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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El castillo soñado
por Dodie Smith
9,199 miembros
294 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 6
13 Members
erinclark, CDVicarage, kxn11, dewasus1, HeatherMoss, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, HH_Library, Ann_R, RMiller30, dandalf
2
Fadeout
por Joseph Hansen
464 miembros
21 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 177
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
3
El príncipe de las mareas
por Pat Conroy
5,820 miembros
108 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 32
4 Members
erinclark, MaryKay1822, Bethlehem_PL_NH, ManWithAnAgenda
4
El molino junto al Floss
por George Eliot
8,700 miembros
119 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 73
2 Members
JalenV, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
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
Language in Thought and Action
por S. I. Hayakawa
940 miembros
10 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 282
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Bright Lands
por John Fram
180 miembros
5 reseñas
½ 3.5
Ranking Global 323
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Greenlanders
por Jane Smiley
1,137 miembros
33 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 335
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
8
Tigana
por Guy Gavriel Kay
5,029 miembros
144 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 96
2 Members
TechThing, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Jonathan Strange y el señor Norrell/ Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition)
por Susanna Clarke
26,982 miembros
775 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 22
7 Members
CDVicarage, amanda4242, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, Boand, steller0707, RMiller30,Thelamon1
Explicaciones
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
Otro país
por James Baldwin
2,923 miembros
41 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 72
2 Members
elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
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.