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51 Books That Exceeded Expectations

Sometimes books take you by surprise. They exceed your already high expectations, or, they're good when you expected otherwise.
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
1
Voltaire
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2
Zora Neale Hurston
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
3
Toni Morrison
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4
Betty Smith
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
5
Rohinton Mistry
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
6
Carson McCullers
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
7
Herman Melville
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman)
The Imperfectionists
8
Tom Rachman
Stones From the River
Stones From the River
9
Travels With My Aunt (Graham Greene)
Travels With My Aunt
10
Graham Greene
The Power of the Dog (Thomas Savage)
The Power of the Dog
11
Thomas Savage
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
12
Andre Dubus III
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
13
James Ellroy
Broken Harbor
Broken Harbor
14
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
15
Rebecca Wells
Walking Across Egypt (Clyde Edgerton)
Walking Across Egypt
16
Clyde Edgerton
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
17
Alexander McCall Smith
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
18
Graeme Simsion
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
19
Diane Setterfield
The Witching Hour (Anne Rice)
The Witching Hour
20
Anne Rice
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
21
Ira Levin
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
22
Ira Levin
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
23
Oscar Wilde
Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie)
Three Blind Mice
24
Agatha Christie
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E Butler)
Parable of the Sower
25
Octavia E Butler
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
26
Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
27
Ray Bradbury
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
28
John Wyndham
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
29
A.A. Milne
Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech)
Walk Two Moons
30
Sharon Creech
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
31
Norton Juster
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Great Gilly Hopkins
32
Maniac Magee (Jerry Spinelli)
Maniac Magee
33
Jerry Spinelli
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
34
Barbara Robinson
New Teeth: Stories (Simon Rich)
New Teeth: Stories
35
Simon Rich
The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
The Anthropocene Reviewed
36
John Green
The Sex Lives of Cannibals (Kiribati) (J. Maarten Troost)
The Sex Lives of Cannibals (Kiribati)
37
J. Maarten Troost
Take the Cannoli (Sarah Vowell)
Take the Cannoli
38
Sarah Vowell
Eight Men Out (Eliot Asinof)
Eight Men Out
39
Eliot Asinof
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
40
Jared Diamond
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