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100 Books That Exceeded Expectations

Following the new list trend, one hundred books that exceeded my expectations, many required for classes or given to me as gifts
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Angel (Elizabeth Taylor)
Angel
1
Elizabeth Taylor
Anne Frank: The Biography (Melissa Müller)
Anne Frank: The Biography
2
Melissa Müller
Are Italians White? (Jennifer Guglielmo, Salvatore Salerno, Eds.)
Are Italians White?
3
Jennifer Guglielmo, Salvatore Salerno, Eds.
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Diaries 1964-1980 (Susan Sontag)
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Diaries 1964-1980
4
Susan Sontag
Bangkok 8 (John Burdett)
Bangkok 8
5
John Burdett
A Bestiary (Lily Hoang)
A Bestiary
6
Lily Hoang
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
7
Alessandro Manzoni
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm If Coming Into Existence (David Benatar)
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm If Coming Into Existence
8
David Benatar
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
9
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Book of the Courtier (Baldesar Castiglione)
The Book of the Courtier
10
Baldesar Castiglione
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
11
Colm Toibin
Bugatti Queen (Miranda Seymour)
Bugatti Queen
12
Miranda Seymour
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Silvia Federici)
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
13
Silvia Federici
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
14
J. K. Rowling
Catherwood (Marly Youmans)
Catherwood
15
Marly Youmans
Competing With the Sylph: Dancers and the Pursuit of the Ideal Body Form (L. M. Vincent)
Competing With the Sylph: Dancers and the Pursuit of the Ideal Body Form
16
L. M. Vincent
Contraception and Abortion From the Ancient World to the Renaissance (John M. Riddle)
Contraception and Abortion From the Ancient World to the Renaissance
17
John M. Riddle
Cosima (Grazia Deledda)
Cosima
18
Grazia Deledda
The Crime of Olga Arbyelina (Andreï Makine)
The Crime of Olga Arbyelina
19
Andreï Makine
Deafening (Frances Itani)
Deafening
20
Frances Itani
Discourse on Free Will (Erasmus, Martin Luther)
Discourse on Free Will
21
Erasmus, Martin Luther
Divorzio All'islamica a Viale Marconi (Amara Lakhous)
Divorzio All'islamica a Viale Marconi
22
Amara Lakhous
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
23
Claudia Rankine
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem
24
Hannah Arendt
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie)
The Enchantress of Florence
25
Salman Rushdie
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
26
Orson Scott Card
Eva (Giovanni Verga)
Eva
27
Giovanni Verga
Fosca (Igino Ugo Tarchetti)
Fosca
28
Igino Ugo Tarchetti
Gable & Lombard & Powell & Harlow (Edward Z. Epstein)
Gable & Lombard & Powell & Harlow
29
Edward Z. Epstein
Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
Game of Thrones
30
George R.R. Martin
The Glass Bees (Ernst Jünger)
The Glass Bees
31
Ernst Jünger
The Goshawk (T.H. White)
The Goshawk
32
T.H. White
Gravity and Grace (Simone Weil)
Gravity and Grace
33
Simone Weil
A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of EM Forster (Wendy Moffat)
A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of EM Forster
34
Wendy Moffat
Heremakhonon (Maryse Condé)
Heremakhonon
35
Maryse Condé
Hide-And-Seek With Angels (Lisa Chaney)
Hide-And-Seek With Angels
36
Lisa Chaney
Household Saints (Francine Prose)
Household Saints
37
Francine Prose
How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt
38
Hunger of Memory (Richard Rodriguez)
Hunger of Memory
39
Richard Rodriguez
I Had Seen Castles (Cynthia Rylant)
I Had Seen Castles
40
Cynthia Rylant
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