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Picks · Fun · medium-length · avoiding Historical Fiction

Five book club picks for a fun · medium-length · avoiding historical 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

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

Dysfunctional family memoir that raises questions about resilience and forgiveness

Four more your club will like

  1. 2.
    The Bean Trees
    by Barbara Kingsolver

    Kingsolver's breakout novel about unexpected motherhood and community

  2. 3.
    The Woman in the Window
    by A.J. Finn

    Agoraphobe witnesses a crime - Hitchcockian suspense for group reads

  3. 4.
    Gone Girl
    by Gillian Flynn

    The unreliable narrator twist that launched a thousand book club arguments

  4. 5.
    The Handmaid's Tale
    by Margaret Atwood

    Dystopian classic that feels newly urgent with every rereading

Refine these for your specific group

These picks fit a fun · medium-length · avoiding historical fictiongroup on average. The 2-minute quiz tunes them to your group's actual taste — and once you have a club going, ratings improve future picks.