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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1
Bridge of Birds
di Barry Hughart
2,514 utenti
96 recensioni
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 122
Member
Cecrow
2
Il senso di Smilla per la neve
di Peter Høeg
7,368 utenti
163 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 52
3 Members
CDVicarage, Cecrow, dougb56586
3
Pian della Tortilla
di John Steinbeck
5,656 utenti
92 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 75
2 Members
Cecrow, alderwand
4
Un ciclone sulla Giamaica
di Richard Hughes
2,131 utenti
65 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 86
2 Members
Cecrow, Localhostess
5
La commedia umana
di William Saroyan
1,355 utenti
27 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 275
Member
Cecrow
6
Un albero cresce a Brooklyn
di Betty Smith
16,500 utenti
441 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 8
10 Members
erinclark, kxn11, dewasus1, Cecrow, MaryKay1822, pussreboots, Yarnucopia, pacificquest, maewharton, Craftybilda
7
Nord e Sud
di Elizabeth Gaskell
7,408 utenti
245 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 62
3 Members
Minthe, Cecrow, conhauf
8
The Stone and the Flute
di Hans Bemmann
481 utenti
7 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 85
2 Members
Cecrow, TechThing
9
Vicolo Cannery
di John Steinbeck
9,875 utenti
186 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 97
2 Members
hipdeep, Cecrow
Spiegazioni
hipdeep: I didn't love Steinbeck in high school English class. I wish they'd taught this one.