Most Surprisingly Satisfying Books

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I found The Time Traveler's Wife to be much better than i anticipated.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 30 September 2004 18:25 (twenty years ago) link

The Master and Margarita-- I thought it couldn't live up to the hype of all its admirers, and it started out weird so I kept putting it down. Now I'm one of the YouGOTTAreadit ones. Also, A Fine Balance, that and The Reader, both Oprah books now on my top shelf

― donald, Saturday, 2 October 2004 12:42 (twenty years ago) link

Nicholas Monsarrat's "The Cruel Sea". It's the full story of WWII from '39-'45 through the crew of a British corvette. It's my very favourite novel, despite having little to no interest in a)WWII b)the British navy c)military life in general d)the sea in general. For some reason, however, I love this novel.

― derrick (derrick), Saturday, 2 October 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link

How about ... The Remains of the Day?

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 5 October 2004 12:07 (twenty years ago) link

The original MASH novel.

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 00:54 (twenty years ago) link

nineteen years pass...

Opus Pistorum

― stwahberrymilkgirlll, Thursday, 4 April 2024 18:02 (six months ago) link

The Idiot and Either/Or by Elif Batuman.

― Chris L, Friday, 5 April 2024 15:41 (six months ago) link

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