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Five book club picks for a fun · long 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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    Pachinko
    by Min Jin Lee

    Epic multigenerational saga with cultural richness

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    The Great Believers
    by Rebecca Makkai

    AIDS crisis Chicago and modern Paris intertwined - devastating and beautiful

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    The Women
    by Kristin Hannah

    Vietnam War nurses finally get their story - epic and overdue

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    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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