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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 (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga (Julia Whitty)
A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga (Julia Whitty)
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
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The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
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Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
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Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
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This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
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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 (Clemantine Wamariya)
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The Rage of Dragons (Evan Winter)
The Rage of Dragons (Evan Winter)
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Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
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Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
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The Sword of Kaigen (M. L. Wang)
The Sword of Kaigen (M. L. Wang)
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Pandora's Jar (Natalie Haynes)
Pandora's Jar (Natalie Haynes)
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
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Moon Tiger (Penelope Lively)
Moon Tiger (Penelope Lively)
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Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
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The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
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A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
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Pet (Akwaeke Emezi)
Pet (Akwaeke Emezi)
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Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing (Nella Larsen)
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Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
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