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Unexpected Likes

I've been ticking off books from a certain List Challenge for a while now after setting myself a challenge of reading more classic books. Some of them, I was putting off because they're too long or too stuffy or too boring. Not these books though! In no particular order, these are classic books that I wasn't expecting to like but ended up either loving them, or still thinking about them many months later (always a sign of a decent book).
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
1
Kazuo Ishiguro
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
2
Michael Crichton
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
3
Mitch Albom
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
4
Charles Dickens
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
5
Audrey Niffenegger
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
6
Viktor Frankl
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
7
Alice Walker
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
8
Victor Hugo
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
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
10
Louis Sachar
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
11
Sylvia Plath
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ian Fleming)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
12
Ian Fleming
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lost World
13
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
14
S.E. Hinton
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
15
E.M. Forster
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
16
Raymond Chandler
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
17
Jules Verne
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
18
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
19
J.D. Salinger
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
21
George Orwell
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
22
Alexandre Dumas
Rebecca (Daphne Dumaurier)
Rebecca
23
Daphne Dumaurier
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
25
E.B. White
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