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Exceeded Expectations: 100 Books That Were Better Than Todd Thought They Were Going to Be

Some of these I thought would be good, and they turned out to be absolutely brilliant. Some I thought were going to be fairly awful, and they turned out to be good. Anyone else want to post one of these lists? I think it would be fun (and interesting) to get TBRs from other people's "exceeded expectations" lists. H/T to Korrick for the original "exceeded expectations" list. Happy reading!
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
1
Daphne Du Maurier
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
2
Ian McEwan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
3
John Le Carré
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
4
William Faulkner
My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France
5
Julia Child
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
6
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
7
Wally Lamb
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
8
Stieg Larsson
Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age (Sanjay Gupta, MD)
Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age
9
Sanjay Gupta, MD
How Democracies Die (Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt)
How Democracies Die
10
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
11
Anne Brontë
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
12
George Orwell
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
13
Ann Patchett
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
14
Guy De Maupassant
Still Life With Meredith (Ann Lewinson)
Still Life With Meredith
15
Ann Lewinson
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
16
Thomas Pynchon
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
17
Virginia Woolf
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
18
Mary Ann Shaffer
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
19
Italo Calvino
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
20
Gustave Flaubert
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Mark Fisher)
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
21
Mark Fisher
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
22
Jhumpa Lahiri
Barry Lyndon (William Thackeray)
Barry Lyndon
23
William Thackeray
Nada (Carmen Laforet)
Nada
24
Carmen Laforet
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Amanda Montell)
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
25
Amanda Montell
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood (Patrick Modiano)
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood
26
Patrick Modiano
Ways of Seeing (John Berger)
Ways of Seeing
27
John Berger
Spam-Ku (John Nagamichi Cho)
Spam-Ku
28
John Nagamichi Cho
Tehanu (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Tehanu
29
Ursula K. Le Guin
The High King (Lloyd Alexander)
The High King
30
Lloyd Alexander
A Children's Bible (Lydia Millet)
A Children's Bible
31
Lydia Millet
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
32
Patrick Radden Keefe
Salad Anniversary (Machi Tawara)
Salad Anniversary
33
Machi Tawara
The Looking Glass War (John Le Carré)
The Looking Glass War
34
John Le Carré
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
35
Ann Patchett
The Gay Science (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Gay Science
36
Friedrich Nietzsche
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
37
Dodie Smith
Love Poems (Pablo Neruda)
Love Poems
38
Pablo Neruda
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane (Hart Crane)
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane
39
Hart Crane
The Problems of Philosophy (Bertrand Russell)
The Problems of Philosophy
40
Bertrand Russell
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