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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nagasravika.bodapatis Profil
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Der Marsianer
von Andy Weir
18,136 Mitglieder
1,241 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 2
17 Members
timspalding, raidergirl3, perennialreader, Localhostess, nancjones, nagasravika.bodapati, bookmuse56, CKHarwood, larocco, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, saraLucilleIngram, ErinBraam, HH_Library, VioletL, ConantheLibrarianJr, dandalf, Craftybilda
Erklärungen
perennialreader: I don't read much in the way of Science Fiction but read a review and thought I would give it a try.
bookmuse56: I could not put down this book and it felt so real to me and I kept wondering what I would in the various situations.
ConantheLibrarianJr: Great "hard" Science Fiction. The book reminded me that if you are marooned on Mars, humor is your most important survival skill.
3
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
4
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!
5
Verblendung
von Stieg Larsson
43,182 Mitglieder
1,748 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 9
10 Members
pgmcc, knerd.knitter, deldevries, perennialreader, JuliaMaria, nagasravika.bodapati, Dammie, HH_Library, finnleyjames, ConantheLibrarianJr,EMS_24 ,Thelamon1
Erklärungen
EMS_24 : It's all about expectations and what you like in a book
perennialreader: Not my kind of book at all, but I took a chance and have read the whole series, even the ones by David Lagercrantz. Just love the Lisbeth Salander character.
JuliaMaria: Ich habe die Serie erst gelesen als der Hype vorbei war - und war dann traurig, dass ich sie nicht doch früher schon für mich entdeckt hatte.
ConantheLibrarianJr: Powerful. What Solander goes thru is horrific, but she proves she is more than just a heroine. She is a survivor!
6
Der Graf von Monte Christo
von Alexandre Dumas
25,491 Mitglieder
433 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 12
8 Members
Minthe, CDVicarage, amanda4242, deldevries, nagasravika.bodapati, CKHarwood, pacificquest, ElizaAnderson
7
Sakrileg
von Dan Brown
70,252 Mitglieder
1,307 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Globaler Rang 11
8 Members
Moomin_Mama, tina1969, Bethlehem_PL_NH, nagasravika.bodapati, Jjean7, larocco, HH_Library, Thelamon1,HeatherMoss
8
Ein Gentleman in Moskau
von Amor Towles
9,084 Mitglieder
515 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Globaler Rang 13
8 Members
raidergirl3, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, CarltonC, nagasravika.bodapati, Yarnucopia, steller0707, HH_Library
Erklärungen
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.
9
Die Frau in Weiss
von Wilkie Collins
12,800 Mitglieder
336 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 15
9 Members
Minthe, erinclark, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, bogopea, nagasravika.bodapati, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, pacificquest, Yuki-Onna
10
Haus Bellomont. Die verborgene Leidenschaft der Lily Bart.
von Edith Wharton
9,696 Mitglieder
202 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 20
6 Members
Minthe, MaryKay1822, amy_g, nagasravika.bodapati, HeatherMoss, saraLucilleIngram