Five book club picks for a fun · long · avoiding horror, thriller/mystery group
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The Women
by Kristin Hannah
Vietnam War nurses finally get their story - epic and overdue
Four more your club will like
- 2.Cloud Cuckoo Landby Anthony Doerr
Three timelines connected by an ancient text - ambitious and rewarding
- 3.The Great Believersby Rebecca Makkai
AIDS crisis Chicago and modern Paris intertwined - devastating and beautiful
- 4.The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappearedby Jonas Jonasson
Forrest Gump meets Swedish absurdism - hilarious escapade through history
- 5.Catch-22by Joseph Heller
Absurdist war satire that invented its own idiom - hilarious and maddening
Refine these for your specific group
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