Everyone is always looking for the next big “insert popular title here” but what about those books that came out a while ago and maybe you just missed? Below is a list of books and series that are complete that deserve to be read and enjoyed by the masses.

Check out the list and tell us what your favorite book or series is to introduce people to.

This series has so much to offer a reader.  It is smart, well written and to this day has the best twist ever in a book. The story follows two pairs of siblings each fighting against Demons for different reasons and tentatively joining forces for the greater good.  Each book is told from a different character’s perspective making the story telling full and vibrant.

Synopsis:

Nick’s family has been on the run from magicians his whole life. His father is dead, and his insane mother hates him—she starts screaming if he touches her. After Nick’s protective older brother is marked with a demon sign that means death, danger is unavoidable. The only way to erase the sign is to kill a magician.

As Nick and his brother play a deadly cat and mouse game with the magicians, Nick begins to suspect that everything his brother has told him about their past is a pack of lies. Not knowing whom to trust or where to turn, he walks into a trap—and a startling revelation that changes everything he’s ever believed.

The final book in this series just released and it was everything the series needed it to be.  The series follows Cassel Sharpe and his struggle living in a family of cons and curse workers.  This series is a gritty, fast-paced fantasy, rife with the unexpected.  Holly Black creates some of the best worlds ever.  The curse workers world is mixed with that of organized crime, giving it a touch of believability.  The story is about Cassel but you can’t help but be interested in all the characters stories.  In the end it is even challenging to dislike the bad guy.

Synopsis:

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers—people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, all by the slightest touch of their hands. Since curse work is illegal, they’re all criminals. But not Cassel. He hasn’t got the magic touch, so he’s an outsider—the straight kid in a crooked family—as long as you ignore one small detail: He killed his best friend, Lila. Now he is sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat. He also notices that his brothers are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect he’s part of one huge con game, he must unravel his past and his memories. To find out the truth, Cassel will have to outcon the conmen.

This book weaves together Texas ranching, ghost hunting and witchcraft with strong characters and laugh out loud moments. Amy Goodnight is not your average teenager but she tries to be, with little success not to mention the matter of a spirit personally haunting her or the rogue ghost knocking people out.  The story is well written, fast paced and truly a fun read.

Synopsis:

Amy Goodnight’s family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best to stay far outside the family business. Her summer gig? Ranch-sitting for her aunt with her wacky but beautiful sister. Only the Goodnight Ranch is even less normal than it normally is. Bodies are being discovered, a ghost is on the prowl, and everywhere she turns, the hot neighbor cowboy is in her face.

This book is so compelling and honest.  Take Me There follows Dylan, an illiterate teen who has been recently released from juvenile hall.  Dylan is struggling to find his way in the world where dyslexia and a convicted father have him permanently stuck on the wrong side of the tracks.  Dylan’s story is compelling and realistic. I couldn’t put the book down once I started.

Synopsis:

Seventeen-year-old Dylan Dawson is trying to pull his life together after his release from juvenile hall. But going straight isn’t easy, and Dylan just can’t seem to keep out of trouble. His problems escalate fast, and soon he has no choice but to hit the road, even though it means leaving behind the girl of his dreams. He heads south for Texas, on the run and in search of his father. Dylan has no idea how his life became such a mess, but he knows that his dad is at the root of it. When Dylan finds him, he certainly gets answers—but they’re answers to questions he wished he’d never asked.

Split is a novel about family and violence.  It is strong and bold and at times gut wrenchingly painful but it is an important story to be told. Jace is a sixteen year old who has been abused by his father and when he finally leaves he has to face the fact that his mother is left behind.  Jace has to face guilt for his own actions as well as dealing with being a victim.  The story is told with nuance and subtlety that draws the reader in.

Synopsis:

Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.

He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.

At least so far.

Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back.

First-time novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split, how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.