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Picks · Literary · long · avoiding Non-Fiction

Five book club picks for a literary · long · avoiding non-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

Babel

by R.F. Kuang

Dark academia meets colonialism critique with a magic translation system

Four more your club will like

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    The Women
    by Kristin Hannah

    Vietnam War nurses finally get their story - epic and overdue

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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 Four Winds
    by Kristin Hannah

    Dust Bowl survival story with a fierce mother at its center

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    The Sympathizer
    by Viet Thanh Nguyen

    Pulitzer-winning spy novel with biting commentary on identity and war

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