Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations

Description
Our List of the Month this August is devoted to those pleasant surprises that come into our reading lives—books that exceeded our expectations, and ending up providing far more enjoyment than we thought they would. Each participant may vote on ten titles.
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Toute la lumière que nous ne pouvons voir
de Anthony Doerr
18,678 membres
882 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 4
13 Members
3togetready, terran, deldevries, RBeffa, bogopea, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, pacificquest, HH_Library, somca, conhauf, rvd0359, dandalf
2
Celle qui a tous les dons
de M. R. Carey
5,318 membres
401 critiques
4
Rang global 7
13 Members
timspalding, anglemark, erinclark, magneticvoyager, PitcherBooks, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, HeatherMoss, CKHarwood, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, moc2902
Explications
anglemark: I don't like zombie stories. Color me surprised at how good this book was!
3
L'Histoire de Pi
de Yann Martel
43,575 membres
1,013 critiques
3.9
Rang global 18
7 Members
knerd.knitter, kleo, dougb56586, Localhostess, kara.shamy, nyowh, dandalf
4
Circe
de Madeline Miller
12,409 membres
478 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 21
6 Members
CarltonC, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, nyowh, Algernon11, dandalf
Explications
CarltonC: Wowed by the imaginative rewriting of the epic from a different perspective and in such readable prose.
5
Jeune fille en bleu jacinthe
de Susan Vreeland
3,152 membres
93 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 14
8 Members
RBeffa, Porua, elkiedee, Smits, kara.shamy, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, Xotomix, RMiller30
Explications
Porua: I rarely read books I know nothing of, from authors I know nothing of. Both were true for this book and yet I not only read and enjoyed it, I actually bought a print copy of it.
6
Le treizième conte
de Diane Setterfield
17,190 membres
910 critiques
4
Rang global 17
8 Members
erinclark, CDVicarage, noveltea, kara.shamy, rmarcin, pacificquest, RMiller30, dandalf
7
Les étranges talents de Flavia de Luce
de Alan Bradley
7,749 membres
654 critiques
3.8
Rang global 25
6 Members
raidergirl3, terran, LDVoorberg, PitcherBooks, kara.shamy, Boand,EMS_24
Explications
LDVoorberg: You must listen to the audiobook: the narrator makes the series amazing.
Boand: Another recommendation of a whodunnit led me to the first of this quirky series and sealed it as one of my all time favourites. What’s not to love about a pesky teenage girl who beats the grownups at their own games, negotiates troublesome sisters and adores her father while they all mourn her mother and saves Britain from evil masterminds.
8
L'Empreinte de toute chose
de Elizabeth Gilbert
3,473 membres
196 critiques
3.9
Rang global 51
3 Members
perennialreader, bogopea, kara.shamy
Explications
perennialreader: I did not like Eat, Pray, Love but someone recommended this one and I actually like it.
9
Convenience Store Woman
de Sayaka Murata
3,014 membres
195 critiques
3.8
Rang global 34
4 Members
kleo, amanda4242, noveltea, kara.shamy
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Lincoln in the Bardo
de George Saunders
5,781 membres
334 critiques
3.9
Rang global 41
4 Members
Localhostess, kara.shamy, BornAnalog, steller0707
Explications
BornAnalog: One of the few books that everyone talked up to me, and then it actually delivered. And then some.