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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1
A Closed and Common Orbit
por Becky Chambers
2,791 miembros
168 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 36
3 Members
anglemark, saraLucilleIngram, Tosta
Explicaciones
anglemark: A nice surprise after the boring feelgood The long way to a small, angry planet
2
Spinning Silver
por Naomi Novik
3,825 miembros
200 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 44
3 Members
anglemark, sundancer, conhauf
Explicaciones
anglemark: I didn't like the Temeraire books at all, but this one was great!
3
The Call
por Peadar Ó Guilín
539 miembros
30 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 215
Member
anglemark
Explicaciones
anglemark: His debut trilogy wasn't very well-written. However, this was an excellent, completely different book.
4
Kingdom of Clockwork
por Billy O'Shea
21 miembros
1 reseña
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 255
Member
anglemark
Explicaciones
anglemark: I'm always skeptical of self-published books, and I'm usually right. But this one was well-written and very entertaining!
5
The Girl with All the Gifts
por M. R. Carey
5,305 miembros
399 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 7
13 Members
timspalding, anglemark, erinclark, magneticvoyager, PitcherBooks, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, HeatherMoss, CKHarwood, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, moc2902
Explicaciones
anglemark: I don't like zombie stories. Color me surprised at how good this book was!
6
The Moon King
por Neil Williamson
44 miembros
3 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 324
Member
anglemark
Explicaciones
anglemark: Small press, unknown author, debut novel. Not likely to be good, right? But it was!
7
Generation Loss
por Elizabeth Hand
647 miembros
35 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 340
Member
anglemark
Explicaciones
anglemark: I don't like crime novels and thrillers. But the atmosphere in this book blew me away.