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Five book club picks for a fun · long · avoiding horror, sci-fi/fantasy 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

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

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

Four more your club will like

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    The Secret History
    by Donna Tartt

    Elite college students and a murder - dark academia at its finest

  2. 3.
    Sapiens
    by Yuval Noah Harari

    Provocative history of humankind that challenges assumptions

  3. 4.
    The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
    by Jonas Jonasson

    Forrest Gump meets Swedish absurdism - hilarious escapade through history

  4. 5.
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    by Rebecca Skloot

    Science, race, and ethics collide in this true story of HeLa cells

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