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Exceeded Expectations: 100 Books That Were Better Than Todd Thought They Were Going to Be - Page 3

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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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
81
Jean Rhys
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
82
Arthur C. Clarke
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
83
Muriel Spark
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
84
Norman MacLean
Oranges (John McPhee)
Oranges
85
John McPhee
Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs
Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs
86
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
87
Stephen King
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (John McWhorter)
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
88
John McWhorter
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
89
Neal Stephenson
Modern Romance (Aziz Ansari)
Modern Romance
90
Aziz Ansari
This Changes Everything (Naomi Klein)
This Changes Everything
91
Naomi Klein
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
92
Andy Weir
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
93
John Scalzi
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
94
Erich Maria Remarque
The Brothers (Stephen Kinzer)
The Brothers
95
Stephen Kinzer
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Stephen Kinzer)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
96
Stephen Kinzer
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
97
Stella Gibbons
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
98
Mary Shelley
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
99
Thomas Hardy
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
100
Virginia Woolf
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