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Exceeded Expectations: 100 Books That Were Better Than Todd Thought They Were Going to Be - Page 2

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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Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
41
Friedrich Nietzsche
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
42
John Stuart Mill
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Eric Idle)
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
43
Eric Idle
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
44
Cormac McCarthy
Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
45
Adam Higginbotham
Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
Trout Fishing in America
46
Richard Brautigan
Utopia for Realists (Rutger Bregman)
Utopia for Realists
47
Rutger Bregman
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
48
Ursula K. Le Guin
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station
49
Ben Lerner
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Neil Postman)
Amusing Ourselves to Death
50
Neil Postman
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
51
Kazuo Ishiguro
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (Peter Turner)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
52
Peter Turner
The Song of the Lark (Willa Cather)
The Song of the Lark
53
Willa Cather
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
54
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
How We Got to Now (Steven Johnson)
How We Got to Now
55
Steven Johnson
The Road to Unfreedom (Timothy Snyder)
The Road to Unfreedom
56
Timothy Snyder
The Riddle of the Labyrinth (Margalit Fox)
The Riddle of the Labyrinth
57
Margalit Fox
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers (Max John Porter)
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers
58
Max John Porter
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
59
Thomas C. Foster
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
60
Timothy Snyder
The Sound of the Moon: Poems (Andrew Bellware)
The Sound of the Moon: Poems
61
Andrew Bellware
Run for the Stars (Harlan Ellison)
Run for the Stars
62
Harlan Ellison
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
63
Steven Johnson
Everything Everything (Nicola Yoon)
Everything Everything
64
Nicola Yoon
The Poems of Wilfred Owen (Wilfred Owen)
The Poems of Wilfred Owen
65
Wilfred Owen
Villanelles (Anne Finch, Ed.)
Villanelles
66
Anne Finch, Ed.
Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck)
Tortilla Flat
67
John Steinbeck
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
68
Barack Obama
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
69
Richard Hughes
Dreaming the Beatles (Rob Sheffield)
Dreaming the Beatles
70
Rob Sheffield
The Subtle Knife (Phillip Pullman)
The Subtle Knife
71
Phillip Pullman
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
72
John Steinbeck
Refusing Heaven (Jack Gilbert)
Refusing Heaven
73
Jack Gilbert
An Unsuitable Attachment (Barbara Pym)
An Unsuitable Attachment
74
Barbara Pym
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
75
Fredrik Backman
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
76
Milan Kundera
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
77
Emily St John Mandel
Las Leyes De La Frontera (Javier Cercas)
Las Leyes De La Frontera
78
Javier Cercas
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
79
On Photography (Susan Sontag)
On Photography
80
Susan Sontag
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