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Even Exceeded Expectations

A list of books that were even better than I expected them to be.
The only book on this list that I HAD to read was Jane Eyre, which I ended up loving. All the rest I read by choice.
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Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
1
Douglas Stuart
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
2
Sally Rooney
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
3
Philip Roth
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
4
Flannery O'Connor
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
5
Bernardine Evaristo
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
6
Ray Bradbury
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
7
Marilynne Robinson
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
8
Leo Tolstoy
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
9
Kurt Vonnegut
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
10
Lorrie Moore
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
11
William Faulkner
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
12
Octavia E. Butler
The One and Only Ivan (Katherine Applegate)
The One and Only Ivan
13
Katherine Applegate
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
14
Flannery O'Connor
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
15
Elizabeth Strout
Olive, Again (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive, Again
16
Elizabeth Strout
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
17
Lori Gottlieb
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
18
Michael Chabon
Nothing to See Here (Kevin Wilson)
Nothing to See Here
19
Kevin Wilson
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
20
Muriel Spark
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
21
Neil Gaiman
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
22
George Saunders
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
23
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Elementals (Michael Mcdowell)
The Elementals
24
Michael Mcdowell
Them (Jon Ronson)
Them
25
Jon Ronson
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
Ham on Rye
26
Charles Bukowski
Misquoting Jesus (Bart D. Ehrman)
Misquoting Jesus
27
Bart D. Ehrman
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
28
Oliver Sacks
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights
29
H. G. Bissinger
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
30
Philip Roth
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
31
Kurt Vonnegut
The Testament of Mary (Colm Tóibín)
The Testament of Mary
32
Colm Tóibín
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
33
Kiese Laymon
The Great Passage (Shion Miura)
The Great Passage
34
Shion Miura
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
Heartburn
35
Nora Ephron
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time
36
Timothy Egan
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
37
William Finnegan
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
38
Trevor Noah
Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for Ultrahuman Protection (Alexander C. Kane)
Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for Ultrahuman Protection
39
Alexander C. Kane
How to Build a Girl (Caitlin Moran)
How to Build a Girl
40
Caitlin Moran
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