Ray's votes on the list Books That Exceeded Your Expectations

Listopia > Ray's votes on the list Books That Exceeded Your Expectations (29 Books)

1	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 358,660 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson 4.26 avg rating — 985,680 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,488,438 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 802,292 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 225,075 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) by Frank McCourt 4.15 avg rating — 658,164 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 46,147 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes 4.28 avg rating — 47,517 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild 4.19 avg rating — 68,904 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 55,641 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman 4.04 avg rating — 1,588 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus 4.12 avg rating — 10,412 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer 4.18 avg rating — 4,611 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff 3.96 avg rating — 1,599 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks 4.09 avg rating — 7,899 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The King of Torts / The Last Juror by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 608 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan 4.12 avg rating — 18,647 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer 4.11 avg rating — 4,302 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Real All Americans: The Team that Changed a Game, a People, a Nation by Sally Jenkins 4.11 avg rating — 1,000 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran 4.04 avg rating — 6,690 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 37,455 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh 3.97 avg rating — 1,223 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy 4.06 avg rating — 146,221 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 567,467 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Pretty Birds by Scott Simon 3.85 avg rating — 1,467 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon 3.97 avg rating — 2,073 ratings Ray rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 118,716 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander 4.34 avg rating — 21,753 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Defending Jacob by William Landay (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 311,133 ratings Ray rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars