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Picks · Fun · long · avoiding Horror, Non-Fiction

Five book club picks for a fun · long · avoiding horror, non-fiction group

These books were chosen from our 150-book editorial catalog using the same matching algorithm we use on the quiz. They're a starting point — refine for your specific group with the 2-minute quiz.

Top pick

Babel

by R.F. Kuang

Dark academia meets colonialism critique with a magic translation system

Four more your club will like

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    The Women
    by Kristin Hannah

    Vietnam War nurses finally get their story - epic and overdue

  2. 3.
    Pachinko
    by Min Jin Lee

    Epic multigenerational saga with cultural richness

  3. 4.
    Catch-22
    by Joseph Heller

    Absurdist war satire that invented its own idiom - hilarious and maddening

  4. 5.
    The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
    by Jonas Jonasson

    Forrest Gump meets Swedish absurdism - hilarious escapade through history

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