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A book you didn’t expect to like but did?

I didn't particularly like Wicked or Confessions, so it was a nice surprise when I really got into this shorter fairy-tale retelling.

The kite runner. Awesome book.

The Outliers!

maybe bec of my social science major in college..brought me back to my academic years :)) and very relevant material as well.

Eleven minutes. I started with no expectations but liked it by the time I finished.

divergent perhaps? it was my first dystopian book. i was skeptical bout this genre before but divergent was pretty good.

"1984." I thought it would be similar to "Brave New World," and I hated that book. I was surprised at how much I enojyed it though.

The Hunger Games. I thought it would be too depressing.

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott.

I'm not usually into "classics" because I find them dry, and hard to get through; but I really liked "Little Women"! It's not written in that lofty, European, intellectual way (no offense to anyone who likes that kind of thing!) that I find so dense and confusing. :)

I also liked "Girl Interrupted", by Susanna Kaysen; a lot more than I thought I would.
I don't really read a lot of books on psychology, or mental illness because I can't stand any character (on TV or in books) who has depression, or is cutting themselves...I just find it hard to deal with. ("Speak" would be one exception to this) But I was pleasantly surprised with "Girl Interrupted", and I liked the movie, too! Not the most uplifting one, but still good.

Jane Eyre! I read Wuthering Heights and Pride & Prejudice before it, and didn't care for either. I expected Jane Eyre to be very similar, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Jane Eyre, too. A young-adult one: The Catastrophic History of You and Me.

Th Book Thief-I thought it will be all about misery of world war.

The Kite Runner

The Percy Jackson Series.
Actually, I didn't very much like Greek Mythology.
After reading the Titan's Curse(that was the 3rd book)......
I'M LUVIN' IT!!!

I didn't expect that I wouldn't like it but I was surprised at how moved I was by it I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

Percy Jackson series, The Hunger Games, and The Host. I thought the Hunger Games was going to be too gory, I thought Percy Jackson wasn't going to be nearly as good as the movie, and I hated sci-fi and the Twilight series so I didn't think I'd love the Host. Now they are my favorite books ever!!:)

Gone Girl. Pleasantly surprised.

Splintered, I thought that I wouldn't like it at all but I loved it so much.

I didn't think I'd like The Godfather as much as I did.

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A book that my dad gave me - It was this book about the periodic elements. I can't remember the name

There are many. The Kite Runner, The Hunger Games (all three books)...

14 by Peter Clines. now I did read this via audible, however I actually enjoyed the slowness of the books, I always listen while I get ready for school so it is just great to hear a slow mystery, it's also sci-fi novel which I don't usually like as much, but that one was okay. i recommend reading it on audible though

Cinder, but that's only because of the hype behind the series as well as with fairy tales re-telling's, they are usually good/amazing or not good at all so I'm always weary. But I LOVED this book, it one of my favorites!

I didn't think that I was going to like A Wrinkle in Time. I knew it was a classic and that many others enjoyed it I just thought it was going to be too childish but I ended up really getting into it and could barely put it down!

The Opposite of Everyone because I won it in a giveaway and had to read it very quickly in order to participate in an author discussion. I loved it!

Duma Key by Stephen King. I'm not much of a fan of him but this one really surprised me. Very good.