In January of this year, I was at the very very beginning of getting back into reading and I picked up Secret History. It had been on my shelf for years and I had gotten it out of a neighborhood free library/exchange. Having not been in bookish communities much, I’d never heard of it–I just liked the blurb on the back. I was blown away and when I was telling my friend, an avid reader and lit major, about it, she told me about how it was very well-known as a really good book lol. Now that I’ve built out my own reading habits and book-loving community, I hear about it so often and it makes me chuckle every time.
Have you ever had an experience like this? Picked up a book blind or without knowing much about it, and then found out that it was really popular or loved?
Bought all released books of Song of Fire and Ice several years prior TV series started. Haven’t read it for around 5 years after that. But it was curious to see the hype around TV series, while I had books before that. Completed them before TV series ended.
Probably there were more examples like this. Usually, I buy books on the whim even if I don’t know anything about the author.