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Surprising Reads

Books that genuinely surprised me by how much I enjoyed reading them / how good they were. Some were impulse buys, others I hadn't loved the authors previous work and some were debuts.
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The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
1
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga (Julia Whitty)
A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga
2
Julia Whitty
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
3
Oscar Wilde
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
4
Zadie Smith
The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Enchanted April
5
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
6
Celeste Ng
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time
7
Adrian Tchaikovsky
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
8
Amal El-Mohtar
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After (Clemantine Wamariya)
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
9
Clemantine Wamariya
The Rage of Dragons (Evan Winter)
The Rage of Dragons
10
Evan Winter
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Gideon the Ninth
11
Tamsyn Muir
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
12
Bernardine Evaristo
The Sword of Kaigen (M. L. Wang)
The Sword of Kaigen
13
M. L. Wang
Pandora's Jar (Natalie Haynes)
Pandora's Jar
14
Natalie Haynes
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
16
Anne Brontë
Moon Tiger (Penelope Lively)
Moon Tiger
17
Penelope Lively
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
18
Patrick Suskind
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
19
Yoko Ogawa
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
20
Margaret Atwood
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
21
Amor Towles
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
22
Gail Honeyman
Pet (Akwaeke Emezi)
Pet
23
Akwaeke Emezi
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
24
Nella Larsen
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
25
Susanna Clarke
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