Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations

Beschreibung
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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Spiel im Sommer
von Dodie Smith
9,200 Mitglieder
294 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 6
13 Members
erinclark, CDVicarage, kxn11, dewasus1, HeatherMoss, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, HH_Library, Ann_R, RMiller30, dandalf
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Verbrannte Finger. Ein Fall für Dave Brandstetter. Kriminalroman.
von Joseph Hansen
464 Mitglieder
21 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 177
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
3
Die Herren der Insel
von Pat Conroy
5,820 Mitglieder
108 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 32
4 Members
erinclark, MaryKay1822, Bethlehem_PL_NH, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Die Mühle am Floss
von George Eliot
8,700 Mitglieder
119 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 73
2 Members
JalenV, ManWithAnAgenda
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JalenV: I picked it because it was a classic, but the characters and their stories were much more interesting than I expected. BTW The Wheat and the Tares chapter is old name for the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds.
5
Semantik : Sprache im Denken und Handeln
von S. I. Hayakawa
940 Mitglieder
10 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 282
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Bright Lands
von John Fram
180 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Globaler Rang 323
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
7
Die Grönland-Saga.
von Jane Smiley
1,137 Mitglieder
33 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 335
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
8
Tigana
von Guy Gavriel Kay
5,029 Mitglieder
144 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 96
2 Members
TechThing, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
von Susanna Clarke
26,984 Mitglieder
775 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 22
7 Members
CDVicarage, amanda4242, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, Boand, steller0707, RMiller30,Thelamon1
Erklärungen
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.
10
Eine andere Welt.
von James Baldwin
2,923 Mitglieder
41 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 72
2 Members
elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
Erklärungen
elkiedee: Read by mistake from the library when I was 14 and I think I thought it was something different, but I really loved this.