Some books that you may not have heard of or perhaps didn't know were good book

The second part of wrapping up my year's reading is talking about all the books that were a surprise to me: the favorites that came out of nowhere. In many cases, these books were only a surprise to me, since some of them (most of them) were actually bestsellers within their categories. But still, you probably haven't heard of lots of them, so whatevs, …