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Books That Exceeded Expectations

From Goodreads, These are books that you were pleasantly surprised by. They could be classics that you really loved, or more recent fiction that just caught you off guard by how good it was.
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The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
1
Suzanne Collins
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
2
Khaled Hosseini
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
3
Markus Zusak
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
4
Sara Gruen
Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
5
Jk Rowling
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
6
Audrey Niffenegger
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
7
Kathryn Stockett
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
8
Stieg Larsson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
9
Mark Haddon
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
11
Arthur Golden
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
12
Jane Austen
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
13
Stephenie Meyer
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
14
Alice Sebold
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Host
15
Stephenie Meyer
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
16
Khaled Hosseini
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Bronte
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
18
Jodi Picoult
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
19
Diane Setterfield
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
20
Yann Martel
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
21
Jeannette Walls
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
22
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
23
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
24
Barbara Kingsolver
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
25
George Orwell
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
26
Mary Ann Shaffer
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
27
Margaret Mitchell
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
28
Anita Diamant
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
29
Paulo Coelho
The Secret Life of Bees (South Carolina)
The Secret Life of Bees (South Carolina)
30
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
31
Cormac McCarthy
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
32
George R.R. Martin
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
33
Diana Gabaldon
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
34
Elizabeth Gilbert
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
35
Victor Hugo
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
37
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
38
Elizabeth Kostova
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
39
Emily Bronte
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
40
Sylvia Plath
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