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
A Closed and Common Orbit
di Becky Chambers
2,764 utenti
169 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 36
3 Members
anglemark, saraLucilleIngram, Tosta
Spiegazioni
anglemark: A nice surprise after the boring feelgood The long way to a small, angry planet
2
Spinning Silver
di Naomi Novik
3,840 utenti
200 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 44
3 Members
anglemark, sundancer, conhauf
Spiegazioni
anglemark: I didn't like the Temeraire books at all, but this one was great!
3
The Call
di Peadar Ó Guilín
539 utenti
30 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 215
Member
anglemark
Spiegazioni
anglemark: His debut trilogy wasn't very well-written. However, this was an excellent, completely different book.
4
Kingdom of Clockwork
di Billy O'Shea
21 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 255
Member
anglemark
Spiegazioni
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
di M. R. Carey
5,321 utenti
401 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 7
13 Members
timspalding, anglemark, erinclark, magneticvoyager, PitcherBooks, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, HeatherMoss, CKHarwood, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, moc2902
Spiegazioni
anglemark: I don't like zombie stories. Color me surprised at how good this book was!
6
The Moon King
di Neil Williamson
44 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 324
Member
anglemark
Spiegazioni
anglemark: Small press, unknown author, debut novel. Not likely to be good, right? But it was!
7
Generation Loss
di Elizabeth Hand
646 utenti
35 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 340
Member
anglemark
Spiegazioni
anglemark: I don't like crime novels and thrillers. But the atmosphere in this book blew me away.