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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A Gentleman in Moscow
de Amor Towles
9,078 membres
515 critiques
½ 4.4
Rang global 13
8 Members
raidergirl3, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, CarltonC, nagasravika.bodapati, Yarnucopia, steller0707, HH_Library
Explications
LDVoorberg: A long book set in Russia?! I kept expecting tragedy upon tragedy but I got the enjoyable, daily happenings of a gentleman in a hotel!
CarltonC: I didn’t expect that I would find this as unexpected, seemingly short and warm hearted as it is.
2
La fille de l'hiver
de Eowyn Ivey
4,544 membres
338 critiques
4
Rang global 5
13 Members
dara85, magneticvoyager, noveltea, Dammie, HeatherMoss, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, Yarnucopia, steller0707, darsaster, pacificquest, VioletL, RMiller30, dandalf
3
Jonathan Strange et Mr Norrell
de Susanna Clarke
26,975 membres
775 critiques
3.9
Rang global 22
7 Members
CDVicarage, amanda4242, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, Boand, steller0707, RMiller30,Thelamon1
Explications
Boand: Original tales of magic, madness and mystery set in the early C19th. Clarke constructs a fantasy world like no other where customs and fey characters collide. Endless fun and brilliant imaginative twists make this a book to cherish.
5
No home
de Yaa Gyasi
5,580 membres
276 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 30
4 Members
ominogue, ahef1963, steller0707, finnleyjames
6
Americanah
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,706 membres
296 critiques
4.2
Rang global 60
3 Members
steller0707, nyowh, VioletL
7
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,703 membres
330 critiques
4.2
Rang global 16
7 Members
Minthe, magneticvoyager, cherpy, Yarnucopia, steller0707, Patricia.Ralston, conhauf
8
Possession
de A.S. Byatt
12,957 membres
289 critiques
4
Rang global 61
3 Members
Boand, steller0707, conhauf
Explications
Boand: A book that has a split dual timeline and an irresistible story of star crossed lovers. Byatt’s writing intrigues and compels across different centuries and compares how social mores shape our lives bringing joy, heartache and sorrow.
9
My Sister, the Serial Killer
de Oyinkan Braithwaite
3,377 membres
250 critiques
3.8
Rang global 29
4 Members
igorken, pussreboots, steller0707, DoomLuz
10
Lincoln in the Bardo
de George Saunders
5,780 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.