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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Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen
von Anthony Doerr
18,684 Mitglieder
882 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 4
13 Members
3togetready, terran, deldevries, RBeffa, bogopea, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, pacificquest, HH_Library, somca, conhauf, rvd0359, dandalf
2
Die Berufene
von M. R. Carey
5,319 Mitglieder
401 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 7
13 Members
timspalding, anglemark, erinclark, magneticvoyager, PitcherBooks, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, HeatherMoss, CKHarwood, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, moc2902
Erklärungen
anglemark: I don't like zombie stories. Color me surprised at how good this book was!
3
Schiffbruch mit Tiger
von Yann Martel
43,579 Mitglieder
1,013 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 18
7 Members
knerd.knitter, kleo, dougb56586, Localhostess, kara.shamy, nyowh, dandalf
4
Circe
von Madeline Miller
12,416 Mitglieder
479 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 21
6 Members
CarltonC, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, nyowh, Algernon11, dandalf
Erklärungen
CarltonC: Wowed by the imaginative rewriting of the epic from a different perspective and in such readable prose.
5
Mädchen in Hyazinthblau: Roman
von Susan Vreeland
3,152 Mitglieder
93 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 14
8 Members
RBeffa, Porua, elkiedee, Smits, kara.shamy, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, Xotomix, RMiller30
Erklärungen
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
Die dreizehnte Geschichte
von Diane Setterfield
17,191 Mitglieder
910 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 17
8 Members
erinclark, CDVicarage, noveltea, kara.shamy, rmarcin, pacificquest, RMiller30, dandalf
7
Mord im Gurkenbeet
von Alan Bradley
7,751 Mitglieder
654 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 25
6 Members
raidergirl3, terran, LDVoorberg, PitcherBooks, kara.shamy, Boand,EMS_24
Erklärungen
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
Das Wesen der Dinge und der Liebe
von Elizabeth Gilbert
3,473 Mitglieder
196 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 51
3 Members
perennialreader, bogopea, kara.shamy
Erklärungen
perennialreader: I did not like Eat, Pray, Love but someone recommended this one and I actually like it.
9
Die Ladenhüterin
von Sayaka Murata
3,014 Mitglieder
195 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 34
4 Members
kleo, amanda4242, noveltea, kara.shamy
10
Lincoln in the Bardo
von George Saunders
5,781 Mitglieder
334 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 41
4 Members
Localhostess, kara.shamy, BornAnalog, steller0707
Erklärungen
BornAnalog: One of the few books that everyone talked up to me, and then it actually delivered. And then some.