Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations

Descrizione
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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La mia famiglia e altri animali
di Gerald Durrell
5,259 utenti
150 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 40
3 Members
kxn11, dewasus1, CarltonC
Spiegazioni
CarltonC: So much more than I expected, funny and perceptive.
2
Viaggiare è il mio peccato
di Agatha Christie
898 utenti
22 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 171
Member
CarltonC
Spiegazioni
CarltonC: I didn’t expect this short memoir by the famous crime writer so fascinating and warm hearted.
3
Il mondo tardo antico: da Marco Aurelio a Maometto
di Peter Brown
1,099 utenti
13 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 207
Member
CarltonC
Spiegazioni
CarltonC: Dense history? Yes, but made exciting and alive!
4
A Gentleman in Moscow
di Amor Towles
9,084 utenti
515 recensioni
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 13
8 Members
raidergirl3, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, CarltonC, nagasravika.bodapati, Yarnucopia, steller0707, HH_Library
Spiegazioni
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
di Elton John
1,238 utenti
41 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 88
2 Members
CarltonC, nyowh
Spiegazioni
CarltonC: I didn’t expect to be so engaged by this story, who for all his faults, comes across as very human.
6
Circe
di Madeline Miller
12,416 utenti
479 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 21
6 Members
CarltonC, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, nyowh, Algernon11, dandalf
Spiegazioni
CarltonC: Wowed by the imaginative rewriting of the epic from a different perspective and in such readable prose.
7
Poirot and Me
di David Suchet
231 utenti
10 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 345
Member
CarltonC
Spiegazioni
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.