
of laying out some of the words on the page, in this one. So so so good. Highly
recommend. And there you guys have it, that is your if you like this you should
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next one. Goodbye! *bloopers* If you enjoyed the Raven boys by Stevie micarta... by Stevie...
by Maggie. Moving on if you liked the Hunger -- the Hunger Games?? And then last but not
least if you enjoyed Hamlet by William Shakespeare you should read Death and
the Dancing Footman by Matt -- no --