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Five book club picks for a fun · short · avoiding romance 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

Such a Fun Age

by Kiley Reid

Racial profiling incident upends two women's lives - timely and sharp

Four more your club will like

  1. 2.
    When Breath Becomes Air
    by Paul Kalanithi

    Neurosurgeon facing terminal cancer reflects on mortality - profound and brief

  2. 3.
    The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    by Mitch Albom

    Quick read about interconnected lives that prompts reflection

  3. 4.
    The Year of Magical Thinking
    by Joan Didion

    Didion's unflinching grief memoir - elegant prose sparks deep conversation

  4. 5.
    Slaughterhouse-Five
    by Kurt Vonnegut

    Time-hopping anti-war classic - short enough to read twice before meeting

Refine these for your specific group

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