Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations

Descripción
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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Mi Familia y Otros Animales
por Gerald Durrell
5,259 miembros
150 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 40
3 Members
kxn11, dewasus1, CarltonC
Explicaciones
CarltonC: So much more than I expected, funny and perceptive.
2
Come, Tell Me How You Live
por Agatha Christie
898 miembros
22 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 171
Member
CarltonC
Explicaciones
CarltonC: I didn’t expect this short memoir by the famous crime writer so fascinating and warm hearted.
3
El Mundo en la antigüedad tardía : de Marco Aurelio a Mahoma
por Peter Brown
1,099 miembros
13 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 207
Member
CarltonC
Explicaciones
CarltonC: Dense history? Yes, but made exciting and alive!
4
A Gentleman in Moscow
por Amor Towles
9,081 miembros
515 reseñas
½ 4.4
Ranking Global 13
8 Members
raidergirl3, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, CarltonC, nagasravika.bodapati, Yarnucopia, steller0707, HH_Library
Explicaciones
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.
5
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography
por Elton John
1,237 miembros
41 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 88
2 Members
CarltonC, nyowh
Explicaciones
CarltonC: I didn’t expect to be so engaged by this story, who for all his faults, comes across as very human.
6
Circe
por Madeline Miller
12,413 miembros
479 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 21
6 Members
CarltonC, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, nyowh, Algernon11, dandalf
Explicaciones
CarltonC: Wowed by the imaginative rewriting of the epic from a different perspective and in such readable prose.
7
Poirot and Me
por David Suchet
231 miembros
10 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 345
Member
CarltonC
Explicaciones
CarltonC: A bestselling memoir of a famous actor, but engagingly written and conveying the uncertainty of fame even though with the benefit of hindsight we know how successful and loved the TV series will be.